A NEW OIL SEEPAGE IN THE OMAN MOUNTAINS AND ITS GEOLOGICAL,GEOCHEMICAL AND PETROLEUM SYSTEMS CONTEXT

A minor natural oil seepage is described from an unlikely setting in the Oman Mountains. The host rocks are fractured pelagic limestones of the lower member of the Triassic – Lower Jurassic Matbat Formation of the Hamrat Duru Group in the lower part of the allochthonous Hawasina Complex. This paper summarises Oman's established oil families and documents previously recorded oil seepages as context for describing the new seepage, its geochemistry, and possible source rock. The seep oil is different to those known from Oman's oil fields and probably derived from a poor quality, Mesozoic clastic source rock containing a mix of terrigenous and marine organic matter. The most likely source appears to be the Toarcian turbiditic upper member of the Matbat Formation, equivalent to the clastic Mafraq Formation of the Arabian Platform. The occurrence of source rocks in the allochthonous sediments of the NeoTethyan Hawasina Basin has been suspected previously, though their commercial significance remains to be established.     

Theoretical investigation of intrinsic point defects and the oxygen migration behavior in rare earth hafnates

In this work, the composition-dependent point defect types and formation energies of RE₂Hf₂O₇ (RE = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu and Gd) as well as the oxygen diffusion behavior are systematically investigated by first-principles calculations. The possible defect reactions and dominant defect complexes under stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric conditions are revealed. It is found that O Frenkel pairs are the predominant defect in stoichiometric pyrochlore hafnates. Hf-RE cation anti-site defects, accompanied by RE vacancies and/or oxygen interstitials, are stable in the non-stoichiometric case of HfO₂ excess. On the other hand, RE-Hf anti-site defects together with oxygen vacancies and/or RE interstitials are preferable in the case of RE₂O₃ excess. The energy barriers for the migration along the V_O48f - V_O48f pathway of pyrochlore hafnates were calculated to be between 0.81 eV and 0.89 eV. Based on these results, a defect engineering strategy is proposed and the pyrochlore hafnates investigated here are predicted to exhibit potential oxygen ionic conductivity.     

涪陵地区茅三段热液白云岩展布影响因素分析

针对热液白云岩展布非均质性强的问题,开展基底断裂与茅三段沉积演化关系研究,分析断裂样式与白云岩分布关系,建立沉积演化模式,预测白云岩的分布。研究结果表明:茅三段可划分为5个小层,1~3小层为白云岩发育主要时期,4~5小层为台地均一化时期,不发育白云岩;15-1、15-2和16号基底断裂控制了早期“台-洼”相间的沉积地貌,断裂附近的地貌高部位为生屑滩发育有利部位,为白云岩的发育提供物质基础;15-1、15-2号基底断裂样式为花状,周边生屑滩白云石化程度高,为白云岩发育最有利区;16号基底断裂为直立状,附近白云石化发育程度较低,为白云岩发育较有利区。研究成果可为热液白云岩领域的进一步勘探提供指导依据。     

3D seismic and formation micro-imager (FMI) integrated study to delineate depositional pattern of Abu Madi (Upper Miocene) clastic reservoir rocks in El-Wastani gas field,onshore Nile Delta,Egypt

Ten wells (EW-4, EW-5, EW-6, EW-7, EW-8, EW-9, EW-10, EW-12, EW-13 and EW-15) were interpreted using the composite well logs, data of core analysis, gamma-ray logs, formation micro-imager logs (FMI), and 3D seismic data in SEGY format to understand the stratigraphy of the onshore, Nile Delta, Egypt.The amplitude analysis of 3-D seismic horizon slice of Lower Abu Madi rock unit together with the lithostratigraphic correlation through the study area depending on the gamma-ray log “HSGR” (left to right increasing), and the identification of type of bed geometry, nature of bed contacts, type of the sedimentary structures and the dominant formative paleocurrents by using some available borehole micro-resistivity images (FMI) and core photos. All of these techniques are used together to define the different depositional facies and depositional environment of the Messinian clastics (Lower Abu Madi rock unit), which is considered to be the main reservoir in the El-Wastani gas field, onshore Nile Delta, Egypt.The present study of depositional pattern of the Upper Miocene clastics reservoir (Lower Abu Madi rock unit) revealed that it is represented by high sinuous meandering channels or paleo-valley and three types of fluvial facies were defined; channel fill, channel margin, and floodplain basin.     

