Meso−Cenozoic tectono−thermal evolution and prospect analysis of oil and gas exploration of the eastern Kuqa Depression in the Tarim Basin

ZHANG Junzhen; CHANG Jian; LI Chenxing; FENG Qianqian; ZHANG Haizu; LI Dan

doi:10.12029/gc20211010001

2024 Vol. 51, No. 3

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ZHANG Junzhen, CHANG Jian, LI Chenxing, FENG Qianqian, ZHANG Haizu, LI Dan. 2024. Meso−Cenozoic tectono−thermal evolution and prospect analysis of oil and gas exploration of the eastern Kuqa Depression in the Tarim Basin[J]. Geology in China, 51(3): 799-810. doi: 10.12029/gc20211010001

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ZHANG Junzhen, CHANG Jian, LI Chenxing, FENG Qianqian, ZHANG Haizu, LI Dan. 2024. Meso−Cenozoic tectono−thermal evolution and prospect analysis of oil and gas exploration of the eastern Kuqa Depression in the Tarim Basin[J]. Geology in China, 51(3): 799-810. doi: 10.12029/gc20211010001

Meso−Cenozoic tectono−thermal evolution and prospect analysis of oil and gas exploration of the eastern Kuqa Depression in the Tarim Basin

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National Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China
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Shanghai Waterway Engineering Design and Consulting Co. Ltd., Shanghai 200120, China
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School of Earth and Science, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China
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Exploration and Development Research Institute of Tarim Oilfield Company, Petro China, Korla 841000, Xinjiang, China

Fund Project: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.41972125).

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Author Bio: ZHANG Junzhen, male, born in 1995, master candidate, mainly engaged in low–temperature thermochronology research; E–mail: 2582965891@qq.com
Corresponding author: CHANG Jian, male, born in 1982, doctor, professor, mainly engaged in sedimentary basin thermal history reconstruction, low temperature thermal chronology method and application, sediment source analysis, hydrocarbon accumulation mechanism research; E–mail: changjian@cup.edu.cn.

Received Date: 10 October 2021

Revised Date: 04 March 2024

Publish Date: 25 May 2024

Abstract

Abstract

This paper is the result of oil and gas geological exploration engineering.
Objective
Kuqa Depression is rich in oil and gas resources, but the study of tectonic–thermal evolution related to oil and gas generation and preservation is very weak.
Methods
In this study, the apatite fission track test analysis and thermal history simulation were carried out on typical drilling samples in the eastern part of Kuqa Depression. The tectonic–thermal evolution history of the eastern part of Kuqa Depression since Mesozoic was accurately reconstructed, and the maturity evolution period of source rocks was evaluated.
Results
The apatite fission track ages measured by in–situ LA–ICP–MS are between 77.7 Ma and 104.5 Ma, which are much smaller than the stratigraphic age, and the rapid uplift events of Late Cretaceous are effectively recorded. The thermal history simulation reveals that Kuqa Depression has experienced two periods of rapid uplift since Jurassic (Early Cretaceous–Late Eocene (120–40 Ma) and Late Miocene–present (10–0 Ma)), which are caused by the remote effect of the collision between Lhasa plate, Indian plate and the southern margin of Eurasia plate.
Conclusions
The differential tectonic uplift in Kuqa Depression is caused by the subduction and compression of the southern Tianshan Mountains gradually advancing from north to south. The Jurassic source rocks in Kuqa Depression show a multi–stage mature evolution model under the influence of multi–stage subsidence. Affected by tectonic uplift events, the Jurassic source rocks mature evolution was at a stagnation stage from early Cretaceous to late Eocene and late Miocene. This study determines the tectonic–thermal evolution history of eastern Kuqa Depression since Mesozoic, and clarifies the mature evolution process of main source rocks, which have important guiding significance for regional tectonic evolution and next oil and gas exploration.
- oil and gas /
- thermal evolution of source rock /
- thermal history simulation /
- apatite fission track /
- tectonic–thermal evolution /
- structural uplift /
- oil and gas geological exploration engineering /
- eastern Kuqa Depression /
- Xinjiang

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