Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2007, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (6): 791-796.doi: 10.11743/ogg20070613

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Hydrocarbon migration and exploration potential in the unconformities at the top of the Middle-Lower Ordovician in the central uplift belt,the Tarim Basin

Zhou Bo1,3, Wang Yi1, Luo Xiaorong2, Yun Jinbiao1, Zheng Menglin1   

  1. 1. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Production, SINOPEC, Beijing 100083, China;
    2. Research Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China;
    3. School of Energy Resources, China University of Geoscienees, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2007-08-25 Online:2007-12-25 Published:2012-01-16

Abstract:

Taking the top of the Middle-Lower Ordovician unconformity as the target,the source rocks in the Middle-Lower Cambrian and the Middle-Lower Ordovician were selected for their oil and gas contributions to establish hydrocarbon migration patterns.As the Middle-Lower Cambrian source rock is far from the top of the Middle-Lower Ordovician unconformity vertically,most of the hydrocarbons migrated vertically and distributed along the faults.While for the Middle-Lower Ordovician source rock,the invasion-percolation theoretical model was applied to characterize its contribution to the top of the Middle-Lower Ordovician unconformity and revealed that the hydrocarbon migration there is mainly lateral.Based on a comprehensive analysis of contributions of these two sets of source rocks,the Tazhong area is considered to be a favorable area for the hydrocarbon exploration.

Key words: unconformity, hydrocarbon migration, exploration potential, central uplift, Tarim Basin

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