scholarly journals Shale gas generation and potential of the Lower Cambrian Qiongzhusi Formation in the Southern Sichuan Basin, China

2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinliang HUANG ◽  
Caineng ZOU ◽  
Jianzhong LI ◽  
Dazhong DONG ◽  
Sheiiao WANG ◽  
...  
Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2679
Author(s):  
Yuying Zhang ◽  
Shu Jiang ◽  
Zhiliang He ◽  
Yuchao Li ◽  
Dianshi Xiao ◽  
...  

In order to analyze the main factors controlling shale gas accumulation and to predict the potential zone for shale gas exploration, the heterogeneous characteristics of the source rock and reservoir of the Wufeng-Longmaxi Formation in Sichuan Basin were discussed in detail, based on the data of petrology, sedimentology, reservoir physical properties and gas content. On this basis, the effect of coupling between source rock and reservoir on shale gas generation and reservation has been analyzed. The Wufeng-Longmaxi Formation black shale in the Sichuan Basin has been divided into 5 types of lithofacies, i.e., carbonaceous siliceous shale, carbonaceous argillaceous shale, composite shale, silty shale, and argillaceous shale, and 4 types of sedimentary microfacies, i.e., carbonaceous siliceous deep shelf, carbonaceous argillaceous deep shelf, silty argillaceous shallow shelf, and argillaceous shallow shelf. The total organic carbon (TOC) content ranged from 0.5% to 6.0% (mean 2.54%), which gradually decreased vertically from the bottom to the top and was controlled by the oxygen content of the bottom water. Most of the organic matter was sapropel in a high-over thermal maturity. The shale reservoir of Wufeng-Longmaxi Formation was characterized by low porosity and low permeability. Pore types were mainly <10 nm organic pores, especially in the lower member of the Longmaxi Formation. The size of organic pores increased sharply in the upper member of the Longmaxi Formation. The volumes of methane adsorption were between 1.431 m3/t and 3.719 m3/t, and the total gas contents were between 0.44 m3/t and 5.19 m3/t, both of which gradually decreased from the bottom upwards. Shale with a high TOC content in the carbonaceous siliceous/argillaceous deep shelf is considered to have significant potential for hydrocarbon generation and storage capacity for gas preservation, providing favorable conditions of the source rock and reservoir for shale gas.


2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tenger BORJIGIN ◽  
Baojian SHEN ◽  
Lingjie YU ◽  
Yunfeng YANG ◽  
Wentao ZHANG ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenzhu Zhou ◽  
Xiaolan Chen ◽  
Haiyang Xia

Sichuan Basin is the only successful basin for shale gas exploration in China. In addition to the main shale in the Lower Silurian Longmaxi formation, the lower Cambrian Qiongzhusi shale is an important potential formation. However, it was once considered that shale gas is difficult to enrich because of its poor sealing conditions and hydrocarbon migration to adjacent reservoirs. With the increasing research on hydrocarbon generation and reservoir in shale of Qiongzhusi Formation in recent years, it has become an important exploration target in Sichuan Basin. The enrichment of oil and gas is closely related to fluid activities. Limited by the degree of exploration, there is little analysis of fluid activities in Qiongzhusi Formation, and there is little analysis of shale gas enrichment potential from the perspective of fluid. The hydrocarbon generated from Qiongzhusi shale in the rift could migrate laterally to the uplift area and form a reservoir in Dengying Formation. The fluid activities from source rock to reservoir are basically the same. Therefore, this paper reconstructed the history of hydrocarbon activities in Dengying reservoirs based on fluid inclusion analysis. Then the fluid activity process in Qiongzhusi shale was studied, and its enrichment conditions of shale gas was discussed. The results show that the hydrocarbon activities of Dengying Formation can be divided into three stages: 1) oil charging stage, 2) oil cracking gas generation stage and 3) gas reservoir adjustment stage. The first stage is under normal pressure, and the second and third stages developed overpressure with pressure coefficients of 1.3 and 1.2, respectively. High pressure coefficient is an important indicator of shale gas enrichment. Because the source rock of Qiongzhusi Formation has always been the main source rock of Dengying Formation, it can supply hydrocarbon to Dengying Formation only with overpressure in gas generation stage. Therefore, overpressure in the last two stages of gas generation indeed existed. As long as the sealing condition of shale itself is not particularly poor, shale gas “sweet points” would be formed. Therefore, the thick shale in Deyang-Anyue rift is the focus of shale gas exploration in Qiongzhusi Formation.


AAPG Bulletin ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 103 (6) ◽  
pp. 1265-1296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenzhi Zhao ◽  
Shuichang Zhang ◽  
Kun He ◽  
Hongliu Zeng ◽  
Guoyi Hu ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 3003-3012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuying Zhang ◽  
Zhiliang He ◽  
Shu Jiang ◽  
Shuangfang Lu ◽  
Dianshi Xiao ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Roger Yuan ◽  
Fa Dwan ◽  
Navpreet Singh ◽  
Liang Jin ◽  
Danny Soo ◽  
...  

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