The characteristics, origin and injection history of the Dongfang gas field, the largest gas field found in the Yinggehai basin, are studied by integrated geological, geothermal and geochemical data. The gas field sho...The characteristics, origin and injection history of the Dongfang gas field, the largest gas field found in the Yinggehai basin, are studied by integrated geological, geothermal and geochemical data. The gas field shows considerable variation in hydrocarbon gas, nitrogen and carbon dioxide content, aud has been filled by at least four stage fluids. A strong thermal anomaIy caused by hydrothermal fluid flows occurs in the gas field, as evidenced rrom drill-stem test and fluid iuclusion homogenization temperatures, rock-eval tmax,vitrinite reflectance as well as clay-mineral transformation profiles. Such a thermal anomaly suggests focused, rapid flow of deeply-sourced hydrothermal rluids. The inter-reservoir heterogeneities, the strong migotion rractionation related to abrupt changes in pressure and temperature and tbe short-lived, transient nature of the thermal effect of fluid flow are evidences of episodic rluid injections from the overpressured systems into the reservoirs.展开更多
文摘The characteristics, origin and injection history of the Dongfang gas field, the largest gas field found in the Yinggehai basin, are studied by integrated geological, geothermal and geochemical data. The gas field shows considerable variation in hydrocarbon gas, nitrogen and carbon dioxide content, aud has been filled by at least four stage fluids. A strong thermal anomaIy caused by hydrothermal fluid flows occurs in the gas field, as evidenced rrom drill-stem test and fluid iuclusion homogenization temperatures, rock-eval tmax,vitrinite reflectance as well as clay-mineral transformation profiles. Such a thermal anomaly suggests focused, rapid flow of deeply-sourced hydrothermal rluids. The inter-reservoir heterogeneities, the strong migotion rractionation related to abrupt changes in pressure and temperature and tbe short-lived, transient nature of the thermal effect of fluid flow are evidences of episodic rluid injections from the overpressured systems into the reservoirs.
