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JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
Volume 178, Issue -, Pages 112-138Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2018.03.005
Keywords
Lacustrine source rock; Geochemical characteristics; Paleoenvironment; Petroleum potential; Hydrocarbon generation kinetic; Tight oil occurrence
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41372143]
- Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China [20130007110002]
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The fact that high-quality lacustrine source rocks (generally shale and mudstone) control the formation and distribution of conventional and unconventional oil and gas reservoirs in lacustrine basins has been well-accepted in petroleum exploration and exploitation. Taking the Chang 7 lacustrine source rocks in the Ordos Basin as an example, several points having been reached are as follows. (1) The Chang 7 source rocks possess an excellent source rock potential, and the shales hold a better potential than the mudstones. (2) The paleoenvironments of the Chang 7 source rocks were sub-reducing to sub-oxidizing conditions and fresh- and brackish-water depositional environments with a maximum water depth of 150 m. The organic matter origins of the source rocks are mainly plankton, algae, bacteria and other aquatic microorganisms. (3) The beginning time of the oil generation of the Chang 7 source rocks is at 165 Ma, and the peak oil generation occurred during 115-95 Ma. The cumulative amounts of oil generation are up to 4711 x 10(3) t/km(2) and the ratios of peak generation amounts to cumulative generation amounts are > 50%. The beginning timing and peak generation timing of the shales are earlier than those of the mudstones, respectively, and the cumulative oil generation amount of the shales is higher than that of the mudstones, indicating a better oil generation potential of the shales. (4) Due to the more remained oil possessed in the shales, the hydrocarbon expulsion threshold of the Chang 7 shales (2560 m) is deeper than that of the Chang 7 mudstones (2080 m). (5) The occurrences of the Chang 8-6 tight oils are predominantly controlled by the outer boundary of the Chang 7 source rocks distribution, while the transition areas between thickness, TOC, and R 0 high value centers are the accumulation and enrichment zones. The Chang 7 shales controlled the occurrence of the Chang 8 tight oil reservoirs and the Chang 7 mudstones controlled the occurrence of the Chang 7 and Chang 6 tight oil reservoirs.
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