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Geoscience ›› 2020, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (04): 837-848.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2020.04.19

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Critical Controlling Factors of Enrichment and High-yield of Land Shale Oil

LI Hao1(), LU Jianlin1, WANG Baohua1, SONG Zhenxiang1, LI Zheng2   

  1. 1. Wuxi Petroleum Geology Research Institute of SINOPEC,Wuxi,Jiangsu 214126,China
    2. Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Shengli Oilfield Company, SINOPEC, Dongying, Shandong 257015,China
  • Received:2019-06-07 Revised:2019-08-20 Online:2020-08-31 Published:2020-09-03

Abstract:

Clarifying the critical controlling factors of enrichment for high-yield continental shale oil is a key to prospecting target evaluation. Studies on shale reservoir indicate that in-situ accumulation is difficult to form high-yielding shale reservoir, which is characterized by short-distance migration. Therefore, mobility is critical for the enrichment of high-yield shale oil, and represents an important evaluation factor for shale oil block target selection. According to reservoir seepage mechanics and material balance calculation, it is proposed that shale oil abundance is the foundation, and fluidity and permeability are the key to high-yield and short-distance transport, which is important for oil enrichment. Research shows that residual oil abundance, maturity, crude oil viscosity (including gas to oil ratio), thin interlayers or cracks, and abnormal pressure are key factors for high-yield shale oil enrichment. The abundance of retained oil is the resource basis. The maturity and viscosity of the crude oil affect the fluidity of the shale oil. The degree of interlayer and fracture development determines the permeability of the shale formation, whilst the abnormal pressure is the dynamic condition. The inner hydrocarbon generation sag does not form high-yield shale reservoir easily, whereas high-in-sag and near-sag slope belt represent favorable structural belt. In general, the medium-high maturity (Ro,0.9% to 1.1%) organic-rich shale development area is prospective for shale oil enrichment. The above-mentioned high-yield controlling factors can be combined to understand the inner slope, inner slope proximal and deep area, and the relatively low-medium area (such as the low-profile anticline at the center of depression) are generally favorable sites for shale oil enrichment.

Key words: terrestrial shale oil, controlling factor of enrichment, interbed type, fluidity, hydrocarbon accumulation dynamics

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