Geothermometry and geobarometry of overpressured lower Paleozoic gas shales in the Jiaoshiba field, Central China: Insight from fluid inclusions in fracture cements

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作者
Gao, Jian [1 ]
He, Sheng [1 ]
Zhao, Jian-xin [2 ]
Yi, Jizheng [3 ]
机构
[1] China Univ Geosci, Key Lab Tecton & Petr Resources, Minist Educ, Wuhan 430074, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Queensland, Sch Earth & Environm Sci, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
[3] SINOPEC Jianghan Oilfield Co, Qianjiang 433124, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Fluid inclusions; Raman spectroscopy; Geobarometry; Wufeng-Longmaxi shales; Sichuan basin; BROOKS RANGE FOOTHILLS; SIMPLE KINETIC-MODELS; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; PETROLEUM FORMATION; MONTEREY FORMATION; YANGTZE REGION; CHARGE HISTORY; PICEANCE BASIN; METHANE; OIL;
D O I
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.02.018
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
The Wufeng-Longmaxi organic-rich shales host the largest shale gas fields of China. This study examines sealed fractures within core samples of the Wufeng-Longmaxi shales in the Jiaoshiba shale gas field in order to understand the development of overpressures (in terms of magnitude, timing and burial) in Wufeng-Longmaxi shales and thus the causes of present-day overpressure in these Paleozoic shale formations as well as in all gas shales. Quartz and calcite fracture cements from the Wufeng-Longmaxi shale intervals in four wells at depth intervals between 2253.89 m and 3046.60 m were investigated, and the fluid composition, temperature, and pressure during natural fracture cementation determined using an integrated approach consisting of petrography, Raman spectroscopy and microthermometry. Many crystals in fracture cements were found to contain methane inclusions only, and aqueous two-phase inclusions were consistently observed alongside methane inclusions in all cement samples, indicating that fluid inclusions trapped during fracture cementation are saturated with a methane hydrocarbon fluid. Homogenization temperatures of methane-saturated aqueous inclusions provide trends in trapping temperatures that Th values concentrate in the range of 198.5 degrees C-229.9 degrees C, 196.2 degrees C-221.7 degrees C for quartz and calcite, respectively. Pore-fluid pressures of 91.8-139.4 MPa for methane inclusions, calculated using the Raman shift of C-H symmetric stretching (v(1)) band of methane and equations of state for supercritical methane, indicate fluid inclusions trapped at near-lithostatic pressures. High trapping temperature and overpressure conditions in fluid inclusions represent a state of temperature and overpressure of WufengLongmaxi shales at maximum burial and the early stage of the Yanshanian uplift, which can provide a key evidence for understanding the formation and evolution of overpressure. Our results demonstrate that the main cause of present-day overpressure in shale gas deposits is actually the preservation of moderate-high overpressure developed as a result of gas generation at maximum burial depths. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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