Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (5): 887-895.doi: 10.11743/ogg20170507

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Hydrocarbon charging pathway tracing with rearranged hopane parameters in Longdong area,Ordos Basin

Li Wei1,2, Wen Zhigang1, Xu Yaohui1, Zhu Cuishan1, Gao Yongliang1   

  1. 1. College of Resources and Environment, Key Laboratory of Exploration Technologies for Oil and Gas Resources, Ministry of Education, Yangtze University, Wuhan, Hubei 430100, China;
    2. PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2016-06-29 Revised:2017-06-14 Online:2017-10-28 Published:2017-11-10

Abstract: Oil samples from the seventh member of the Yanchang Formation in Longdong area of Ordos Basin were found to be mature-highly mature crudes of a same family that were generated by mixed lower algae and higher plants under a weak oxidation-reduction and fresh-brackish water setting and were extensive in plane distribution.Most previous studies were focused on the vertical migration and accumulation of the crude,and the horizontal migration and charging of the oil was largely neglected.Based on the thermostability analyses of rearranged hopane (diahopane)/hopane (C30*/C30H) ratios,we studied the possibility of using C30*/C30H ratio to trace crude migration and charging and came with supportive results.The ratios of mature-highly mature crude were observed to be a biomarker not only for thermal maturity but also for crude migration and charging,as it shows a positive correlation with two other parameters:MDR and exposure/shielding alkyl dibenzothiophenes.By applying the ratio to trace the crude charging direction in the seventh member of the Formation,we found that the crude was migrating and charging continuously southwest-and northeast-ward in the modes of wavefront to Huachi area.The result verified the idea of using the ratio as an effective parameter for tracing oil charging pathways.

Key words: rearranged hopane/hopane ratio, charging pathway, seventh member of the Yanchang Formation, Longdong area, Ordos Basin

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