Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2021, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (6): 1376-1388.doi: 10.11743/ogg20210612

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Accumulation mechanism of tight sandstone oil in Gaotaizi reservoir in Qijia area, Songliao Basin

Weitao Wu1,2(), Jingzhou Zhao1,2, Qi'an Meng3, Tiefeng Lin3, Ge Zhang3, Jinyou Zhang3, Shanghua Si1,2, Yubin Bai1,2   

  1. 1. School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Xi'an Shiyou University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710065, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Hydrocarbon Accumulation of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an Shiyou University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710065, China
    3. Exploration and Development Research Institute of Daqing Olifield Company Ltd, Daqing 163712, China
  • Received:2020-04-20 Online:2021-12-28 Published:2021-12-16

Abstract:

Tight oil has become an important exploration field in China's petroliferous basins. The study focuses on the tight oil of Gaotaizi reservoir of Qijia area in the Songliao Basin. An array of data obtained from core, thin section, and fluid inclusion observation, geochemical analysis and production test, are applied to analyze the characteristics of the Gaotaizi tight sandstone reservoir, and clarify the accumulation mechanism of tight oil. The results show that the pore space of Gaotaizi reservoir is dominated by residual intergranular pores and feldspathic dissolved pores, with a mean porosity of 9.17% and a mean permeability of 0.45×10-3 μm2. On map view, the porosity of Gaotaizi sandstone reservoir in the northern part of Qijia area is mostly over 12%, while that in the sorth-central area is mostly less than 12%, thus belonging to tight reservoir. The tight reservoirs are mainly of faulted, lithologic-faulted and lithologic types in quasi-continuous distribution and are laterally superimposed and connected and vertically overlapped. They are controlled by sand body distribution, faults and reservoir physical properties, instead of structural highs. The source rocks of the 1st and 2nd members of Qingshankou Formation (Qing 1 and Qing 2 members) are of high quality at the peak of oil generation, featuring relatively large thickness and a TOC content of 2.47% and 1.6%, respectively. The tight oil accumulation occurred in 3 episodes of 2 stages, that is the late Nenjiang period and Mingshui period. The faults which do not cut through the Qingshankou Formation, fractures and sand bodies provide pathways for tight oil migration. The burial depth of the top surface of the Gaotaizi reservoir was 800-1 400 m at the end of the Nenjiang Formation deposition, corresponding to a palaeo-porosity of about 21%-15%, and the maximum residual pressure was about 10 MPa, resulting in only conventional reservoir in the center. While its burial depth was 1 600-2 200 m at the end of Mingshui Formation deposition, corresponding to a palaeo-porosity of about 13%-7%, and the maximum residual pressure was over 25 MPa, resulting in tight oil reservoir in wide distribution. The accumulation model of tight oil therein can be concluded as a quasi-continuous type of dual sourced hydrocarbon charging, featuring an lower source rock-upper reservoir assemblage and source-reservoir alternating configuration.

Key words: accumulation period, accumulation mechanism, tight oil in sandstone reservoir, Gaotaizi reservoir, Qijia area, Songliao Basin

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