Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2024, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (3): 722-738.doi: 10.11743/ogg20240311

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Source rock-reservoir assemblage types and differential oil enrichment model in tight (low-permeability) sandstone reservoirs in the Paleocene Shahejie Formation in the Linnan Sub-sag, Bohai Bay Basin

Zaihua HAN1(), Hua LIU1,2(), Lanquan ZHAO3, Jingdong LIU1, Lijuan YIN3, Lei LI1   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Deep Oil and Gas,China University of Petroleum (East China),Qingdao,Shandong 266580,China
    2.Laboratory for Marine Mineral Resources,Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology,Qingdao,Shandong 266071,China
    3.Exploration and Development Research Institute,Shengli Oilfield Branch Company,SINOPEC,Dongying,Shandong 257100,China
  • Received:2023-12-24 Revised:2024-05-31 Online:2024-06-30 Published:2024-07-01
  • Contact: Hua LIU E-mail:1339514178@qq.com;liuhua77@upc.edu.cn

Abstract:

This study aims to reveal the differential oil enrichment mechanisms of tight (low-permeability) sandstone reservoirs in the Paleogene Shahejie Formation in the Linnan Sub-sag, Bohai Bay Basin. Initially, we categorize the source rock-reservoir assemblages in the Linnan Sub-sag based on their spatial distribution and lithologic combination. The analysis on oil-bearing properties, hydrocarbon supply, reservoir storage spaces, conduit system, and migration and accumulation dynamics of various source rock-reservoir assemblages is carried out using an integration of data of logging, well tests, production tests and core analysis and tests. Accordingly, the differential oil enrichment model is established for tight (low-permeability) sandstone reservoirs. The results indicate that the source rock-reservoir assemblages in the study area can be categorized into three types, which can be further divided into six subtypes: the source-reservoir coexistence type, including interbedded and intercalated sub-types; the source-reservoir adjoining type, comprising three distinct subtypes with reservoirs located above, between, or below source rocks; and the source-reservoir separation type, including a subtype with reservoirs located below source rocks. These types correspond to three oil enrichment model of the tight (low-permeability) sandstone reservoirs. The source-reservoir coexistence type exhibits an oil enrichment model featuring “a strong hydrocarbon supply, strong migration and accumulation dynamics, efficient charging, and reservoir-controlled oil enrichment.” Specifically, this type boasts the optimal hydrocarbon supply conditions, the strongest migration and accumulation dynamics, and efficient hydrocarbon charging via pores and fractures, all of which contribute to the most favorable oil-bearing properties. Compared to that of the intercalated subtype, the hydrocarbon enrichment scale of the interbedded subtype is restricted by sand-body thicknesses. The source-reservoir adjoining type manifests an oil enrichment model characterized by a comparatively strong hydrocarbon supply, differential migration and accumulation dynamics, combined conduit systems, and multiple factor-controlled oil enrichment. In detail, this type features a comparatively favorable hydrocarbon supply, significant changes in the migration and accumulation dynamics, and combined conduit systems consisting of pores, fractures, faults, and sand bodies, with hydrocarbon preferentially charging reservoirs with favorable physical properties and pore structures. This type of source rock-reservoir assemblage exhibits comparatively favorable oil-bearing properties. Among others, its subtype with reservoirs located between source rocks outperforms the other two subtypes in terms of both hydrocarbon supply and migration and accumulation dynamics, thus demonstrating the optimum oil-bearing properties. The source-reservoir separation type displays a pattern characterized by a weak hydrocarbon supply, weak migration and accumulation dynamics, conduit systems including faults and sand bodies, and oil enrichment under the control of conduits and reservoirs. Due to the weak hydrocarbon supply and migration and accumulation dynamics, effective transport pathways composed of faults and sand bodies, along with the presence of high-quality reservoirs, are crucial to hydrocarbon enrichment. This type of source rock-reservoir assemblage generally exhibits inferior oil-bearing properties.

Key words: enrichment condition, enrichment model, source rock-reservoir assemblage, oil in tight (low-permeability) sandstone reservoirs, Linnan Sub-sag, Bohai Bay Basin

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