Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2024, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (1): 130-141.doi: 10.11743/ogg20240109

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Overpressure in moderately deep to deep strata in the Lengjia-Leijia area, western Liaohe Depression, Bohai Bay Basin: Origin and effects on hydrocarbon accumulation

Chang CHEN1,2(), Nansheng QIU1, Rongjin GAO2, Xiaolong ZHOU2, Yonghe SUN3, Linlin YANG4, Jian FU4()   

  1. 1.College of Geosciences,China University of Petroleum (Beijing),Beijing 102249,China
    2.Research Institute of Exploration and Development,Liaohe Oilfield Company,PetroChina,Panjin,Liaoning 124010,China
    3.School of petroleum engineering,Chongqing University of Science & Technology,Chongqing 401331,China
    4.School of Earth Sciences,Northeast Petroleum University,Daqing,Heilongjiang 163318,China
  • Received:2023-04-17 Revised:2023-12-05 Online:2024-02-01 Published:2024-02-29
  • Contact: Jian FU E-mail:chenchang001@petrochina.com.cn;fujian287@gmail.com

Abstract:

The moderately deep to deep strata in the Lengjia-Leijia area, western Liaohe Depression exhibit significant overpressure. It’s of great significance to understanding its genetic mechanism and its effects on hydrocarbon migration and accumulation in terms of hydrocarbon exploration therein. Based on measured formation pressure and temperature, log data, and structural analysis, we comprehensively investigate the characteristics and genetic mechanisms of overpressure in these strata and explore its role in hydrocarbon accumulation therein. The results indicate that the Lengjia-Leijia area is characterized by composite thermo-pressure system of the overpressure, normal-pressure, and underpressure types, with the overpressure interval predominantly found in the 3rd and 4th members of the Shahejie Formation (also referred to as the Sha 3 Member and the Sha 4 Member, respectively) within the sub-sag zone, at depths ranging from 2 500 to 4 000 m approximately. The overpressure in the area primarily results from undercompaction, followed by a combination of hydrocarbon generation-induced pressurization, diagenesis, and tectonic compression. There exist two major hydrocarbon migration and accumulation modes in the study area: the self-sourced indigenous mode within overpressure zones and the cross-pressure mode from an overpressure zone to a normal-pressure/underpressure zone. The former is predominantly found within the overpressure zones of the Sha 3 and 4 members in the sub-sag zone. In contrast, the latter occurred during the period of faulting, including overpressure-driven hydrocarbon charging into the Leijia and Gaosheng structural zones from source rocks in the Sha 4 Member in the Chenjia sub-sag, and hydrocarbon accumulation in the eastern steep slope area and Xinglongtai buried hill in the Lengjia area after transporting through faults and sand bodies from the overpressure zones in the lower to middle sub-members of the Sha 3 Member.

Key words: overpressure, genetic mechanism, accumulation mode, moderately deep to deep strata, Lengjia-Leijia area, Liaohe Depression

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