Author:
Liu Longlong,Dong Hongzhi,Wu Yinjiao,Fan Ronghua,Sun Zhongqiang,Huang Rihui,Zhang Jinliang
Abstract
AbstractThe Huizhou Depression in the Pearl River Mouth basin has prospective hydrocarbon potential, with Miocene sandstones as its main oil and gas-bearing reservoir. The sandstones in Miocene formation of the Z21 offshore oil–gas field composed of medium-grained, moderately sorted subarkose and lithic arkose. In this study, a total of six depositional lithofacies, namely Massive fine- to medium-grained sandstone (Sm), ripple cross-laminated fine-grained sandstone (Sr), parallel-laminated siltstone and claystone (Fl), lenticular siltstone (Sl), parallel-bedded fine-grained sandstone (Sp), wavy laminated siltstone (Sw), and two depositional systems, namely nearshore sand bar (SB) and sand sheet (SS) were identified based on core observations and seismic study. Distributions of the porosity (13.9%) and permeability (35.8 mD) reveal that the Miocene sandstones have characteristics of low porosity and low permeability, with high heterogeneity. The sedimentary system, primary texture and diagenesis jointly control the reservoir quality. Sandstones with sand bars as well coarse-grained tend to exhibit a higher quality. Mechanical compaction and calcite (average 6.81%) cementation are the major determinants to reductions in porosity and permeability. The total clay minerals (average 5.27%) generally lead to reduction of porosity, whereas chlorite coatings and illite within a certain content range may enhance the preservation of porosity in eodiagenesis. Dissolution of feldspar and debris contribute significantly to improving the reservoir quality.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Research Foundation for Advanced Talents of Lingnan Normal University
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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