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Comparison and revelation of tight oil accumulation conditions, distribution characteristics and development status between China and U.S.

Li Deng-hua1,Liu Zhuo-ya1,Zhang Guo-sheng2,Zheng Zhi-hong1,Jia Jun1,Gao Xuan1,Zan Xin1   

  1. 1.Strategic Research Center for Oil & Gas Resources,MLR,Beijing 100034,China;
    2.PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development,Beijing 100083,China
  • Received:2017-02-28 Revised:2017-06-25 Online:2017-07-10 Published:2017-07-10

Abstract:

The tight oil can be divided into 4 types which include interbedded source and reservoir play,below-source and above-reservoir play,above-source and below-reservoir play,and integrated source and reservoir play.Through the comparison of the tight oil forming condition,resources potential and development status between China and U.S.,a point of view is put forward that the U.S. tight oil plays are mostly marine facies and technically recoverable tight oil resources are mainly distributed in the Permian,Cretaceous and Devonian layers of foreland basins.Meanwhile,resources are mainly enriched in Permian,Western Gulf and Williston basins,while the dominating reservoirs are carbonate rocks.The tight oil plays discovered in China are all continental,and technically recoverable resources are mainly distributed in the Triassic,Cretaceous and Paleogene layers of craton and rift basins.Furthermore,tight oil resources are mainly enriched in Ordos,Songliao and Bohai Bay basins,while the primary reservoirs are sandstones.The tight oil resource potential in China is large and widely distributed,but the geology and surface conditions are complicated,and large scale exploitations need a long preparation period for the theoretical understanding and engineering technologies,so it is necessary that appropriate incentive policies should be enacted.The tight oil annual output in China is expected to reach 15-25 million tons in 2030,and it will be an important supplement to oil production.

Key words: Tight oil, Resources, Accumulation conditions, Distribution characteristics, Development status, Comparison, Revelation

CLC Number: 

  • TE122

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