scholarly journals Geology and geochemistry of Riphean-Vendian petroleum system (the Northern part of the Volga-Ural Basin)

Georesursy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-86
Author(s):  
Dmitrii D. Kozhanov ◽  
Maria A. Bolshakova ◽  
Ivan S. Khopta ◽  
Alina V. Mordasova ◽  
Antonina V. Stoupakova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Chromatography ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Petroleum System ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Geochemical Data ◽  
Geological Data ◽  
System Formation ◽  
Porosity And Permeability ◽  
North Part ◽  
Well Data

Riphean-Vendian Petroleum system of Volga-Ural Basin (Northern part, Kama-Belsky aulakogen) main elements are described. Reservoirs and properties of them (porosity and permeability), source rocks are characterized geochemically by results of pyrolysis, extraction, gas chromatography. To understand the conditions of Volga-Ural Proterozoic petroleum system formation were analyzed lots of publications and collected huge dataset (regional geological data, seismic, well data, geochemical data and so on). Were made maps of Riphean-Vendian tectonics and location in North part of Volga-Ural Basin. The main characteristics important for petroleum system formation and oil and gas prospects estimation were indicated.

Estimation Update and Feedback Procedures

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.J. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Water Saturation ◽  
Geophysical Data ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Geochemical Data ◽  
Burial History ◽  
Data Types ◽  
Petroleum Resource ◽  
History Of ◽  
Seismic Sections ◽  
Well Data

A basin or subsurface study, which is the first step in petroleum resource evaluation, requires the following types of data: • Reservoir data—pool area, net pay, porosity, water saturation, oil or gas formation volume factor, in-place volume, recoverable oil volume or marketable gas volume, temperature, pressure, density, recovery factors, gas composition, discovery date, and other parameters (refer to Lee et al., 1999, Section 3.1.2). • Well data—surface and bottom well locations; spud and completion dates; well elevation; history of status; formation drill and true depths; lithology; drill stem tests; core, gas, and fluid analyses; and mechanical logs. • Geochemical data—types of source rocks, burial history, and maturation history. • Geophysical data—prospect maps and seismic sections. Well data are essential when we construct structural contour, isopach, lithofacies, porosity, and other types of maps. Geophysical data assist us when we compile number-of-prospect distributions and they provide information for risk analysis.

THE STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL OF PALAEOZOIC SOURCE ROCKS IN THE ADAVALE BASIN REGION

1984 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 393 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. L. Passmore ◽  
M. J. Sexton
Keyword(s):  
Middle Devonian ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Geochemical Data ◽  
Mature Stage ◽  
Hydrocarbon Generation ◽  
Structural Development ◽  
Seismic Reflection Data ◽  
Basin Region

The Adavale Basin of southwestern Queensland consists of a main depression and several isolated synclinal extensions, traditionally referred to as troughs. The depressions and troughs are erosional remnants of a once more extensive Devonian depositional basin, and are now completely buried by sediments of the overlying Cooper, Galilee and Eromanga Basins. Geophysical and drilling investigations undertaken since 1959 are the only source of information on the Adavale Basin. A single sub-economic discovery of dry gas at Gilmore and a few shows of oil and gas are the only hydrocarbons located in the basin to date.In 1980, the Bureau of Mineral Resources in cooperation with the Geological Survey of Queensland commenced a major, multidisciplinary investigation of the basins in southwestern Queensland. Four long (> 200 km) seismic lines from this study over the Adavale Basin region and geochemical data from 20 wells were used to interpret the Adavale Basin's development and its present hydrocarbon potential.The new seismic reflection data allow the well-explored main depression to be correlated with the detached troughs, some of which have little or no well information. The BMR seismic data show that these troughs were previously part of one large depositional basin in the Devonian, the depocentre of which lay east of a north-trending hingeline. Structural features and Devonian depositional limits and patterns have been modified from earlier interpretations as a result of the new seismic coverage. The maximum sediment thickness is re-interpreted to be 8500 m, considerably thicker than previous interpretation.recognised. The first one, a diachronous Middle Devonian unconformity, is the most extensive, and reflects the mobility of the basement during the basin's early history. The second unconformity within the Late Devonian Buckabie Formation reveals that there were two phases of deformation of the basin sediments.The geochemical results reported in this study show that most of the Adavale Basin sediments have very low concentrations of organic carbon and hydrocarbon fractions. Maturity profiles indicate that the best source rocks of the basin are now in the mature stage for hydrocarbon generation. However, at Gilmore and in the Cooladdi Trough, they have reached the dry gas stage. The maturity data provide additional evidence for the marked break in deposition and significant erosion during the Middle Devonian recognised on the seismic records, and extend the limits of this sedimentary break into the northern part of the main depression.Hydrocarbon potential of the Adavale Basin is fair to poor. In the eastern part of the basin, where most of the data are available, the prospects are better for gas than oil. Oil prospectivity may be improved in any exinite-rich areas that exist farther west, where palaeo-temperatures were lower.

