Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2007, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (1): 18-24,34.doi: 10.11743/ogg20070103

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Analysis on reservoir characteristics of Qaidam Basin and its significance to petroleum exploration

Li Weilian1,2, Liu Zhen1, Xu Zhangyou1, Wu Xinsong1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory for Hydrocarbon Accumulation Mechanism in Ministry of Education, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China;
    2. School of Energy Resources, China University of Geosiences, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2005-01-25 Online:2007-02-25 Published:2012-01-16

Abstract:

Six features of the reservoirs in Qaidam Basin is summarized through a detailed analysis of its 19 oil/gas pools: ① oil layers are thin and oil/gas-bearing area is relatively small;② reservoir petrophysical properties are rather poor;③ Tertiary oil maturity is relatively low as a whole;④ pool types can involve structural,stratigraphic or lithological ones or a combination of them;⑤ the distribution of oil and gas pools is controlled by faults and fault reservoirs are dominant;and ⑥ late destruction of oil/gas pools is more severe.By systematic study of all these characteristics,the writers further point out that ① small and middle-sized oil fields is scattered in the basin,but larger ones are rarely found;② hydrocarbon accumulations are mainly distributed in the palaeo-structural traps near oil-generating center(source rocks);③ while continuously strengthening the exploration of structural oil and gas pools,the searching for stratigraphic and lithological oil and gas pools should also be stressed,and ④ the role of faults in the formation and distribution of oil and gas pools should be further stu-died.

Key words: fault pool, reservoir characteristics, exploration significance, Qaidam Basin

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