Lithologic Reservoirs ›› 2015, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (4): 119-126.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8926.2015.04.018

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Exploration status, main geologic characteristics and their differences of tight oil between America and China

Qiu Zhen, Li Jianzhong, Wu Xiaozhi, Wang Shejiao, Zheng Min, Guo Qiulin   

  1.  PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development , Beijing 100083 , China
  • Online:2015-07-20 Published:2015-07-20

Abstract:

In recent ten years, great progress has been made in the tight oil exploration around the world, suggesting that tight oil resources have great potential, which has became the most realized target for exploration of the unconventional oil. Based on pervious studies referring to tight oil, this paper summed up the exploration status of tight oil between America and China, and discussed the main geologic characteristics of them and their differences. The main geologic characteristics of tight oil are as follows: (1)it was commonly developed in the sediment-tectonic setting with well preservation; (2)organic-rich source rocks associated with it extend over large areas with high hydrocarbon-generating intensity; (3)tight oil reservoirs are distributed in a large area continuously with giant reservoir space; (4)tight oil reservoirs were effectively coexisted with source rocks with highly active accumulation. The differences of geologic characteristics of tight oil between America and China mainly exit in three aspects of source rocks, tight reservoirs and oil deposits. These above conclusions are hoped to provide some beneficial suggestions for next tight oil exploration in China.

Key words: subaqueous fan, lithofacies, reservoir quality, spatial distribution, Yan 227 block, Yanjia Oilfield

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