Process and mechanism for oil and gas accumulation, adjustment and reconstruction in Puguang Gas Field, Northeast Sichuan Basin, China

• Published in: Science China. Earth sciences Vol. 52; no. 9; pp. 1400 - 1411
• Main Authors: Du, Chunguo, Hao, Fang, Zou, Huayao, Zhu, Yangming, Cai, Xunyu, Wang, Cunwu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Nature B.V 01-09-2009
• Subjects: adjustment; and; Basin; Carbon isotopes; Crude oil; Dolomite; dominance; gas; Geochemistry; Geology; Hydrogen sulfide; Isotopes; main; migration; Natural gas reserves; Northeast; oil; Oil and gas fields; Oil reservoirs; pathways; Petroleum geology; Plate tectonics; process; reconstruction; reduction; Rocks; Sichuan; sulfate; Sulfate reduction; Tectonics; thermochemical; TSR
• ISSN: 1674-7313; 1869-1897
• DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0146-4

With the discoveries of a series of large gas fields in the northeast of Sichuan Basin, such as Puguang and Longgang gas fields, the formation mechanism of the gas reservoir containing high H2S in the ancient marine carbonate formation in superposition-basin becomes a hot topic in the field of petroleum geology. Based on the structure inversion, numerical simulation, and geochemical research, we show at least two intervals of fluid transfer in Puguang paleo-oil reservoir, one in the forepart of late Indo-Chinese epoch to early Yanshan epoch and the other in the metaphase of early Yanshan epoch. Oil and gas accumulation occurred at Puguang structure through Puguang-Dongyuezhai faults and dolomite beds in reef and shoal facies in Changxing Formation (P2ch) - Feixianguan Formation (T1f) in the northwest and southwest directions along three main migration pathways, to form Puguang paleo-oil reservoir. Since crude oil is pyrolysised in the early stage of middle Yanshan epoch, Puguang gas reservoir has experienced fluid adjusting process controlled by tectonic movement and geochemical reconstruction process controlled by thermochemical sulfate reduction (TSR). Middle Yan-shan epoch is the main period during which the Puguang gas reservoir experienced the geochemical reaction of TSR. On one hand, TSR can recreate the fluid in gas reservoir, which makes the gas drying index larger and carbon isotope heavier. On the other hand, the reciprocity between fluid regarding TSR (hydrocarbon, H2S, and water) and reservoir rock induces erosion of the reservoir rocks and anhydrite alteration, which improves reservoir petrophysical properties. Superimposed by later tectonic movement, the fluid in Puguang reservoir has twice experienced adjustment, one in the late Yanshan epoch to the early Himalayan epoch and the other time in late Himalayan epoch, after which Puguang gas reservoir is finally developed.