Journal of Southwest Petroleum University(Science & Technology Edition) ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (4): 27-36.DOI: 10.11885/j.issn.1674-5086.2020.04.01.01

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Arc Fault Characteristics and Implications for Petroleum Geology in the North of Bozhong Depression

WU Bin, HUANG Shengbing, GENG Mingyang, SHEN Pu   

  1. CNOOC Research Institute Co. Ltd., Chaoyang, Beijing 100028, China
  • Received:2020-04-01 Published:2022-07-28

Abstract: The periphery of Bozhong Depression is an important oil-gas accumulation zone, but no oil-gas fields have been found in the north of Bozhong Depression so far. Faults are closely related to oil-gas, not only a controlling factor of the formation and evolution of traps, but also one of the important channels of oil-gas migration. Therefore, it is of great significance to study the structural characteristics of faults. Based on the detailed analysis of the three-dimensional seismic data in the north of Bozhong Depression, this paper analyzes the characteristics of fault development, activity, genetic mechanism and petroleum geological significance. The research results show that there are interlayer and stepped normal arc faults in the north of Bozhong Depression. In the vertical direction, the activity intensity of the fault is strong in the middle and weak on both sides. In the horizontal direction, the fault evolves into a simple lateral growth mode. Based on the comprehensive analysis of the fault growth index and faulted horizon, it is considered that the fault activity period should be from II segment of the Ed2L to the deposition of the Ed2U. The process of fault evolution is divided into four stages, including fault incubation period, fault activity period, fault migration period and fault static period. It is pointed out that both gravity sliding and strike sliding control the growth and development of arc fracture. It is considered that the growth and development of arc-shaped faults are beneficial to the formation of rolling anticline traps, to the control of the number and thickness of sand bodies, to the promotion of the communication between source rocks and reservoirs, and to the accumulation of oil and gas.

Key words: North of Bozhong Depression, arc fault, evolution process, formation mechanism, petroleum geology

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