The Damintun sub-basin is one of the four sub-basins in the Liaohe basin in North China, and regarded as a rift basin initiated in the Paleogene. Synthesizing the data from boreholes, well tests and seismic surveys, t...The Damintun sub-basin is one of the four sub-basins in the Liaohe basin in North China, and regarded as a rift basin initiated in the Paleogene. Synthesizing the data from boreholes, well tests and seismic surveys, the characteristics of pressure of the Damintun sub-basin are discussed in detail. From the data of sonic logs in 57 wells, shale in the Damintun sub-basin could be of normally pressured, overpressured or highly overpressured characteristics. From 391 pres-sure measurements from 152 wells, pressure-depth gradient in oil-producing intervals is near to unity in general. The fluid-pressures, excess pressures and pressure coefficients in 47 representative seismic profiles were predicted using seismic methods. The resultant pressure profiles showed normal pressure, slight overpressure and intense overpressure increasing with depth. Using the basic principles of fluid pressure evolution and data from drilling, lithology and well tests,the pres-sure evolution in profiles was restored. It showed that the pressure evolution can be divided into three stages of initial over-pressure accumulation, partly overpressure dissipation and overpressure re- accumulation. The intensities of abnormal pres-sures in the Damintun sub-basin were less than those in other areas in the Bohai Bay basin.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundationof China(No.40172051)the Foundation for University KeyTeacher by the Ministry of Education in China(No.GG-170-10491-1460)
文摘The Damintun sub-basin is one of the four sub-basins in the Liaohe basin in North China, and regarded as a rift basin initiated in the Paleogene. Synthesizing the data from boreholes, well tests and seismic surveys, the characteristics of pressure of the Damintun sub-basin are discussed in detail. From the data of sonic logs in 57 wells, shale in the Damintun sub-basin could be of normally pressured, overpressured or highly overpressured characteristics. From 391 pres-sure measurements from 152 wells, pressure-depth gradient in oil-producing intervals is near to unity in general. The fluid-pressures, excess pressures and pressure coefficients in 47 representative seismic profiles were predicted using seismic methods. The resultant pressure profiles showed normal pressure, slight overpressure and intense overpressure increasing with depth. Using the basic principles of fluid pressure evolution and data from drilling, lithology and well tests,the pres-sure evolution in profiles was restored. It showed that the pressure evolution can be divided into three stages of initial over-pressure accumulation, partly overpressure dissipation and overpressure re- accumulation. The intensities of abnormal pres-sures in the Damintun sub-basin were less than those in other areas in the Bohai Bay basin.
