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Volume 12 Issue 2
Jun 2001
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Fengjun Nie, Sitian Li, Hua Wang, Xinong Xie, Keqiang Wu, Meizhu Jiang. Vertical Migration of Petroleum via Faults in Zhu Ⅲ Subbasin, Pearl River Mouth Basin, South China Sea. Journal of Earth Science, 2001, 12(2): 117-126.
Citation: Fengjun Nie, Sitian Li, Hua Wang, Xinong Xie, Keqiang Wu, Meizhu Jiang. Vertical Migration of Petroleum via Faults in Zhu Ⅲ Subbasin, Pearl River Mouth Basin, South China Sea. Journal of Earth Science, 2001, 12(2): 117-126.

Vertical Migration of Petroleum via Faults in Zhu Ⅲ Subbasin, Pearl River Mouth Basin, South China Sea

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the National NaturalScience Foundation of China 49732005-01

the project of key and young teachers of institutions of higher learning foundation of the Ministry of Education of China 

  • Received Date: 19 Feb 2001
  • Accepted Date: 20 Apr 2001
  • The problem that faults act as a conduit for hydrocarbon bearing fluid flow has been under debate for a long time. The southern boundary fault (FS) and No.2 fault belt in the Zhu Ⅲ subbasin in the Pearl River Mouth basin (PRMB) of South China Sea (SCS) are considered as the conduit of hydrocarbons for the oil and gas fields in the hydrocarbon generating half grabens. Based upon the basin modeling and seismic velocity inversion simulation, there are abnormal pressure compartments in the central part of half grabens. Wenchang, Enping and Zhuhai FormationⅡare seated within the abnormal-pressure zone, while the Zhuhai Formation Ⅰ is within the pressure-transition zone. The abnormal pressure was mainly caused by undercompaction due to the high rate of sedimentation for layers with an abnormal-pressure. The increase of temperature of inclusions as the increase of depth supports vertical migration via faults in the study area.

     

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