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Geoscience ›› 2022, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (04): 1105-1117.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2022.196

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Enrichment Patterns and Main Controlling Factors of Source Rocks in the Permian Pingdiquan Formation, Eastern Junggar Basin

FAN Yan1(), WANG Xulong2, XIANG Caifu1(), WANG Qianjun3, LIU Jia1, LIAO Jiande2, XU Huaimin1   

  1. 1. College of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
    2. Research Institute of Exploration and Development,Xinjiang Oil field Branch Company, CNPC, Karamay, Xinjiang 834000, China
    3. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development of Shengli Oilfield Company, SINOPEC, Dongying, Shandong 257015, China
  • Received:2021-01-15 Revised:2022-02-05 Online:2022-08-10 Published:2022-09-09
  • Contact: XIANG Caifu

Abstract:

To determine whether effective source rocks are developed in the eastern Junggar Basin is crucial to oil and gas exploration in the Junggar Basin. Through geochemical analysis, ΔlgR method and integration of logging and seismic data, we identified and evaluated the source rocks of the Permian Pingdiquan Formation in the eastern Junggar Basin (Zhundong), and delineated the source rock spatial distribution by combining with seismic facies. The results show that the source rocks of the Pingdiquan Formation are mainly dark mudstone, and the abundance of organic matter is medium to high. The mud and shale of semi-deep lacustrine facies is the high-quality source rocks, which is enriched in the Pingdiquan Formation (2nd member). On the plane, the source rocks are concentrated in the Kalamali piedmont zone in the north and the Bogda piedmont zone in the south, separated by the Qitai uplift. The source rock abundance in the southern and northern zones is divided by secondary sags, characterized by high TOC (>1.5%) in the west and low TOC (0.5% to 1.5%) in the east. The zoning and block characteristics are controlled by two systems and fault activities of the North Tianshan and East Junggar island arcs. Paleosalinity analysis of lake water during the depositional period shows that the northern belt is a small divided depression, while the southern belt is a connected rift basin. The results suggest that oil and gas exploration in the northern belt should be conducted from west to east, while in the southern belt should have equal importance from east to west.

Key words: logging prediction of organic carbon content, organic matter abundance, source rock, Pingdiquan Formation, eastern Junggar Basin

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