Recent exploration results in the Lower Triassic, Bedout Sub-basin: Australia's next petroleum province?

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 871 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Thompson ◽  
Fred Wehr ◽  
Jack Woodward ◽  
Jon Minken ◽  
Gino D'Orazio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Lower Triassic ◽  
Effective Porosity ◽  
Petroleum System ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Commercial Development ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Productive Potential ◽  
Detailed Interpretation

Commencing in 2014, Quadrant Energy and partners have undertaken an active exploration program in the Bedout Sub-basin with a 100% success rate, discovering four hydrocarbon accumulations with four wells. The primary exploration target in the basin, the Middle Triassic Lower Keraudren Formation, encompasses the reservoirs, source rocks and seals that have trapped hydrocarbons in a self-contained petroleum system. This petroleum system is older than the traditional plays on the North-West Shelf and before recent activity was very poorly understood and easily overlooked. Key reservoirs occur at burial depths of 3500–5500 m, deeper than many of the traditional plays on the North-West Shelf and exhibit variable reservoir quality. Oil and gas-condensate discovered in the first two wells, Phoenix South-1 and Roc-1, raised key questions on the preservation of effective porosity and productivity sufficient to support a commercial development. With the acquisition and detailed interpretation of 119 m of core over the Caley Member reservoir in Roc-2 and a successful drill stem test that was surface equipment constrained to 55 MMscf/d, the productive potential of this reservoir interval has been confirmed. The results of the exploration program to date, combined with acquisition of new 3D/2D seismic data, have enabled a deeper understanding of the potential of the Bedout Sub-basin. A detailed basin model has been developed and a large suite of prospects and leads are recognised across a family of hydrocarbon plays. Two key wells currently scheduled for 2018 (Phoenix South-3 and Dorado-1) will provide critical information about the scale of this opportunity.

3D basin and petroleum system modelling in the North Sea Central Graben - a Dutch, German, Danish cross-border study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rüdiger Lutz ◽  
Jashar Arfai ◽  
Susanne Nelskamp ◽  
Anders Mathiesen ◽  
Niels Hemmingsen Schovsbo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
North Sea ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Petroleum System ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
System Model ◽  
Geochemical Data ◽  
System Modelling ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Cross Border

<p>A Geological Analysis and Resource Assessment of selected Hydrocarbon Systems (GARAH) is carried out as part of the overarching GeoERA project. Here, we report first results of a 3D basin and petroleum system model developed in a cross-border area of the Dutch, Danish and German North Sea Central Graben area. This pilot study reconstructs the thermal history, maturity and petroleum generation of potential Lower, Middle and Upper Jurassic source rocks. The 3D pilot study incorporates new aggregated and combined layers from the three countries. Results of the study feed back into the 3DGEO-EU project of GeoERA.</p><p>Eight key horizons covering the whole German Central Graben and parts of the Dutch and Danish North Sea Central Graben were selected for building the stratigraphic and geological framework of the 3D basin and petroleum system model. The model includes depth and thickness maps of important stratigraphic units as well as the main salt structures. Petrophysical parameters, generalized facies information and organic geochemical data from well reports are assigned to the different key geological layers. The model is further calibrated with temperature and maturity data from wells of the three countries and from publications. The time span from the Late Permian to the Present is represented by the model including the most important erosional phases related to large-scale tectonic events during the Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous. Additionally, salt movement through time expressed as diapirs and pillows is considered within the 3D basin and petroleum system model.</p><p>This is a part of an ongoing EU Horizon 2020 GeoERA project (The GARAH, H2020 grant #731166 lead by GEUS).</p>

