阿尔伯达盆地北极之光项目区块油砂层沉积样式

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Based on a lot of well and core data,McMurray Formation sequences and sedimentary environments were identified and correlated in Northern Lights oil sand block.With integrated logging data,this study analyzed the sedimentary facies and rock assemblages of the McMurray Formation.In this block,the McMurray Formation,the most important oil sand layer,consists of continuous fluvial,delta plain and tidal estuary bay deposits.The McMurray Formation was divided into three members.The lower member is longshore and shallow water deposits,the middle member is estuary bay and intertidal zone deposits and the upper member is continental fluvial deposits.The geologic characteristics,geologic time,sequence framework and depositional patterns of each sequence were confirmed.These sedimentary facies were subdivided into 9 subfacies,some of which were further subdivided into microfacies according to the logging data.Their depositional patterns were also established.The channel sands in the lower member and the estuarine and tidal channel deposits in the middle member are the main oil reservoirs of the McMurrary Formation.The study not only can provide the basis for the feasibility research of the Northern Lights Project,but also can guide exploration and development of oil sands in Alberta Basin.

Key words: oil sand, sequence, sedimentary facies, depositional pattern, McMurray Formation, Alberta Basin

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TE121.3

Yin Pengfei, Liu Guangdi, Liu Chenglin, Li Haohan, Liu Wenping, Liu Yingqi. Depositional patterns of oil sand layer in Northern Lights block, Alberta Basin,Canada[J]. Oil & Gas Geology, 2011, 32(6): 807-814.

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