四川盆地震旦系灯影组丘滩体发育分布及对储层的控制

四川盆地震旦系灯影组储层主要发育于微生物丘滩体中，但不同成因类型丘滩体对储层的影响尚不明确。通过钻井岩心和野外露头观测、岩石薄片分析和物性测试等手段，将丘滩体划分为丘基、丘核、丘翼和丘坪4种微相，并根据微相的组合划分出台缘并进型丘滩体、台缘追补型丘滩体和台内饥饿型丘滩体3种丘滩体类型。台缘并进型丘滩体的生长速率快，与可容空间的增加速率相同步，其微相组合以"丘基+丘核"垂向加积为主，在海平面升降过程中易暴露于大气淡水环境，造成海水胶结作用弱、淡水溶蚀作用强，形成以格架溶蚀孔洞为主的储集空间，储层物性好，储集性能最优。台缘追补型丘滩体的生长速率次之，其早期的生长速率滞后于可容空间增长速率但后期逐渐同步，呈现出"丘基+丘核+丘翼/丘坪"侧向加积的微相组合；由于暴露于大气淡水环境的几率减小，其海水胶结作用强，淡水溶蚀作用减弱，储集性能稍差。台内饥饿型丘滩体的生长速率最慢，严重滞后于可容空间的增长速率，呈"云坪（丘基）+丘核+丘坪"微相组合，难以暴露于大气淡水环境，淡水溶蚀作用最弱，储集性能也最差。台缘带古地貌对丘滩体的生长速率影响较大，可控制丘滩体的沉积样式。陡坡台缘带有利于台缘并进型丘滩体发育，缓坡台缘带主要发育台缘追补型丘滩体，台内高地中发育台内饥饿型丘滩体。胡家坝-阆中-安岳地区一带的震旦系灯影组四段发育于典型的陡坡台缘带，是储层发育的最有利相带。     

松辽盆地徐家围子断陷沙河子组储层特征及控制因素

徐家围子断陷沙河子组是松辽盆地北部近期天然气勘探的主要目标，这类致密砂砾岩气层的储层特征及控制因素研究是首要的。通过分析其白垩系早期拉张构造背景条件下形成的一套断陷沉积，纵向上可划分为4个三级层序，各层序在断陷湖盆陡坡带和缓坡带发育扇三角洲和辫状河三角洲沉积。研究表明其储层主要为砂砾岩和含砾粗砂岩等粗碎屑岩。沙河子组储层孔隙包括原生粒间孔和次生孔隙，孔隙度主要分布在2%~8%，渗透率多小于0.1×10^-3 μm²，为致密储层。沙河子组储层发育的控制因素包括埋深、沉积相带、岩石类型和次生成岩作用，埋藏浅的扇三角洲（辫状河三角洲）前缘、平原相砂砾岩储层物性好，含火山碎屑物质的砂岩、砂砾岩易于形成溶蚀孔隙，改善储集性能。徐家围子断陷沙河子组有利储层主要位于埋深小于4 000 m的安达东、西两侧的扇三角洲前缘、平原区和徐东、徐西的构造高部位扇体发育区，埋藏较浅的安达中部滨浅湖相和埋藏较深的徐东、徐西斜坡扇体发育区也是较有利的储层发育区。     

歧口凹陷歧北次凹沙河街组三段页岩油地质特征与勘探突破

歧口凹陷歧北次凹沙河街组三段（沙三段）湖泛期细粒沉积发育、烃源岩品质好、页岩油资源丰富，但其研究尚处于起步阶段，在沧东凹陷孔店组二段湖相页岩油工业化开发的带动下，落实其勘探前景势成必然。为探究歧北次凹沙三段页岩油的地质特征及勘探潜力，依据F39X1井、QY10-1-1井等多口井的岩心、分析化验、测井资料和录井资料，对沙三段页岩层系的地质特征、页岩油类型与富集模式、甜点的空间分布规律等开展了综合研究。歧北次凹沙三段的矿物组成和岩石类型多样，主要包括灰质白云质页岩、长英质页岩、混合质页岩及微晶白云岩、亮晶生屑白云岩、粉砂岩等；烃源岩的总有机碳（TOC）含量主要分布在1%~3%，以Ⅱ型干酪根为主且指示热演化成熟度的镜质体反射率（R_o）普遍高于0.7%；储集空间主要包括粒间孔、晶间孔、生物体腔孔、有机孔及层理缝、构造（微）缝等；页岩油的超越效应明显（油饱和度指数平均为116.3 mg/g）、荧光显示良好。在歧北次凹沙三段中识别出单一型和夹层型2类页岩油，构建了高TOC滞留型页岩油和低TOC运移型页岩油2种富集模式，并建立了基于油饱和度指数、TOC和脆性指数等多参数的甜点定量评价方法及标准。针对甜点区部署了QY10-1-1水平井，其初期的折算产油量达103.5 t/d，预计可形成亿吨级增储新领域。勘探发现证实歧口凹陷的沙三段细粒岩段具备良好的页岩油勘探潜力。     

Microstructural characteristic,outward-inward growth behavior and formation mechanism of MAO ceramic coating on the surface of ADC12 Al alloy with micro-groove

The ceramic coatings on the surface of aluminum alloy substrates with micro-grooves have been successfully fabricated in the silicate solution via micro-arc oxidation (MAO) approach. Microstructure characterization showed that the larger main discharge channels were located in the center of micro-groove, the smaller secondary discharge channels were located on both sides of main discharge channel; and a few irregular micro-pores existed in the vicinity of all discharge channels, which were mainly cause by the rapid cooling and solidification of discharge channels hindering the removal of gases produced via reaction. Moreover, the growing direction of coating in the initial stage was mainly outward-growth and resulted in the formation of inverted triangle coating structure, which was due to the sharp-angled effect. But in the final growing stage, the inward-growth behavior played a key role owing to the spark transfer. According to above results and discussion, the formation of smooth, uniform and homogeneous ceramic coating on the surface of whole trapezoidal micro-groove substrate contained four stages: anodic oxidation growth, sharp corner rapid growth, coating homogenization and groove self-filling.