Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (5): 840-850.doi: 10.11743/ogg20170502

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Diversities and disparities of fracture systems in the Paleogene in DN gas field,Kuqa Depression,Tarim Basin

Yuan Jing1, Cao Yu1, Li Ji2, Dong Daotao1, Yang Rong3, Li Chuntang4, Chang Lunjie5, Yang Junsheng1   

  1. 1. School of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum(East China), Qingdao, Shandong 266580, China;
    2. Experiment Testing Institute, PetroChina Xinjiang Oilfield Company, Karamay, Xinjiang 834000, China;
    3. Sino-Shengli Engineering Co., Ltd., SINOPEC Shengli Oilfield, Dongying, Shangdong 257000, China;
    4. Exploration and Development Institute, SINOPEC North China Company, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China;
    5. Exlporation and Development Institute, PetroChina Tarim Oilfield Company, Kuerle, Xinjiang 841000, China
  • Received:2016-06-29 Revised:2017-08-25 Online:2017-10-28 Published:2017-11-10

Abstract: The diversities and disparities of fracture systems in low-and ultra-low-permeability sandstone reservoirs in the Paleogene in DN gas field of Kuqa Depression,Tarim Basin,were scrutinized through a combination of analytic means such as core and thin section observation,SEM,as well as analyses of clay mineral XRD,fluid inclusion,and physical properties of oil-bearing formations,with regional geological understanding.The results show that the fracture systems are dominated by tectonic fractures,followed successively by dissolution fractures,diagenetic fractures,and overpressured fractures.The tectonic fractures have 3 types (shear fractures,extension fractures,and seismic-related fractures) and 3 development stages.It was the late Himalayan stage (i.e.the end of Pliocene,2.6-1.81 Ma) when certain tectonic compression process generated the most favorable fractures for hydrocarbon accumulations.The formation of the other three kinds of fractures,i.e.the dissolution fractures,diagenetic fractures,and overpressured fractures,is suggested to be happening during the period from the late Kuqua to Xiyu (2Ma-present) and associated with dissolution by hydrocarbon charging,shrinkage by dehydration of clay minerals,and a formation overpressure by intensive tectonic compression,rapid burial processes and pressurized fluids.The disparities of the fracture systems are mainly controlled by rock types,sedimentary facies belts,the single layer thickness and the distance to major controlling faults.The underwater distributary channels in the central part of the gas field are dominated by silty and fine sandstone where the fractures are highly developed and well productivity is high.The linear density of fractures are found to be negatively related to the thickness of single layers (a s-shaped correlation),and decreases as the distance to the major controlling faults increases.The linear density of fractures in mudstone is less than 0.4 lines per meter and is observed to have no connection with single layer thickness.

Key words: tectonic fracture, dissolution fracture, diagenetic fracture, overpressured fracture, fracture characteristic, low-permeability sandstone reservoir, DN gas field, Tarim Basin

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