Abstract：In-situ conversion processing (ICP) of shale oil underground at the depth ranging from 300 m to 3 000 m is a physical and chemical process caused by using horizontal drilling and electric heating technology, which converts heavy oil, bitumen and various organic matter into light oil and gas in a large scale, which can be called “underground refinery”. ICP has several advantages as in CO2 capture, recoverable resource potential and the quality of hydrocarbon output. Based on the geothermal evolution mechanism of organic materials established by Tissot et al., this study reveals that in the nonmarine organic-rich shale sequence, the amount of liquid hydrocarbon maintaining in the shale is as high as 25% in the liquid hydrocarbon window stage (Ro less than 1.0%), and the unconverted organic materials in the shale interval can reach 40% to 100%. The conditions of organic-rich shale suitable for underground in-situ conversion of shale oil should be satisfied in the following aspects, TOC higher than 6%, Ro ranging between 0.5% and 1%, concentrated thickness of organic-rich shale greater than 15 meters, burial depth less than 3 000 m, covering area bigger than 50 km2, good sealing condition in both up- and down-contacting sequences and water content smaller than 5%, etc. The shale oil resource in China’s onshore region is huge. It is estimated with this paper that the technical recoverable resource reaches 70-90 billion tons of oil and 60-65 trillion cubic meters of gas. The ICP of shale oil underground is believed to be a fairway to find big oil in the source kitchen in the near future. And it is also believed to be a milestone to keep China long-term stability of oil and gas sufficient supply by putting ICP of shale oil underground into real practice in the future.
赵文智, 胡素云, 侯连华. 页岩油地下原位转化的内涵与战略地位[J]. 石油勘探与开发, 2018, 45(4): 537-545.
ZHAO Wenzhi, HU Suyun, HOU Lianhua. Connotation and strategic role of in-situ conversion processing of shale oil underground in the onshore China[J]. Petroleum Exploration and Development, 2018, 45(4): 537-545.
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