Research on Reservoir Architecture Models of Deep-water Turbidite Lobes

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  • 1.College of Geosciences,China University of Petroleum,Beijing 102249,China;
    2.BGP Inc.,China National Petroleum Corporation,Zhuozhou 072750,China;
    3.Research Institute,China National Offshore Oil Corp.,Beijing 100027,China;
    4.College of Resource & Environment,Southwest Petroleum University,Chengdu 610500,China

Received date: 2013-08-07

  Revised date: 2014-04-11

  Online published: 2014-08-10

Abstract

Deep-water sediments are the main field which increases oil & gas reserve and production around the world.Although extensive researches on architecture models of deep-water sediments have been carried out,most of them focus on turbidite channels rather than turbidite lobes.In this study,taking the subsurface reservoirs of deep-water area in the Niger Delta Basin and the outcrops of submarine fan in West Qingling Mountains of Gannan area as prototypes,architecture models of turbidite lobes is constructed from different hierarchies.These researches are based on outcrop observations and descriptions,seismic facies analyses,seismic horizon slices and so on.The results show that architecture units of turbidite lobes can be divided into seven hierarchies.Lobes,lobe complexes and lobe systems are architecture units from 3rd hierarchy to 5th hierarchy.Generally,a lobe system contains several overlying lobe complexes.Incised channel deposits showing treelike shape and mass transport deposits (MTDs) erode strongly underlying strata are widely developed at lobe complexes.A lobe consists of multi-period tabular sandstones confined by sub-parallel or parallel interfaces and can be divided into three parts according to internal sedimentary differences.These parts are the proximal,the middle and the distal parts.This study brings deep understandings to the geological theory of turbidite lobes and it also reduces the risk on exploration and development about this type of reservoir.Thus,it has significant theory and practice meanings.
 

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LIN Yu,WU Sheng-he,WANG Xing,ZHAO Xiao-ming,LING Yun,LU Yao,ZHANG Jia-jia . Research on Reservoir Architecture Models of Deep-water Turbidite Lobes[J]. Natural Gas Geoscience, 2014 , 25(8) : 1197 -1204 . DOI: 10.11764/j.issn.1672-1926.2014.08.1197

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