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Geoscience ›› 2017, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (04): 768-778.

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Characteristics and Formation Mechanism for the Saline Lacustrine Oil from the North Dongpu Sag

ZHANG Hongan1(), LI Sumei2,3(), XU Tianwu1, PANG Xiongqi2,3, ZHANG Yunxian1, WAN Zhonghua2,3, JI Hong2,3   

  1. 1. SINOPEC Zhongyuan Oilfield Company,Puyang, Henan 457001, China
    2. State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
    3. College of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
  • Received:2016-09-07 Revised:2016-11-24 Online:2017-08-10 Published:2017-09-15

Abstract:

Conventional geochemical methods including GC/MS, Rock-eval combined with ESI FT-ICR MS and compound specific carbon isotopic analysis are used to reveal hydrocarbons generation and migration style for the saline lacustrine oils from the Wenmingzhai and Weicheng Oilfield in the North Dongpu Sag, Bohai Bay Basin, which is still unclear enough up to date. It was observed that the crude oils bearing typical characteristics of saline lacustrine oils such as predominance of phytane to pristine and C35-hopane to C34-hopane, enrichment of gammacerane, and low extent of isomerization of steranes. The oils are also featured by two-stage carbon isotope distribution of n-alkanes:the δ13C for the n-alkanes with carbon number less than 21 is ranged in -29‰ to -28‰, while those larger than 21 is ranged in -31‰ to -29‰, which is different from “parallel lines pattern” for the saline lacustrine oils from the Western Qaidam Basin, suggesting different paleoenvironment and precursors for the n-alkanes in the North Dongpu Sag. Abundant NSO’s compounds including S1,S2,O1S1,N1,O1,O2 and O3 with low extent of aromatization are detected from the oils analyzed, which were predicted having a close genetic relationship with the immature oils in the area. A detailed oil-oil and oil-source rock correlations showed that the crude oils analyzed are primarily derived from Es3 and Es4 source rocks with burial depth larger than 3 000 m. It was suggested that the crude oils are mixed by different source rocks with varied thermal maturity, which would be instructive for the further petroleum exploration in the area.

Key words: Dongpu Sag, saline lacustrine facies, immature oil, oil-source rock correlation, hydrocarbon accumulation with mixed sources

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