Some essential geological and geochemical issues about shale gas research in China

Jin-xing DAI; Da-zhong DONG; Yun-yan NI; Feng HONG; Su-rong ZHANG; Yan-ling ZHANG; Lin DING

doi:10.11764/j.issn.1672-1926.2020.05.016

Highlights

Recently, shale gas research and industrial production in China have been greatly developed, which has enriched the theory of natural gas geology in China and increased the supply of domestic natural gas production. In the future, shale gas will obtain great achievements among the developments of natural gas industry in China. The following four geological and geochemical issues about the exploration and research of shale gas has great

significance

(1) China has to break through the single economic shale gas formation. The United States found at least 30 sets of economic shale gas formations in 29 basins. To date, only one basin in China (Sichuan Basin) has found one set of economic shale gas formation (Wufeng-Longmaxi formations). (2) Interval R _O value of the economic shale gas formations and segment R _O value of the gas fields. The interval R _O values are 3.31% for the economic shale gas formation in China and 4.1% for that in USA; the segment R _O values are 2.34% for the gas fields in China and 3.5% for that in USA. The former values are small and the latter values are big. A number of shale gas fields derived from sapropelic sources in the United States were found in the oil generation window with R _O of 1.0%-1.3%. So shale gas exploration in China also needs to pay attention to this stage. At the same time, attentions should be paid to the exploration of shale gas derived from humic sources. (3) The continuous high-yield period of gas field. The world's first commercially developed shale gas field (Barnett) shows a high-yield forecast of 100×10⁸ m³ per year of about 20 years.Development of shale gas field in China is still in the construction stage. (4) The role of fracture in shale gas preservation and development. The fault has dual effect on the enrichment of shale gas. In the United States, tectonic in the shale gas basin is stable and faults are few, while in China structures in the shale gas basin are active and faults are developed. Therefore, faults have more harm than good to the shale gas in China, which caused the fragmentation of the continuously distributed Wufeng-Longmaxi formations, limiting the area of gas field.

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Jin-xing DAI , Da-zhong DONG , Yun-yan NI , Feng HONG , Su-rong ZHANG , Yan-ling ZHANG , Lin DING . Some essential geological and geochemical issues about shale gas research in China[J]. Natural Gas Geoscience, 2020 , 31(6) : 745 -760 . DOI: 10.11764/j.issn.1672-1926.2020.05.016

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