Xinjiang Petroleum Geology ›› 2025, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (3): 318-328.doi: 10.7657/XJPG20250308

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Oil Source and Hydrocarbon Accumulation Model of Chang 8 Reservoir in Northern Pingliang Area, Ordos Basin

LUO Lironga,b(), LI Jianfenga,b, ZHU Jinga,b, KONG Lingyina,b, BAI Chang’ea,b, JU Yingjunc, HOU Yunchaoa,b   

  1. PetroChina Changqing Oilfield Company, a. Research Institute of Exploration and Development; b. National Engineering Laboratory for Exploration and Development of Low-Permeability Oil & Gas Fields; c. No.6 Oil Production Plant, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710018, China
  • Received:2024-12-23 Revised:2025-01-07 Online:2025-06-01 Published:2025-06-13

Abstract:

To determine the oil source and hydrocarbon accumulation mechanism for the eighth member of the Yanchang formation (Chang 8 member) in the northern Pingliang area of the Ordos Basin, chromatography and chromatography-mass spectrometry of saturated hydrocarbon, and carbon isotope composition were combined to analyze organic geochemical properties and sources of the crude oil in the Chang 8 member. It is found that the crude oil in the Chang 8 member varies greatly in density and viscosity. Due to biodegradation, the crude oil in the Chang 8 member is characterized by high density, high viscosity, elevated Pr/nC17 and Ph/nC18 ratios, and relatively low abundance of rearranged hopanes. The ααα-20R steranes display an asymmetric V-shaped distribution, and the crude oil contains a high proportion of C27 regular steranes, indicating that its organic precursor is primarily derived from aquatic organisms deposited in a freshwater to brackish water, weakly oxic to weakly reducing environment. The crude oil in the Chang 8 member in the Pingliang-Guoyuan area is classified as low mature to mature oil, with lower Ts/Tm, tricyclic terpane/17α(H), and 21β(H) hopane values compared to the crude oil in the Change 8 member in the Yinjiacheng area. The Chang 7 source rock in the study area has lower organic matter abundance, maturity, and development scale than those in the Qingyang area, with differences in tricyclic terpane/17α(H), and 21β(H) hopane values. By comparing the biomarkers of crude oil and source rocks, and considering the development and maturity of the source rocks, it is inferred that the crude oil in the Chang 8 member in the Pingliang-Guoyuan area is well correlated with the Chang 7 source rock in the northern Pingliang area, and it is mainly accumulated after vertical migration. In contrast, the crude oil in the Chang 8 member in the Yinjiacheng area is correlated with the Chang 7 source rock in the Qingyang area, and it is mainly accumulated after lateral transportation and migration.

Key words: Ordos Basin, Tianhuan depression, Western Margin thrust belt, Yanchang formation, Chang 8 member, oil source, accumulation mechanism

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