The Newly Discovered Yanchang Gas Field in the Ordos Basin, Central China

Hairen Gao; Weili Wang

doi:10.1007/s12583-015-0661-5

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Hairen Gao, Weili Wang. The Newly Discovered Yanchang Gas Field in the Ordos Basin, Central China. Journal of Earth Science, 2017, 28(2): 347-357. doi: 10.1007/s12583-015-0661-5

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Hairen Gao, Weili Wang. The Newly Discovered Yanchang Gas Field in the Ordos Basin, Central China. Journal of Earth Science, 2017, 28(2): 347-357. doi: 10.1007/s12583-015-0661-5

Hairen Gao, Weili Wang. The Newly Discovered Yanchang Gas Field in the Ordos Basin, Central China. Journal of Earth Science, 2017, 28(2): 347-357. doi: 10.1007/s12583-015-0661-5

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Hairen Gao, Weili Wang. The Newly Discovered Yanchang Gas Field in the Ordos Basin, Central China. Journal of Earth Science, 2017, 28(2): 347-357. doi: 10.1007/s12583-015-0661-5

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The Newly Discovered Yanchang Gas Field in the Ordos Basin, Central China

doi: 10.1007/s12583-015-0661-5

Hairen Gao,
Weili Wang^,

Oil and Gas Exploration Company, Yanchang Petroleum (Group)Co., LTD, Yan'an 716000, China

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Hairen Gao: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5545-2782

Weili Wang: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3435-3846
Corresponding author: Weili Wang, wileywang@hotmail.com
Received Date: 08 Nov 2014
Accepted Date: 15 May 2015
Publish Date: 01 Apr 2017

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The Yanchang gas field is located in the Ordos Basin of central China to the southeast of the Yishan Slope, covers an exploration area of 2.6×10 ⁴ km ² and has approximately 3.5×10 ¹¹ m ³ of gas reserves. The gas field is dominated by lithologic gas reservoirs but also has a few structural gas reservoirs. Sand bodies were deposited in the Carboniferous Benxi Formation around offshore barrier islands and in distributary channel fillings in the delta front of the P ₁s₂ and P ₁s₁ divisions of the Permian Shanxi Formation. The P ₂h₈ division of the Shihezi Formation contains the main reservoirs. The depths of the reservoirs are between 1 970 and 3 500 m. The Yanchang gas field can be classified as a typical tight sandstone gas reservoir filed because its porosity is lower than 10% and permeability lower than 1 mD. The discovery and development of the Yanchang gas field has led to a great increase in total natural gas reserves in the Ordos Basin. Its exploration has improved methods of locating large gas fields in deep-water depositional environments in the south part of the basin.
- Yanchang gas field,
- Ordos Basin,
- Central China,
- tight gas reservoir,
- lithologic reservoir,
- gas in coal-bearing strata

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