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: Received: 26 December 2023 / Approved: 26 December 2023 / Online: 27 December 2023 (03:01:37 CET)
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Chen, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, Y.; Yu, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Yuan, H. Prediction Method of the Distribution of the Effective Dominant Path of Sand Body Transporting Oil and Gas and Its Application. Preprints2023, 2023122015. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.2015.v1
Chen, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, Y.; Yu, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Yuan, H. Prediction Method of the Distribution of the Effective Dominant Path of Sand Body Transporting Oil and Gas and Its Application. Preprints 2023, 2023122015. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.2015.v1
Chen, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, Y.; Yu, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Yuan, H. Prediction Method of the Distribution of the Effective Dominant Path of Sand Body Transporting Oil and Gas and Its Application. Preprints2023, 2023122015. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.2015.v1
APA Style
Chen, Y., Zhang, Y., Wang, Y., Yu, Y., Zhang, Y., & Yuan, H. (2023). Prediction Method of the Distribution of the Effective Dominant Path of Sand Body Transporting Oil and Gas and Its Application. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.2015.v1
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Chen, Y., Yunfeng Zhang and Hongqi Yuan. 2023 "Prediction Method of the Distribution of the Effective Dominant Path of Sand Body Transporting Oil and Gas and Its Application" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.2015.v1
Abstract
To study the oil and gas distribution law in the slope area of the hydrocarbon-bearing basin, the distribution of the effective dominant path of sand bodies transporting oil and gas is a fundamental subject. In this paper, we introduced an effective way to predict such transport paths and applied the method to study the sand bodies of the lower first member of the Shahejie Formation (E3s1L) in the southern area of the Qikou Depression in the Bohai Bay Basin (Qinan). We first define the dominant hydrocarbon transport paths of the sand body as the superimposed area of the contiguously distributed area of the sand body and the paleotectonic ridges at the top of the formation where the sand body is located. Then we define the oil and gas supply area of the oil source fault as the overlapped area of the favorable transport path of oil source faults and the width of the associated fracture zone. Stacking the two areas, we can delineate the distribution of the effective dominant transport paths of the sand bodies. The results from our case study of the Qinan area show that the effective dominant paths of sand bodies transporting oil and gas in the E3s1L Formation in the Qinan area are distributed throughout the region with better development in the west than in the east. The paths in the eastern part extend from north to south, while the paths in the western part extend from northeast to southwest, which is favorable for the convergence of oil and gas generated from the source rocks of the third member of Shahejie Formation (Es3) in the Northeastern main depression of Qikou and the formation of oil and gas accumulations in the l E3s1L Formation. The results are consistent with the fact that oil and gas discovered in the E3s1L Formation in the Qinan region are mainly distributed in the central and western regions, with a small amount in the southeast. Therefore, the suggested method is feasible to predict the effective dominant path of sand bodies transporting oil and gas.
Keywords
sand body; transporting oil and gas; effective dominant path; distribution prediction
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Geophysics and Geology
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