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Geoscience ›› 2013, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (4): 895-906.

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Research on Oil Accumulation Process of Lithologic Reservoir in Chang 8 Member of Yanchang Formation, Xifeng Oilfield

LIU Zhen1,ZHU Wen-qi2,XIA Lu3,PAN Gao-feng1,WU Xun-da4,GUO Yan-ru1   

  1. (1. State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resource and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing102249, China; 2. CNOOC Research Institute, Beijing100027, China; 3. Western New Prospect Research Center, Shengli Oilfield Company, SINOPEC, Dongying, Shandong257001, China; 4. Zhanjiang Branch, CNOOC Ltd., Zhanjiang, Guangdong524057, China)
  • Online:2013-08-10 Published:2013-08-07

Abstract:

Using quantitative methods, the evolution process of formations, geothermal field, hydrocarbon generation and drainage, diagenesis, porosity, accumulation times, traps and the driving force window are simulated, and the space-time matching of key accumulation factors are further analyzed. Results show that beginning form the Early Cretaceous, the regional structural subsidence and incidental significant geothermal event triggered the generation and drainage of source rocks. Dissolution of organic acid before accumulation period dramatically improved the porosity of Chang 8 reservoir which provides enough space for oil accumulation. Following time-space evolution, the increasing pressure difference between source rocks and reservoirs makes the oil injected into reservoirs possible. Beginning at the accumulation period, the steady development of driving-force window and trap window not only promotes the efficiency of oil injection but also makes those already accumulated oil preserved safely. The time-space matching of key conditions of oil accumulation shows that oil accumulation in Xifeng oilfield is a natural process, namely, the porosity in Chang 8 reservoirs is perfect before the oil accumulation period, and after which, becomes denser and denser under compaction and cementation.

Key words: accumulation process, evolution of reservoir property, driving-force window, trap window, Xifeng oilfield

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