Pre-Messinian Petroleum Systems and Trap Style in the Offshore Western of Nile Delta; An Integrated Geological and Geophysical Approach

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafa Monir ◽  
Omar Shenkar
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Data ◽  
Nile Delta ◽  
Lower Pressure ◽  
Hydrocarbon Exploration ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Geochemical Data ◽  
Peak Oil ◽  
West Nile ◽  
Petroleum Systems ◽  
Well Data

ABSTRACT Exploration in the offshore Nile Delta province has revealed several hydrocarbon plays. Deep marine Turbidites is considered one of the most important plays for hydrocarbon exploration in the Nile Delta. These turbidites vary from submarine turbidite channels to submarine basin floor fans. An integrated exploration approach was applied for a selected area within West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) Concession offshore western Nile Delta using a variety of geophysical, geological and geochemical data to assess the prospectivity of the Pre-Messinian sequences. This paper relies on the integration of several seismic data sets for a new detailed interpretation and characterization of the sub-Messinian structure and stratigraphy based on regional correlation of seismic markers and honoured the well data. The interpretation focused mainly on the Oligocene and Miocene mega-sequences. The seismic expression of stratigraphic sequences shows a variety of turbidite channel/canyon systems having examples from West Nile delta basin discoveries and failures. The approach is seismically based focusing on seismic stratigraphic analysis, combination of structure and stratigraphic traps and channels interpretation. Linking the geological and geophysical data together enabled the generation of different sets of geological models to reflect the spatial distribution of the reservoir units. The variety of tectonic styles and depositional patterns in the West Nile delta provide favourable trapping conditions for hydrocarbon generations and accumulations. The shallow oil and gas discoveries in the Pliocene sands and the high-grade oils in the Oligo-Miocene and Mesozoic reservoirs indicate the presence of multiple source rocks and an appropriate conditions for hydrocarbon accumulations in both biogenic and thermogenic petroleum systems. The presence of multi-overpressurized intervals in the Pliocene and Oligo-Miocene Nile delta stratigraphic column increase the depth oil window and the peak oil generation due to decrease of the effective stress. Fluids have the tendency to migrate from high pressure zones toward a lower pressure zones, either laterally or vertically. Also, hydrocarbons might migrate downward if there is a lower pressure in the deeper layers. Well data and the available geochemical database have been integrated with the interpreted seismic data to identify potential areas of future prospectivity in the study area.

scholarly journals Oligocene stratigraphic traps at the SouthEastern, Cuu Long basin

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (T5) ◽  
pp. 234-250
Author(s):  
Chuc Dinh Nguyen ◽  
Hiep Quoc Cao ◽  
Huy Nhu Tran ◽  
Xuan Van Tran
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Petroleum System ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Reservoir Quality ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Petroleum Resources

Up to recent years, major targets of oil and gas exploration in Cuu Long basin have been carried ort at structural traps in anticlines or basement highs in PreTertiary basement, Oligocene / Miocene clastics. As petroleum resources from reservoirs of traditional types become exhausted after many years of production (the remaining unexplored potential targets do not have sufficient reserves for development and production), exploration activities in Cuu Long basin have being focused in Oligocene stratigraphic/combination traps that have been discovered in recent years. Since the 1980s, petroleum explorers have identified oil in pinchouts trap in the Southeastern Cuu Long basin. However, these prospects have been evaluated to be of low potential due to be concerned of poor reservoir quality or incomplete petroleum system (lacking of source rocks or seals). Recent exploration activities in the region have identified several stratigraphic/ combination traps not only as pinch-outs but also as traps formed by appropriate facies changes. This article discusses types of stratigraphic traps that have been recently discovered in the studied area as well as exploration methods for predicting the distribution of these traps.

