Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (2): 297-306.doi: 10.11743/ogg20220205

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Control effect of paleolacustrine water conditions on mixed lithofacies assemblages:A case study of the Palaeogene Es3, Dongying Sag, Bohai Bay Basin

Huiming Liu1(), Huaiyu Yang2,3(), Pengfei Zhang2,3, Tongxin Han2, Xinjin Liu2,3   

  1. 1.Oil/Gas Exploration Management Center of Shengli Oilfield Branch Company Ltd. , SINOPEC, Dongying, Shandong 257015, China
    2.Exploration and Development Research Institute of Shengli Oilfield Branch Company Ltd. , SINOPEC, Dongying, Shandong 257015, China
    3.Postdoctoral Programme of Shengli Oilfield Branch Company Ltd. , SINOPEC, Dongying, Shandong 257015, China
  • Received:2020-07-23 Revised:2022-01-22 Online:2022-04-01 Published:2022-03-11
  • Contact: Huaiyu Yang E-mail:hmliu@vip.163.com;yanghuaiyu.slyt@sinopec.com

Abstract:

Turbidite reservoirs in the 3rd member of the Palaeogene Shahejie Formation (hereinafter referred to as Es3) act as an important contributor for the increase of reserves in the Dongying Sag, Bohai Bay Basin. However, their marked richness in lime in the water body during deposition, has severely affected the precision of geophysical prediction and reservoir quality. Based on the genetic link of sedimentary water conditions and mixed lithofacies assemblages rich in lime, we classify the lithofacies assemblages and depict related water conditions, as well as discuss the control mechanism of water conditions on mixed lithofacies assemblages, following the restoration of paleolacustrine water conditions (e.g. salinity, depth) via multiple means. An integration of drilling data, seismic data and core analyses such as paleontology, trace elements, clay minerals, carbon and oxygen isotopes, is applied in the study. The results show that the lithofacies assemblages of the Es3 in the study area can be divided into 7 types, 5 of which are mixed lithofacies assemblages containing lime. Paleoclimate, paleo-provenance and deep-sourced fluids serve to jointly control the paleowater conditions of continental lacustrine basins, while the carbonate content is under the control of water salinity therein. The lime-rich areas are mainly located in the Tuo-Sheng fault zone, northern Caoqiao slope, central anticlinal and slope zones, while the lime-lean areas mainly in freshwater input regions and deep depression zones. Therefore, key turbidite exploration is supposed to be directed towards freshwater-affected areas adjacent to prodelta and freshwater-diluted areas in central depression.

Key words: mixed lithofacies assemblage, paleowater condition restoration, turbidite reservoir, the 3rd member of Shahejie Formation (Es3), Paleogene, Dongying Sag, Bohai Bay Basin

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