Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (6): 1370-1381.doi: 10.11743/ogg20220608

• Petroleum Geology • Previous Articles    

Gas charging and overpressure evolution history of the Neogene Huangliu Formation reservoir in Ledong 10 area, Yinggehai Basin

Caiwei Fan(), Aiqun Liu, Yunpeng Wu, Jingxian Hou   

  1. Zhanjiang Branch of CNOOC Ltd. ,Zhanjiang,Guangdong 524057,China
  • Received:2022-06-26 Revised:2022-09-15 Online:2022-12-01 Published:2022-11-21

Abstract:

The abnormal high pressure of the Huangliu Formation reservoir in the Yinggehai Basin is quite common with a pressure coefficient reaching up to 2.3. The development and evolution of overpressure are closely related to natural gas accumulation. This study focuses on the relationship between gas accumulation and reservoir pressure evolution, based on the petrographic observation of fluid inclusions, coupled with the trapping pressure of gas inclusions in the Huangliu Formation reservoir revealed by microscopic temperature measurement of fluid inclusions and Laser Raman spectrometry. The reservoir of Huangliu Formation in Ledong 10 area of Yinggehai Basin develops pure-CO2 gas inclusions, CH4-rich gas inclusions, as well as mixed CO2 and CH4 gas inclusions, corresponding to CO2 and hydrocarbon gas charging of two stages respectively. The two-stage CO2 charging occurred 2.0 Ma and 1.0 Ma ago from now, respectively, and the CO2 is of inorganic origin as shown by the carbon isotopes in the inclusions. The two-stage hydrocarbon gas charging occurred 1.8 Ma and 0.4 Ma ago from now, later compared with the CO2 charging. The overpressure of Huangliu Formation reservoir experienced a process of increasing first and then decreasing. From 2.0 Ma to 1.0 Ma, the two-stage CO2 and one-stage natural gas charging gradually increased the reservoir pressure of the study area. As the second-stage CO2 charging occurred in the formation, the maximum pressure coefficient reached 2.43. The residual pressure and pressure coefficient in the reservoir during the second-stage hydrocarbon gas charging are lower than the second-stage CO2 charging, which may indicate that natural gas leak might happen after the second-stage CO2 charging, which functions to reduce the reservoir pressure around 1.0 Ma to 0.4 Ma. The relationship between natural gas charging and pressure evolution of the Huangliu Formation reservoir in Ledong 10 area of Yinggehai Basin is of great significance to understanding the pattern of natural gas accumulation.

Key words: fluid inclusion, Raman spectrum, paleo-pressure restoration, natural gas charging history, Huangliu Formation, Neogene, Yinggehai Basin

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