scholarly journals Factors Controlling Natural Gas Accumulation in the Southern Margin of Junggar Basin and Potential Exploration Targets

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianping Chen ◽  
Xulong Wang ◽  
Yongge Sun ◽  
Yunyan Ni ◽  
Baoli Xiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Tarim Basin ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Junggar Basin ◽  
Petroleum System ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Gas Generation ◽  
Kuqa Depression ◽  
Gas Accumulation ◽  
Southern Margin

In this paper, factors controlling natural gas accumulation in the southern margin of Junggar Basin were mainly discussed by a comparison with natural gas generation and accumulation in the Kuqa Depression of Tarim Basin. The southern margin of Junggar Basin and the Kuqa Depression of Tarim Basin are located on the north and south sides of the Tianshan Mountains respectively, and they share the similar sedimentary stratigraphy and tectonic evolution history. In recent several decades, many large gas fields have been found in the Kuqa Depression of Tarim Basin, but no great breakthrough in the southern margin of Junggar Basin. Our results suggest that natural gas in the southern margin of Junggar Basin is mainly thermogenic wet gas, and can be divided into three types as coal-derived gas, mixed gas and oil-associated gas, of which the former two types are dominated. The Jurassic coal measures are the main source rocks of natural gas, and the main gas generation time from this set of source rocks matched well with the formation time of the anticline structures, resulting in favorable conditions for natural gas accumulation. In the western part of the southern margin in the Junggar Basin, the Permian lacustrine and the Upper Triassic lacustrine-swamp source rocks could be important sources of natural gas, and the main gas generation time also matched well with the formation time of traps. Compared with the Kuqa Depression of Tarim Basin, natural gas sources are better in the southern margin of Junggar Basin, and the geologic conditions are favorable for the formation of large oil and gas fields in the southern margin of Junggar Basin. The deep Permian-Jurassic-Cretaceous petroleum system is the most favorable petroleum system for natural gas exploration in the southern margin of Junggar Basin. The western part and the central part of the southern margin in the Junggar Basin could be the first targets for the discovery of the Jurassic coal-derived oil and gas reservoirs. The shallow Cretaceous-Neogene petroleum system is the second target for natural gas exploration.

scholarly journals New data on oil and gas potential of the Vychegda Trough

Georesursy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-38
Author(s):  
Tatyana V. Karaseva ◽  
Yury A. Yakovlev ◽  
Galina L. Belyaeva ◽  
Svetlana E. Bashkova
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Geological Structure ◽  
Petroleum System ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Upper Permian ◽  
Hydrocarbon Potential ◽  
Petroleum Potential ◽  
Petroleum Systems ◽  
Upper Riphean ◽  
European Part Of Russia

This article is devoted to the problem of studying the petroleum potential of the underexplored territories of the European part of Russia, in particular, the Vychegda trough. Taken a new approach to assessing the hydrocarbon potential of the Vychegda trough, based on the allocation of petroleum systems, widely used abroad. Based on a comprehensive analysis of the geological structure of the deflection and geological-geochemical results, including those obtained by the authors, two potential petroleum systems – “domanic” and “riphean” – were identified. The potential domanic petroleum system dominates in the Eastern regions and is a peripheral fragment of the regional petroleum system covering the territory of the Volga-Ural and Timan-Pechora basins. The system is linked to development in the South-Eastern part of the trough and the neighbouring Solikamsk depression of bituminous domanic and domanicoid sediments as a source rock, which is confirmed by the genetic correlation of crude oils of Devonian-Carboniferous deposits of the Northern districts of Solikamsk depression with domanic biomarker. The stratigraphic range of the domanic system is upper Devonian-upper Permian; the formation time is late Devonian-Mesozoic. The potential Riphean hydrocarbon system can be identified by the fact of oil-bitumen occurrences in the Proterozoic strata and the presence of the productive source rocks in the upper Riphean. The source rocks were at oil window. The Riphean system can cover the entire territory of the Vychegda trough, and the section from the Riphean to upper Permian sediments. The time of the system formation – Riphean-Mesozoic. Due to large thickness of the Riphean sediments, even with a large loss of hydrocarbon potential, the residual potential hydrocarbon resources of the Riphean petroleum system can be very significant. Based on the research conducted, prioritized exploration studies are substantiated.

