Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (6): 717-723,729.doi: 10.11743/ogg20050603

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A preliminary discussion on geochemical dynamic tracing of oil/gas reservoiring process—taking Dawanqi structure in Kuqa depression as an example

Liu Wenhui1,2, Zhang Dianwei2, Zheng Jianjing1, Chen Mengjin3, Wang Xiaofeng2, Gao Bo2   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Gas Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu;
    2. Exploration & Production Research Institute, SINOPEC, Beijing;
    3. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, PetroChina, Beijing
  • Received:2005-09-29 Online:2005-12-25 Published:2012-01-16

Abstract:

In Dawanqi oil/gas pool in Kuqa depression,Tarim basin,the enrichment of 38Ar was related to the migration of anoxic fluids and volatile constituents along large faults.Tuzimazha fault is the major pathway,through which 38Ar generated from fluid activities would have migrated to the oil and gas reservoirs.The low concentration of 38Ar in Dabei reservoir reveals that gas would have been reservoired near the source rocks.Dawanqi oil/gas field is not an oil/gas pool as a result of later gas invasion,but is a primary oil/gas pool.The light components of gas partially dispersed along the fault due to the poor sealing ability of the trap at later reservoiring stage,leading to the formation of the current condensate gas reservoir with relatively low saturation.Hydrocarbons were generated from the Triassic and Jurassic major source rocks below,and were accumulated in the reservoir rocks above,i.e.,hydrocarbons have been generated from the organic matters in the Mesozoic fresh lake facies sediments during mature to high-mature evolutional phases.During the reseroviring process of Dawanqi oil/gas pool,hydrocarbons first migrated upward along Tuzimazha fault,and then entered Dawanqi structure from north to south.Dawanqi oil/gas pool has experienced early and late charging processes.The high-mature to over-mature natural gas charged in later stage would have mainly accumulated in the upper part,due to their relatively low density;while the relatively high density natural gas generated in early stage would have accumulated in the lower part.

Key words: isotopic composition, reservoiring process, geochemical tracing, Kuqa depression, Tarim basin

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