Quantitative Characterization of Excess Pressure Gradient in the Upper Interval of Es4 Member of Dongying Depression and Its Indicative Significance for Oil Migration and Accumulation

Wen Zhao, Sheng He, Yongshi Wang, Xiao Wang, Guanghua Jia, Xiaowen Guo, Yibo Qiu and Jiaxu Chen
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Wen Zhao: Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan 430074, China
Sheng He: Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan 430074, China
Yongshi Wang: Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Sinopec Shengli Oilfield Company, Dongying 257015, China
Xiao Wang: Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan 430074, China
Guanghua Jia: Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Sinopec Shengli Oilfield Company, Dongying 257015, China
Xiaowen Guo: Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan 430074, China
Yibo Qiu: Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Sinopec Shengli Oilfield Company, Dongying 257015, China
Jiaxu Chen: Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan 430074, China

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 10, 1-18

Abstract: Excess pressure is the main driving force of oil migration in the source-reservoir system of overpressured petroliferous basins. It can reflect the change in driving force for oil migration and its influence on oil accumulation in overpressure transport layers. The drilling stem test (DST) data, well logging data, and seismic velocity data are used to describe the plane distribution of the excess pressures in the Es4s member of the Dongying Depression. Then, the values and directions of the excess pressure gradient, which can indicate oil migration and accumulation, are calculated based on the plane distribution of the excess pressure in the Es4s member of the Dongying Depression. The results suggest that overpressure is widely developed in the Es4s member of the Dongying Depression, and the excess pressure gradually decreases from the center to the edge of each sag, while the variation in the excess pressure gradient is characterized by “low-high-low” in a circular band around the sags. The excess pressure in the sag areas exceeds 15 MPa, but the excess pressure gradient is mainly between 0 and 1 MPa/km. The excess pressure in the northern steep slope zone of the Lijin sag and the northern steep slope zone of the Minfeng sag are less than 15 MPa, while the excess pressure gradient ranges from 1 to 7 MPa/km. The excess pressure in the central anticline belt and the gentle slope belt in the south of the Niuzhuang sag are between 0 and 15 MPa, and the excess pressure gradient is from 0 MPa/km to 2 MPa/km. From geochemical evidence, local oil migration directions indicated by the excess pressure gradient are consistent with those indicated by the ratio parameters of carbazole compounds in crude oil samples, indicating that the direction of the excess pressure gradient can indicate the dominant direction of oil migration driven by excess pressure, and the oil from the Es4s source rock is mainly distributed in the areas with a high excess pressure gradient or the areas with a low excess pressure gradient and low excess pressure (area II).

Keywords: Dongying Depression; Es4s member; overpressure; excess pressure gradient; oil migration and accumulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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