Diagenetic history of tight sandstones and gas entrapment in the Yulin Gas Field in the central area of the Ordos Basin, China

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 974-989

  Zhang, Liuping ^a   Bai, Guoping ^b   Luo, Xiaorong ^a   Ma, Xinhua ^c   Chen, Mengjin ^c   Wu, Minghui ^a   Yang, Wenxiu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Entrapment; Gas; Seal; Tight sandstones

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC WATERS; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; CRATONIC BASINS; DIAGENESIS; DIAGENETIC; ENTRAPMENT; FLUID INCLUSION MICROTHERMOMETRY; GAS ACCUMULATIONS; GAS ENTRAPMENTS; GAS POTENTIALS; GAS SOURCE ROCKS; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATIONS; INTEGRATED APPROACHES; JURASSIC; LATE TRIASSIC; LITHOLOGIC TRAPS; LOW GAS SATURATIONS; ORDOS BASIN , CHINAS; ORDOS BASINS; PEAK GENERATIONS; PORE SPACES; RAMAN MICROSPECTROMETRY; SAND BODIES; SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS; THREE PHASIS; TIGHT RESERVOIRS; TIGHT SANDSTONES; ULTRA VIOLETS; UPPER PALEOZOIC; WATER BLOCKS; X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETRY; YULIN GAS FIELDS;

CEMENTING (SHAFTS); CEMENTS; DISSOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; HYDROCARBONS; METAL RECOVERY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALOGY; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SANDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRATIGRAPHY;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

BASIN; CEMENTATION; CRATON; DISSOLUTION; GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PETROGRAPHY; SANDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOURCE ROCK; SPECTROMETRY; SUBSIDENCE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ORDOS BASIN; SHAANXI; YULIN;

EID: 67349283479     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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