Xinjiang Petroleum Geology ›› 2024, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (2): 151-162.doi: 10.7657/XJPG20240203

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New Understanding of Hydrocarbon Accumulation Model of Upper Wuerhe Formation on Western Slope of Shawan Sag, Junggar Basin

XIONG Ting(), LIU Yu, CHEN Wenli, ZHONG Weijun, JIA Chunming, JIANG Tao, SHANG Chun   

  1. Institute of Geophysics, Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Xinjiang Oilfield Company, PetroChina, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830013, China
  • Received:2024-01-05 Revised:2024-01-10 Online:2024-04-01 Published:2024-03-26

Abstract:

In 2018, based on a detailed characterization of paleogeomorphology, the sedimentary facies of the upper Wuerhe formation on the western slope of Shawan sag, Junggar basin, were identified, and a breakthrough was achieved by deploying Well ST 1 according to the hydrocarbon accumulation model of “trough-controlled sandbody, facies-controlled reservoir”. However, due to insufficient research on sedimentary facies and reservoirs, the reservoirs encountered by Well ST 1 didn’t meet the expectation in scale, with the hydrocarbon accumulation model to be clarified. In this paper, using the seismic, logging, core, and geochemical data, the sedimentary facies and reservoirs of the upper Wuerhe formation on the western slope of the Shawan sag were systematically investigated. The results show that two sedimentary systems, i.e., Xiaoguai fan and Shamenzi fan, are developed in the Shawan sag. Shamenzi fan which is larger in scale is characterized by retrogradational fan delta sedimentary facies. The upper Wuerhe formation (P3w) can be divided into three members such as P3w1, P3w2 and P3w3 from bottom to top. The thin sand layers in P3w2, and the glutenites in the lower part of the upper P3w1 and the upper part of the lower P3w1 are the main reservoirs. Dual-porosity reservoirs are developed in the upper Wuerhe formation, and the faults connected to source rocks provide dominant pathways for oil and gas migration. A hydrocarbon accumulation model of “fault-connected source, fan-controlled reservoir, and fracture-controlled production” was established. Accordingly, fault-lithologic reservoirs and fault-stratigraphic reservoirs have been discovered on the western slope of the Shawan sag, expanding the exploration area in the upper Wuerhe formation.

Key words: Junggar basin, Shawan sag, Permian, upper Wuerhe formation, exploration history, retrogradational sedimentation, hydrocarbon accumulation model

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