Geochemical characterization of Lucaogou Formation and its correlation of tight oil accumulation in Jimsar Sag of Junggar Basin, Northwestern China

With the constant consumption of conventional oil and gas resources, unconventional oil and gas resources with great resource potential such as tight oil have gradually been valued and become the new exploration area. Jimsar Sag is the key tight oil exploration and development block in Junggar Basin of Northwestern China. Based on the data sets of geology, oil production test, logging, rock thin section, and geochemistry of Permian Lucaogou Formation (LCG), we studied the geochemical characteristics of hydrocarbon source rocks and their relation to the tight oil accumulation. Organic matter abundance of source rocks is high, the types of organic matter are mainly type I and type II, and the organic matter maturation is in the low mature stage to mature stage. Results of oil source correlation showed that the crude oil of sweet spots was mainly derived from the source rocks in the interior of the sweet spots. The LCG tight oil is mainly distributed in the plane where the source rocks have great thickness and the TOC is higher than 3.5%. It shows that the source rocks have obvious controlling on the occurrence and accumulation of tight oil. © 2017, The Author(s).