Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2016, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (3): 381-386.doi: 10.11743/ogg20160310

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Hydrocarbon accumulation rules and exploration potential in the North Ustyurt Basin

Yu Yixin1,2, Yin Jinyin3, Zheng Junzhang4, Li Feng5, Xu Xiaolong1,2, Wu Hang1,2, Yu Xiao2   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum(Beijing), Beijing 102249, China;
    2. College of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China;
    3. Petroleum Exploration & Production Research Institute, SINOPEC, Beijing 100083, China;
    4. Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, PetroChina, Beijing 100083, China;
    5. Oil & Gas Survey, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100029, China
  • Received:2015-01-03 Revised:2015-12-11 Online:2016-06-08 Published:2016-06-22

Abstract: Based on the integrated analysis of key geological features and distribution of oil and gas fields in the North Ustyurt Basin,central Asia,this paper focuses mainly on hydrocarbon accumulation rules,their controlling factors,and exploration potential in the basin.Because hydrocarbons are originated from multiple source rocks and depositional settings of source rocks vary,hydrocarbon distribution in the North Ustyurt Basin is characterized by‘oil accumulations in the west and gas in the east’.Oil and gas accumulated respectively in the middle Jurassic and Eocene reservoirs with high-quality.Favorable migration paths have played a key role in hydrocarbon accumulation in the North Buzachi Uplift,where the most favorable traps in the Mesozoic are the elongated faulted anticlinal structures in the northern part and top of the Uplift.Exploration potential in the Paleozoic Bashkirian and Asselian carbonate reservoirs also cannot be ignored.In the middle and eastern part of the basin,the Jurassic and Eocene reservoirs are of limited potential,but the Lower Cretaceous in the northeastern region may become a new exploration target.In addition,it is possible to discover hydrocarbon in the Carboniferous Visean reservoirs in the southeastern part of the Basin.

Key words: migration path, depositional environment, reservoir, source rock, North Ustyurt Basin, central Asia

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