Sedimentary characteristics and model of gravity flow depositional system for the first member of upper Miocene Huangliu Formation in Dongfang area, Yinggehai basin, northwestern South China Sea

Sun, Ming; Wang, Hua; Liao, Jingwen; Gan, Huajun; Xiao, Jun; Ren, Jianhua; Shue, Zhao

doi:10.1007/s12583-014-0451-5

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“…Their sedimentary provenance is still not well understood. Wang et al (2011) interpreted them as a part of the Red River depositional system, whereas Sun et al (2014) suggested that the coeval gravity flow system in the central YGHB was probably fed by the Ca River in Central Vietnam. A provenance study is thus presented in this paper, based on analyses on river sands from Hainan Island and Upper Miocene sediments from the YGHB and the QDNB.…”

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Provenance of Upper Miocene sediments in the Yinggehai and Qiongdongnan basins, northwestern South China Sea: Evidence from REE, heavy minerals and zircon U–Pb ages

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Provenance of Upper Miocene sediments in the Yinggehai and Qiongdongnan basins, northwestern South China Sea: Evidence from REE, heavy minerals and zircon U–Pb ages

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“…Clift, Layne, and Blusztajn () have proposed that the highlands of Vietnam after 8 Ma are not an important provenance for the YGHB. However, gravity flow deposits of the same period in the central QDNB have been interpreted as deposits of the Ca River in Central Vietnam (Sun et al, ). Jiang et al () also simulated the turbidites processes based on the limited well and seismic data in the western QDNB and argued that its provenance should be Vietnam rather than Hainan Island.…”

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Pliocene seismic stratigraphy and deep‐water sedimentation in the Qiongdongnan Basin, South China Sea: Source‐to‐sink systems and hydrocarbon accumulation significance

2018

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This study uses high-quality two-dimensional (2-D) seismic and well data to analyse seismic stratigraphy and deep-water Pliocene sediments in the Qiongdongnan Basin (QDNB), South China Sea. Eight major seismic facies were identified based on the amplitude, continuity, configuration, and external geometry of seismic reflections. Among them, sigmoid progradational configurations, oblique progradational configurations, mound-shaped chaotic configurations, and mound-shaped hummocky configurations are newly identified seismic facies indicative of provenance and water system significance. They were interpreted as a Pliocene-aged eastern shelf-edge delta, a western shelf-edge delta, and eastern and western submarine fans in QDNB.Consequently, two sets of Pliocene shelf-edge delta-continental slope canyon-submarine fan systems were established in the QDNB. From the approximately NNW-SSE progradation of the shelf-edge delta, the characteristics of the approximately ENE-WSW distributed continental slope system, and the definition of a source-to-sink system, as well as previous heavy mineral research, we conclude the existence of two Pliocene sources from Hainan Island in the northern QDNB, corresponding to the Lingshui River and Wanquan River. Two independent and complete source-to-sink systems (S2S-2, S2S-3) were distinguished from the northern Hainan Island to the basin area. S2S-2 is located in the western QDNB, which includes the Lingshui River-western shelf-edge delta-continental slope canyon-submarine fan. This source-to-sink system has more sand-rich material and better reservoir conditions than S2S-3 in the eastern basin, predominantly due to a higher quality granite parent rock, abundant provenance, and a large-scale delta and submarine fan.

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“…Cutting data can be as important as logging data in sedimentary facies research with visible and intuitive advantages. By directly observing and describing the color, lithology, and properties of cuttings, the cuttings' histogram can be plotted to analyze the lithology rhythm, sand body genesis, the sedimentary facies sequence and cycle, the sand body comparison and prediction, the sedimentary facies belt, and the direction of sediment transport [45][46][47][48][49]. The analysis of cuttings' logging data shows a good correspondence between sedimentary microfacies, lithology, and oil-bearing properties in the study area.…”

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Establishment and Application of a Pattern for Identifying Sedimentary Microfacies of a Single Horizontal Well: An Example from the Eastern Transition Block in the Daqing Oilfield, Songliao Basin, China

Fan,

Dong,

Zhao

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Energies

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The study of sedimentary microfacies of horizontal wells is important for improving oil recovery using horizontal well technology. Vertical well data alone do not provide accurate enough information to determine the sedimentary microfacies of horizontal wells. Therefore, a comprehensive method combining the data of both horizontal and vertical wells was established to identify sedimentary microfacies of horizontal wells and applied to a single horizontal well in the Daqing oilfield in China’s Songliao Basin. The results identified the study area as a delta sedimentary environment, mainly subdivided into four microfacies types: a distributary channel, the main overbank sand, the overbank sand, and an interdistributary bay. The criteria for identifying each sedimentary microfacies were established. Among them, the criteria for identifying distributary channels include a natural gamma value continuously less than 90 API; a resistivity value continuously greater than 11 Ω·m; a logging curve, which is typically bell-shaped or box-shaped with very high amplitude and amplitude difference; a mainly siltstone lithology; and a total hydrocarbon content (Tg) continuously greater than 3%. The variations in the two types of channel boundaries (narrowing of the channel boundary and reverse extension of the bifurcated channel boundary) were corrected. The research results can provide guidance for the efficient development of favorable reservoirs in oilfields using horizontal well technology.

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Sedimentary characteristics and model of gravity flow depositional system for the first member of upper Miocene Huangliu Formation in Dongfang area, Yinggehai basin, northwestern South China Sea

Cited by 31 publications

References 15 publications

Provenance of Upper Miocene sediments in the Yinggehai and Qiongdongnan basins, northwestern South China Sea: Evidence from REE, heavy minerals and zircon U–Pb ages

Provenance of Upper Miocene sediments in the Yinggehai and Qiongdongnan basins, northwestern South China Sea: Evidence from REE, heavy minerals and zircon U–Pb ages

Pliocene seismic stratigraphy and deep‐water sedimentation in the Qiongdongnan Basin, South China Sea: Source‐to‐sink systems and hydrocarbon accumulation significance

Establishment and Application of a Pattern for Identifying Sedimentary Microfacies of a Single Horizontal Well: An Example from the Eastern Transition Block in the Daqing Oilfield, Songliao Basin, China

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