Oil & Gas Geology ›› 2024, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (2): 357-366.doi: 10.11743/ogg20240204

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New insights into the genetic types and characteristics of the Ordovician marine fault-karst carbonate reservoirs in the northern Tarim Basin

Debin YANG1(), Xinbian LU1, Dian BAO1, Fei CAO1, Yan WANG1, Ming WANG1, Runcheng XIE2   

  1. 1.Northwest Oil Field Company,SINOPEC,Urumqi,Xinjiang 830011,China
    2.Chengdu University of Technology,Chengdu,Sichuan 610059,China
  • Received:2023-10-31 Revised:2024-03-25 Online:2024-04-30 Published:2024-04-30

Abstract:

The previously coined fault-karst reservoirs have become new exploration and exploitation targets and types of marine carbonate hydrocarbon reservoirs. However, these reservoirs are significantly different from conventional weathering-crust karst reservoirs and also show diverse reservoir types and structural characteristics themselves. By delving into the differences in the dissolution and tectonic fracturing of fault-karst reservoirs, we categorize these reservoirs into three types: the over-dissolved residual type, the fractured and highly dissolved type, and the highly fractured and weakly dissolved type. Investigations into these types of fault-karst reservoirs reveal that these reservoirs significantly differ in dissolution intensity, fracture and vug sizes, cumulative oil production, formation energy, and fracture-vug connectivity. Furthermore, the distribution of over-dissolved residual fault-karst reservoirs is influenced by both weathering crust unconformities and the longitudinal dissolution of fault zones. In contrast, the formation and distribution of the remaining two types, manifesting a minimal association with unconformities and tectonic locations, are primarily governed by the fracturing and dissolution intensity of dissolved fault zones. Specifically, large-scale caves occur in the cores of dissolved fault zones, gradually transitioning to fractured-vuggy and fractured reservoirs towards their both sides.

Key words: genetic type, carbonate rock, fault-karst reservoir, Ordovician, Tarim Basin

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