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Geoscience ›› 2023, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (05): 1123-1135.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2023.058

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Development and Evolution Characteristics of Strike-slip Faults in Tarim Basin and Its Geological Significance: A Case Study of F17 Fault in Fuman Oilfield

LIU Qiang1(), ZHANG Yintao1, CHEN Shi2,3(), SONG Xingguo2,3, Li Ting1, KANG Pengfei1, MA Xiaoping1   

  1. 1. PetroChina Tarim Oilfield Company, Korla, Xinjiang 841000, China
    2. State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China
    3. Basin and Reservoir Research Center, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China
  • Received:2022-11-15 Revised:2023-05-25 Online:2023-10-10 Published:2023-11-14

Abstract:

The strike-slip fault in the platform Tarim basin has the characteristics of “controlling reservoir, controlling reservoir and controlling wealth”, but because it is developed in ultra-deep layer and its activity intensity is low, the fine analysis and evolution characteristic analysis of the fault is the focus and challenge of the current research.To deepen the fine analysis process of strike-slip fault structure and explore the geological significance of fault activity, we took F17 fault as a case study.Based on the new high-precision 3D seismic data in the Fuman oilfield, combined with a variety of seismic attributes such as coherence, maximum likelihood and reservoir amplitude change rate, we analyzed the spatial distribution regularity, activity characteristics and evolution process of faults, and the characteristics of fault control and storage in combination with the reservoir development characteristics.Based on the reconstruction of the local structural characteristics of the Precambrian basement, the development mechanism of fault plane strike migration is preliminarily analyzed.The results show that the local F17 fault plane has changed many times and its strike shifted counterclockwise from south to north.Based on the changing characteristics of the fault strike, the fault can be divided into three segments: North (NE8°), middle (NE33°) and south (NE50°).The fault has the characteristics of vertical delamination defor-mation.According to the fault deformation characteristics, it can be divided into the deep structural deformation layer characterized by vertical strike-slip (below TO3t), and the shallow structural deformation layer with echelon normal fault (above TO3t).The fault has the characteristic of “stratified flowering” in the deep structural deformation layer, and several flower-like structures are developed vertically, which are mainly distributed near the bottom of the Upper Cambrian (T∈3) and the top of the Yijianfang Formation (TO3t).Three groups of echelon normal faults are developed vertically in the shallow structural layer, which are distributed in TO3t-TS, TS-TC and TC-TT from bottom to top.The fault evolution is likely multi-stage, and the evolution can be divided into five stages: early Caledonian, middle Caledonian Ⅰ, middle Caledonian Ⅲ, late Caledonian-early Hercynian, and middle-late Hercynian.The Precambrian basement rift structure likely affected the development and connection of the overlying strike-slip faults, resulting in the fault plane offset.

Key words: Tarim Basin, Fuman Oilfield, F17 fault, multi-stage evolution, strike deflection

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