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2021 , Vol. 48 >Issue 3: 608 - 624

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1876-3804(21)60049-6

Reservoir space and enrichment model of shale oil in the first member of Cretaceous Qingshankou Formation in the Changling Sag, southern Songliao Basin, NE China

  • Bo LIU ,
  • Jiahui SUN ,
  • Yongqing ZHANG ,
  • Junling HE ,
  • Xiaofei FU ,
  • Liang YANG ,
  • Jilin XING ,
  • Xiaoqing ZHAO
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  • 1. Key Laboratory of Continental Shale Hydrocarbon Accumulation and Efficient Development, Ministry of Education, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, China
    2. PetroChina Jilin Oilfield Company, China National Petroleum Corporation, Songyuan 138000, China

Received date: 2020-05-13

  Revised date: 2021-05-06

  Online published: 2021-06-23

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China(41972156)

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Abstract

The lithology, lithofacies, reservoir properties and shale oil enrichment model of the fine-grained sedimentary system in a lake basin with terrigenous clastics of large depression are studied taking the organic-rich shale in the first member of Cretaceous Qingshankou Formation (shortened as Qing 1 Member) in the Changling Sag, southern Songliao Basin as an example. A comprehensive analysis of mineralogy, thin section, test, log and drilling geologic data shows that lamellar shale with high TOC content of semi-deep lake to deep lake facies has higher hydrocarbon generation potential than the massive mudstone facies with medium TOC content, and has bedding-parallel fractures acting as effective reservoir space under over pressure. The sedimentary environments changing periodically and the undercurrent transport deposits in the outer delta front give rise to laminated shale area. The laminated shale with medium TOC content has higher hydrocarbon generation potential than the laminated shale with low TOC content, and the generated oil migrates a short distance to the sandy laminae to retain and accumulate in situ. Ultra-low permeability massive mudstone facies as the top and bottom seals, good preservation conditions, high pressure coefficient, and lamellar shale facies with high TOC are the conditions for “lamellation type” shale oil enrichment in some sequences and zones. The sequence and zone with laminated shale of medium TOC content in oil window and with micro-migration of expelled hydrocarbon are the condition for the enrichment of "lamination type" shale oil. The tight oil and “lamination type” shale oil are in contiguous distribution.

Key words： shale lithofacies; lamina fracture; bedding fracture; Cretaceous Qingshankou Formation; Songliao Basin; Changling sag; shale oil; organic abundance

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Bo LIU , Jiahui SUN , Yongqing ZHANG , Junling HE , Xiaofei FU , Liang YANG , Jilin XING , Xiaoqing ZHAO . Reservoir space and enrichment model of shale oil in the first member of Cretaceous Qingshankou Formation in the Changling Sag, southern Songliao Basin, NE China[J]. Petroleum Exploration and Development, 2021 , 48(3) : 608 -624 . DOI: 10.1016/S1876-3804(21)60049-6

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