北部湾盆地海域油气勘探历程与启示

分析钻井、地震、储量、产量等历史数据,总结勘探成果、勘探领域、石油地质理论,将北部湾盆地海域勘探历程划分为3个阶段.早期探索阶段(1960—1995年),钻井证实北部湾盆地具备良好的烃源岩和生储盖组合,明确了北部湾盆地的基本构造特征,划分了二级构造单元;20世纪80年代的对外合作高潮,为下一步油气勘探奠定了良好基础.涠...

Offshore Petroleum Exploration History and Enlightenment in Beibu Gulf Basin

The paper analyzes the historical data of drilling, seismic survey, reserves and production, summarizes the offshore exploration achievements and targets and petroleum geology theory, then divides the offshore exploration process in the Beibu Gulf basin into three stages: (1) Early exploration stage (1960-1995). Drilling results proved that there are good source rocks and source-reservoir-cap assemblages in the Beibu Gulf basin, the basic structural characteristics was understood, and the secondary tectonic units were divided. Early exploration results laid a good foundation for further oil and gas exploration during 1980s when there was a high tide of foreign cooperation. (2) Breakthrough to the Weixinan sag and progressive exploration stage (1995-2010). The discovery and successful evaluation of a number of oilfields represented by Weizhou 12-1 firstly contributed to the cumulative proven geological reserves of oil in the Beibu Gulf basin exceeding 100 million tons. Facing the condition that the Weixinan sag is full of oil but the average size of the oilfields in the sag is relatively small, a progressive exploration strategy was put forward, which broke the bottleneck and realized the upgrading and increase of reserves. (3) Breakthrough to the Wushi sag and exploration into new areas (since 2010). The discovery and successful evaluation of a number of oilfields represented by Wushi 17-2 proved that the Wushi sag is another hydrocarbon-rich sag that has been confirmed by drilling data following the breakthrough of the Weixinan sag. This opened a new prospect in the Beibu Gulf basin. Meanwhile, the exploration to new targets such as buried-hill reservoirs led to the identification of a number of pre-Paleogene carbonate reservoirs which are potential contribution to sustainable development.