Lower Paleozoic source rocks and natural gas origins in Ordos Basin, NW China
LIU Dan, ZHANG Wenzheng, KONG Qingfen, FENG Ziqi, FANG Chenchen, PENG Weilong
1. PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing 100083, China; 2. Research Institute of Exploration and Development, PetroChina Changqing Oilfield Company, Xi’an 710018, China
Abstract：Based on the geochemical characteristics of Lower Paleozoic gases from 154 most recently drilled wells and their genetic type, in combination with the organic abundance evaluation of 733 core samples from the Lower Paleozoic, the origin of Lower Paleozoic gases in Ordos Basin was discussed. According to the carbon isotope data of paraffin gases in the gas samples and the geological background, the Lower Paleozoic gases are divided into three types and four sub-types: (1) the coal-derived gas generated from the Upper Paleozoic coaly source rock; (2) the oil-associated gas sourced from the Lower Paleozoic source rock, and (3) the mixing gas originated from the Upper Paleozoic coaly source rock and Paleozoic limestone, and the mixing gas can be divided into two sub-types, the mixing gas of positive carbon isotopic series and that of negative carbon isotopic series. From the TOC and organic maceral results of Lower Paleozoic source rock, the samples below salt have an average TOC of 0.3%, with 28.2% of them having TOC>0.4%, the kerogen type being sapropel type, showing great gas generating potential. The Lower Paleozoic gases are primarily coal-derived gas generated from the Upper Paleozoic coal, some oil-associated gas of self-source and self-reservoir can be found in pre-salt reservoirs in the central-eastern basin, where the developed source rock can serve as the source of some Lower Paleozoic gas.
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