Exploration Practice of Subtle Reservoirs in Slope Zone of Shaleitian Uplift in Bohai Bay Basin

Abstract

Shaleitian Uplift is located in the central part of Bohai Bay Basin. Surrounded by several hydrocarbon depressions, the Shaleitian Uplift has excellent hydrocarbon accumulation conditions and abundant oil and gas reserves. Experienced complex tectonic and sedimentary evolution history, the Shaleitian Uplift has various hydrocarbon migration pathways and multiple types of subtle entrapments formed on it. This makes the uplift have great exploration potential of subtle reservoirs. In order to locate favorable exploration targets accurately in the slope zone where the exploration degree is lower, we study geologic conditions especially some key geological factors of all kinds of subtle entrapments systematically in Shaleitian Uplift. In our study, ant tracking algorithm together with genetic inversion and several other technical methods are adopted to identify and describe the key geological factors such as deep sandstone lens, unconformities, fault systems, special lithologic cap rocks and shallow fluvial facies sandbodies. Based on our knowledges of these geological factors above, we built a geologic model for the whole Shaleitian Uplift to describe spatial associations of main stratums and the key geological factors. In the geologic model, all the subtle entrapments are more obvious and the favorable exploration targets are easier to be located. Among these exploration targets, with favorable hydrocarbon accumulation conditions, multiple subtle entrapments and large potential hydrocarbon resources, C11-E Structure attracted attention. In this structure, large dip angle stratums together with fault system, unconformity surfaces, cap rock with various lithology and reservoirs with various sedimentary facies create rare conditions for the formation of all kinds of subtle reservoirs. In recent years, reserves in C11-E Structure has been explored and evaluated. More than 20 subtle reservoirs including lithologic updip pinch out reservoir, stratigraphic unconformity reservoir, stratigraphic overlap reservoir, sandstone lens reservoir and composite reservoir are discovered and large proven reserves are obtained by 1 appraisal well. The successful evaluation of C11-E Structure helps us get more geological knowledges about hydrocarbon accumulation conditions of subtle reservoirs and confirm great potential reserves of subtle reservoirs in Shaleitian Uplift. It also provides a reference for exploration and evaluation of other structures on Shaleitian Uplift.

AAPG Datapages/Search and Discovery Article #90350 © 2019 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, May 19-22, 2019