Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2020, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (5): 1083-1091.doi: 10.11743/ogg20200518

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Relationship between excess pressure gradient and hydrocarbon distribution in the 3rd member of Shahejie Formation in Bonan Sag, Bohai Bay Basin

Hua Liu1,2(), Jun Li1,2, Yuelin Feng3, Xuefeng Hao3, Hongmei Lin3, Feifei Yuan1,2   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Deep Oil and Gas, China University of Petroleum(East China), Qingdao, Shandong 266580, China
    2. Function Laboratory of Marine Geo-Resource Evaluation and Exploration Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China
    3. Exploration and Production Institute of Shengli Oilfield Company, SINOPEC, Dongying, Shandong 257001, China
  • Received:2019-02-26 Online:2020-10-28 Published:2020-10-22

Abstract:

In order to quantify and characterize the relationship of overpressure with hydrocarbon migration, accumulation and distribution, we took the 3rd member of the Shahejie Formation in the Bonan Sag of the Bohai Bay Basin as an example to study the excess pressure gradient and its variation patterns as well as its influence on hydrocarbon distribution based on fluid pressure prediction and through analyses of logging, geophysical and testing data.The results show that the hydrocarbon-bearing third member is generally over pressurized with the deep sag zone having greater excess pressure and the highest gradient, the steep slope and step-fault zones having moderate excess pressure and gradient, and the gentle slope zone having smaller excess pressure and the lowest gradient.The hydrocarbon migration dynamics and reservoiring capacity of a location in the member are determined by its distance to the overpressure center.For locations right in the overpressure center, the hydrocarbon migration is under strong driving forces, high excess pressure gradients are mainly distributed near faults, and oil and gas mainly accumulate near the Boshen 4 fault; for locations adjacent to the overpressure center where high excess pressure gradient mainly appears in highly heterogeneous formations, oil and gas migrate to areas with low excess pressure gradient through sandbodies with various lateral transport capacities; and for locations far away from the overpressure center, the excess pressure is relatively low and buoyancy stands out as the main driving force for oil and gas migration, and the relationship between the excess pressure gradient and the oil and gas distribution is no longer obvious.

Key words: overpressure, excess pressure gradient, excess pressure, hydrocarbon distribution, the 3rd member of Shahejie Formation, Bonan Sag, Bohai Bay Basin

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