Gao Yangdong, Liu Jun, Peng Guangrong, et al. New exploration fields and resource potential of tight oil and gas in the eastern Pearl River Mouth Basin[J]. Acta petrolei sinica, 2025, 46(1): 191-204.
Gao Yangdong, Liu Jun, Peng Guangrong, et al. New exploration fields and resource potential of tight oil and gas in the eastern Pearl River Mouth Basin[J]. Acta petrolei sinica, 2025, 46(1): 191-204. DOI: 10.7623/syxb202501013.
New exploration fields and resource potential of tight oil and gas in the eastern Pearl River Mouth Basin
Due to the great difficulty and high cost of hydrocarbon exploration in the sea area
as well as strong heterogeneity of deep reservoirs
there is less progress in the development of tight oil and gas in the eastern Pearl River Mouth Basin. The enrichment regularities and resource potential of tight oil and gas in the study area were clarified through a deep analysis of their accumulation conditions. The results show as follows. (1) High-quality source rock is developed in the eastern Pearl River Mouth Basin
where there are several hydrocarbon-rich or hydrocarbon-generating subsags
providing a material foundation for the formation of tight oil and gas reservoirs. (2) Two types of terrestrial tight sandstone reservoirs
i.e.
porous-type and fractured-type
are developed in the eastern Pearl River Mouth Basin
showing strong heterogeneity. In the shallow water zone (at the depth from 300 m to 1500 m under the sea)
the tight sandstone reservoirs are mainly found in the braided river delta plain of Enping Formation
the front edge of the large-scale braided river delta in Changyuan reservoir of Wenchang Formation
and the bottom fan deposition. In the deep water zone (at a depth of more than 1500 m under the sea)
the tight sandstone reservoirs are mainly delta deposits at the continental shelf margin of Zhuhai Formation. (3) Large-scale tight oil and gas reservoirs are distributed in deep layers of the Paleogene subsags in the shallow water zone
and middle-deep layers of Zhuhai Formation in the deep water zone
which are characterized with low porosity
ultra-low permeability
strong heterogeneity
and formation overpressure. The accumulation model of tight oil and gas in the shallow water zone is presented as intra-source inclusion
lower generating and upper accumulation
and lateral hydrocarbon migration and accumulation. Moreover
the lower generating and upper accumulation model plays a dominant role in the deep water zone. The comprehensive assessment indicates that the favorable exploration zones for tight oil and gas in shallow water area are located around the hydrocarbon-rich or hydrocarbon-generating subsags such as Huizhou26 subsag
Lufeng13 subsag
and Enping17 subsag
and the reservoir bodies are mainly high-quality reservoirs in the Paleocene large-scale fan delta to braid river composite depositional system. The favorable exploration zones in deep water area are in the northern slope of Baiyun sag and near the subsag
and the reservoir bodies many includes sand bodies in the delta and deepwater fans depositional system of Zhuhai Formation.
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