Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2020, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (1): 177-188.doi: 10.11743/ogg20200116

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Characteristics, distribution and origin of dolomite reservoir in the upper Lei 4 member of the Middle Triassic, Pengzhou gas field, western Sichuan Basin

Lingfang Zhou1,2(), Yixiong Qian1, Xiaobo Song3, Bo Cao3, Donghua You1, Yong Li3   

  1. 1. Wuxi Research Institute of Petroleum Geology, Petroleum Exploration & Production Research Institute, SINOPEC, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214126, China
    2. Petroleum Exploration & Production Research Institute, SINOPEC, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
    3. Exploration and Development Research Institute, Southwest Oil and Gas Branch of SINOPEC, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
  • Received:2019-08-08 Online:2020-02-01 Published:2020-01-19
  • Supported by:
    中国科学院A类战略性先导科技专项(XDAXX010201-3);深地项目(2017YFC060310);国家自然科学联合基金项目(U1663209);中国石化西南油气分公司项目(3445000-14-ZC0607-0025)

Abstract:

Microbiological and micritic-calcisiltic dolomites have been regarded as the dominant reservoir lithology in the upper section of the 4th member of the Leikoupo Formation in Pengzhou gas field. Multiple analytical and statistical methods are applied to study the pore types, physical properties, and pore structure parameters, as well as their impact on lithofacies (especially for microbialite) and crystal size of the dolomites. Besides, four types of reservoirs and the tight zones (interlayers) are identified. The main factors controlling pore formation and distribution are hereby proposed. The results show that dolomites with various microbial textures account for nearly 3/4 of the total formation, most of which are silty-micritic and calcisiltic dolomites. In a high-frequency cycle, the dolomite textures vary upwards from algal clot, to algal spheroid (or algal arene), to algal lamina, and then to laminated silty types. In terms of grain size, a cycle is composed regularly of grained, very fine-(fine-) crystal, micritic, and silty dolomites from the bottom to the top. A dry, hot and alkaline sedimentary environment of hypersalinity prevailed during the Middle Triassic, favorable for the development of microbialites. The meter-scale shallowing-upward cycles of thin (algal) laminae, that is, from the thrombolites and stromatolites in the upper part of the subtidal zone to the intertidal algal laminae-stromatolites, and then to the thin (algal) laminae in the supratidal zone, caused the well development of zones of high porosity and permeability in the upper and middle parts of the sequence. In addition, factors including rapid seepage reflux dolomitization and meteoric freshwater dissolution, early hydrocarbon charging in the shallow burial stage, and multi-stage tectonic fracturing, all play an important role in pore development and preservation.

Key words: reservoir characterization, distribution of reservoirs, origin of reservoirs, dolomite, Leikoupo Formation, Pengzhou gas field, Sichuan Basin

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