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Physical property and hydrocarbon enrichment characteristics of tight oil reservoir in Chang 7 division of Yanchang Formation, Xin'anbian oilfield, Ordos Basin, China

Weibo Zhao, Suyun Hu, Xiuqin Deng, Bin Bai, Shizhen Tao, Bo Sun, Qianru Wang, Dang-Xing Cheng

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Xin'anbian Oilfield of the Ordos Basin is the large tight oilfield to be first exploration discovery in china. The production of tight oil increased significantly in recent years. It shows great exploration potential of Chang7 tight oil. But the physical property and hydrocarbon enrichment characteristics of Chang 7 tight oil reservoirs were rarely studied, The forming conditions of tight oil reservoirs are systematically summarized and analyzed through the study of hydrocarbon generation, sedimentary reservoirs and hydrocarbon migration and accumulation based on production and core experimental data. The result shows that, The porosity of the Chang 72 reservoir mainly distributed in 5.0–11.0%, average at 7.9%, The permeability mainly distributed in 0.04–0.18 × 10−3 μm2, average at 0.12 × 10−3 μm2, The pore diameters of the tight oil reservoir distributed in 2–8 μm. The high-quality Chang 73 source rocks and the micropsammite of Chang 72 subaqueous distributary channel were widely distributed in the study area. The lenticular or banded sand bodies are distributed among mudstone or hydrocarbon source rocks and have the advantage of migration distance for hydrocarbon accumulation. The reservoir space is composed of micro-nanometer pores and throat, that is formed in the process of increasing pressure during hydrocarbon generation and hydrocarbon accumulation. The Chang 7 tight oil was generated in the early Cretaceous and injected into the sand of the subaqueous distributary channel driven by continuous hydrocarbon generation supercharging. The formation and accumulation of tight oil reservoirs are mainly controlled by source rocks, sedimentary microfacies and reservoirs of good quality.

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Xin'anbian Oilfield of the Ordos Basin is the large tight oilfield to be first exploration discovery in china. The production of tight oil increased significantly in recent years. It shows great exploration potential of Chang7 tight oil. But the physical property and hydrocarbon enrichment characteristics of Chang 7 tight oil reservoirs were rarely studied, The forming conditions of tight oil reservoirs are systematically summarized and analyzed through the study of hydrocarbon generation, sedimentary reservoirs and hydrocarbon migration and accumulation based on production and core experimental data. The result shows that, The porosity of the Chang 72 reservoir mainly distributed in 5.0–11.0%, average at 7.9%, The permeability mainly distributed in 0.04–0.18 × 10−3 μm2, average at 0.12 × 10−3 μm2, The pore diameters of the tight oil reservoir distributed in 2–8 μm. The high-quality Chang 73 source rocks and the micropsammite of Chang 72 subaqueous distributary channel were widely distributed in the study area. The lenticular or banded sand bodies are distributed among mudstone or hydrocarbon source rocks and have the advantage of migration distance for hydrocarbon accumulation. The reservoir space is composed of micro-nanometer pores and throat, that is formed in the process of increasing pressure during hydrocarbon generation and hydrocarbon accumulation. The Chang 7 tight oil was generated in the early Cretaceous and injected into the sand of the subaqueous distributary channel driven by continuous hydrocarbon generation supercharging. The formation and accumulation of tight oil reservoirs are mainly controlled by source rocks, sedimentary microfacies and reservoirs of good quality.

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Xin'anbian Oilfield of the Ordos Basin is the large tight oilfield to be first exploration discovery in china. The production of tight oil increased significantly in recent years. It shows great exploration potential of Chang7 tight oil. But the physical property and hydrocarbon enrichment characteristics of Chang 7 tight oil reservoirs were rarely studied, The forming conditions of tight oil reservoirs are systematically summarized and analyzed through the study of hydrocarbon generation, sedimentary reservoirs and hydrocarbon migration and accumulation based on production and core experimental data. The result shows that, The porosity of the Chang 72 reservoir mainly distributed in 5.0–11.0%, average at 7.9%, The permeability mainly distributed in 0.04–0.18 × 10−3 μm2, average at 0.12 × 10−3 μm2, The pore diameters of the tight oil reservoir distributed in 2–8 μm. The high-quality Chang 73 source rocks and the micropsammite of Chang 72 subaqueous distributary channel were widely distributed in the study area. The lenticular or banded sand bodies are distributed among mudstone or hydrocarbon source rocks and have the advantage of migration distance for hydrocarbon accumulation. The reservoir space is composed of micro-nanometer pores and throat, that is formed in the process of increasing pressure during hydrocarbon generation and hydrocarbon accumulation. The Chang 7 tight oil was generated in the early Cretaceous and injected into the sand of the subaqueous distributary channel driven by continuous hydrocarbon generation supercharging. The formation and accumulation of tight oil reservoirs are mainly controlled by source rocks, sedimentary microfacies and reservoirs of good quality.

Key concepts: Tight oil, Geology, Hydrocarbon, Source rock, Structural basin, Petroleum engineering, Geochemistry, Sedimentary rock

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