scholarly journals Pembuatan Model Geologi Bawah Permukaan dengan Metode Geolistrik Dan Studi Stratigrafi pada Rembesan Gas DiJatilawang, Banyumas

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Eko Bayu Purwasatriya ◽  
Gentur Waluyo
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Fault Plane ◽  
Sedimentary Basin ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Geological Data ◽  
The South ◽  
Fault Structure ◽  
Gas Seeps

<p>Banyumas basin is oneof sedimentary basin inIndonesia whichhasn’t proven yet its economical hydrocarbonreserves, although there are several oil and gas seeps in this area which is indicate mature source rocks had been migrated. One of itsgas seep is located on Karanglewas village, Jatilawang, Banyumas which hadbeen flowing its gases since tens years ago. Geoelectrical method and Stratigraphic studyare the methods usedin this research to built a geological subsurface model of Jatilawang’s gas seep.Geoelectrical method isintent to finding the distribution of gas seep over the area and also to finding the direction of fault structure which can be act asa path for gases to flowing up. Stratigraphic study comprise of lithology description, strike and dip measurement, and study of other secondary geological data. Interpreted subsurfacegeological model showing that sandstone dominated bed of Halang Formation is filled by gases and become gas pockets near the surface. Fault direction also interpreted from correlation of these gas pockets and resulting directionof N 115° E and dip of fault plane is45°.Gas flowing through fault and probably the source comes from gas cap of Jatilawang’s anticline. Predicted location of gas cap is about 610 meters to the south, and depthabout 620 meters.</p>

scholarly journals Geochemical Evaluation of the Cretaceous Mudrocks and Sandstones (Wackes) in the Southern Bredasdorp Basin, Offshore South Africa: Implications for Hydrocarbon Potential

Minerals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 595
Author(s):  
Temitope Love Baiyegunhi ◽  
Kuiwu Liu ◽  
Oswald Gwavava ◽  
Nicola Wagner ◽  
Christopher Baiyegunhi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Vitrinite Reflectance ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Geochemical Data ◽  
Minor Amount ◽  
Hydrocarbon Potential ◽  
Hydrocarbon Generation ◽  
Thermal Maturity ◽  
The Mean

The southern Bredasdorp Basin, off the south coast of South Africa, is only partly understood in terms of its hydrocarbon potential when compared to the central and northern parts of the basin. Hydrocarbon potential assessments in this part of the basin have been limited, perhaps because the few drilled exploration wells were unproductive for hydrocarbons, yielding trivial oil and gas. The partial integration of data in the southern Bredasdorp Basin provides another reason for the unsuccessful oil and gas exploration. In this study, selected Cretaceous mudrocks and sandstones (wacke) from exploration wells E-AH1, E-AJ1, E-BA1, E-BB1 and E-D3 drilled in the southern part of the Bredasdorp Basin were examined to assess their total organic carbon (TOC), thermal maturity, organic matter type and hydrocarbon generation potential. The organic geochemical results show that these rocks have TOC contents ranging from 0.14 to 7.03 wt.%. The hydrogen index (HI), oxygen index (OI), and hydrocarbon index (S2/S3) values vary between 24–263 mg HC/g TOC, 4–78 mg CO2/g TOC, and 0.01–18 mgHC/mgCO2 TOC, respectively, indicating predominantly Type III and IV kerogen with a minor amount of mixed Type II/III kerogen. The mean vitrinite reflectance values vary from 0.60–1.20%, indicating that the samples are in the oil-generation window. The Tmax and PI values are consistent with the mean vitrinite reflectance values, indicating that the Bredasdorp source rocks have entered the oil window and are considered as effective source rocks in the Bredasdorp Basin. The hydrocarbon genetic potential (SP), normalized oil content (NOC) and production index (PI) values all indicate poor to fair hydrocarbon generative potential. Based on the geochemical data, it can be inferred that most of the mudrocks and sandstones (wackes) in the southern part of the Bredasdorp Basin have attained sufficient burial depth and thermal maturity for oil and gas generation potential.

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