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Application of mapping and dating techniques in the study of ancient carbonate reservoirs: A case study of Sinian Qigebrak Formation in northwestern Tarim Basin, NW China
Received date: 2020-02-17
Revised date: 2020-09-04
Online published: 2020-10-21
Supported by
China National Science and Technology Major Project(2016ZX05004-002);PetroChina Science and Technology Major Project(2018A-0103)
Ancient marine carbonates experienced complex modifications, making it difficult to identify reservoir genesis and effective porosity before hydrocarbon migration. To solve these issues, we used element mapping and carbonate mineral laser U-Pb radiometric dating techniques to study the diagenetic environments based on geochemistry and diagenesis-porosity evolution based on geochronology of the dolomite reservoir of the Sinian Qigebrak Formation, northwest Tarim Basin. Two major understandings were obtained as follows: (1) Supported by petrographic observations, the element mapping, stable isotopes, strontium isotope, and cathodoluminescence tests were performed on different phases of dolomite cements precipitated in vugs and dissolved fissures. The results show that the dolomite reservoirs of the Qigebrak Formation went through freshwater, marine, extremely shallow burial, burial and hydrothermal diagenetic environments after synsedimentary dolomitization; the reservoir spaces were mainly formed in the synsedimentary period (primary pores) and freshwater environment (supergene dissolution pores) before burial; whereas the marine, burial and hydrothermal environments caused the gradual filling of reservoir space by dolomite cements. (2) Based on the above understandings, each phase of dolomite cement precipitated in the reservoir space was dated by the U-Pb radiometric dating technique, and the diagenesis-porosity evolution curves constrained by geochronology were established. The loss of reservoir porosity mainly occurred in the early Caledonian, and during the peak period of hydrocarbon generation of Yuertusi Formation source rock, the reservoirs still maintained at a porosity of 6%-10%. The above understandings provide a certain basis for the evaluation of accumulation effectiveness of the Sinian Qigebrak Formation, northwestern Tarim Basin, and provide a case for the application of mapping and dating techniques in the study of ancient carbonate reservoirs.
Hanxuan YANG , Anping HU , Jianfeng ZHENG , Feng LIANG , Xianying LUO , Yuexing FENG , Anjiang SHEN . Application of mapping and dating techniques in the study of ancient carbonate reservoirs: A case study of Sinian Qigebrak Formation in northwestern Tarim Basin, NW China[J]. Petroleum Exploration and Development, 2020 , 47(5) : 1001 -1013 . DOI: 10.1016/S1876-3804(20)60112-4
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