scholarly journals Geochemical studies on high-efficiency hydrocarbon expulsion of Triassic lacustrine shale in the Ordos Basin, China: implications for tight and shale oil accumulation

2020 ◽  
Vol 600 ◽  
pp. 012044
Author(s):  
Weiwei Yang ◽  
Wenzheng Zhang ◽  
Shixiang Li ◽  
Shanpeng Li
Keyword(s):  
High Efficiency ◽  
Ordos Basin ◽  
Shale Oil ◽  
Oil Accumulation ◽  
The Ordos Basin ◽  
Lacustrine Shale ◽  
Hydrocarbon Expulsion ◽  
Geochemical Studies

scholarly journals Phase States of Hydrocarbons in Chinese Marine Carbonate Strata and Controlling Factors for Their Formation

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 753-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Zhijun ◽  
Liu Quanyou ◽  
Qiu Nansheng ◽  
Ding Feng ◽  
Bai Guoping
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flow ◽  
Tarim Basin ◽  
Sichuan Basin ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Ordos Basin ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Hydrocarbon Generation ◽  
Oil Accumulation ◽  
The Ordos Basin ◽  
Accumulation History

Chinese marine strata were mainly deposited before the Mesozoic. In the Tarim, Sichuan and Ordos Basins, the marine source rocks are made of sapropelic dark shale, and calcareous shale, and they contain type II kerogen. Because of different burial and geothermal histories, the three basins exhibit different hydrocarbon generation histories and preservation status. In the Tarim Basin, both oil and gas exist, but the Sichuan and Ordos Basins host mainly gas. The Tarim Basin experienced a high heat flow history in the Early Paleozoic. For instance, heat flow in the Late Cambrian varied between 65–75 mW/m2, but it declined thereafter and averages 43.5mW/m2 in the current time. Thus, the basin is a “warm to cold basin”. The Sichuan Basin experienced an increasing heat flow through the Early Paleozoic to Early Permian, and peaked in the latest Early Permian with heat flows of 71–77 mW/m2. Then, the heat flow declined stepwise to the current value of 53.2 mW/m2. Thus, it is a generally a high heat flow “warm basin”. The Ordos Basin has a low heat flow for most of its history (45–55 mW/m2), but experienced a heating event in the Cretaceous, with the heat flow rising to 70–80 mW/m2. Thus, this basin is a “cold to warm basin”. The Tarim Basin experienced three events of hydrocarbon accumulations. Oil accumulation formed in the late stage of Caledonian Orogeny. The generation and accumulation of oil continued in the Northern and Central Tarim (Tabei and Tazhong) till the late Hercynian Orogeny, during which, the accumulated oil cracked into gas in the Hetianhe area and Eastern Tarim (Tadong). In the Himalaya Orogeny, oil cracking occurred in the entire basin, part of the oil in the Tabei and Tazhong areas and most of the oil in the Hetianhe and Tadong areas are converted into gas. In the Sichuan Basin, another triple-episode generation and accumulation history is exhibited. In the Indosinian Orogeny, oil accumulation formed, but in the Yanshanian Orogeny, part of the oil in the eastern Sichuan Basin and most of the oil in the northeastern part was cracked into gas. In the Himalayan Orogeny, oil in the entire basin was converted into gas. The Ordos Basin experienced a double-episode generation and accumulation history, oil accumulation happened in the early Yanshanian stage, and cracked in the late stage. In general, multiple phases of heat flow history and tectonic reworking caused multiple episodes of hydrocarbon generation, oil to gas cracking, and accumulation and reworking. The phases and compositions of oil and gas are mainly controlled by thermal and burial histories, and hardly influenced by kerogen types and source rock types.

scholarly journals Characteristics of desorption gas of lacustrine shale in the Ordos Basin, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 360 ◽  
pp. 012020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Li ◽  
Shixin Zhou ◽  
Deliang Fu ◽  
Kefei Chen ◽  
Chen Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ordos Basin ◽  
The Ordos Basin ◽  
Lacustrine Shale
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