Accumulation model of natural gas hydrate in the Beaufort-Mackenzie Delta Basin, the Arctic

YANG Chupeng; LIU Jie; YANG Rui; YAO Yongjian; LI Xuejie; SU Ming

doi:10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2020052602

2020 Vol. 40, No. 6

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YANG Chupeng, LIU Jie, YANG Rui, YAO Yongjian, LI Xuejie, SU Ming. Accumulation model of natural gas hydrate in the Beaufort-Mackenzie Delta Basin, the Arctic[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2020, 40(6): 146-158. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2020052602

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YANG Chupeng, LIU Jie, YANG Rui, YAO Yongjian, LI Xuejie, SU Ming. Accumulation model of natural gas hydrate in the Beaufort-Mackenzie Delta Basin, the Arctic[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2020, 40(6): 146-158. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2020052602

Accumulation model of natural gas hydrate in the Beaufort-Mackenzie Delta Basin, the Arctic

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Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey, China Geological Survey, Guangzhou 510760, China
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Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory , Guangzhou 511458, China
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Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, China Geological Survey, Qingdao 266071, China
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School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China

Received Date: 26 May 2020

Revised Date: 03 July 2020

Publish Date: 25 December 2020

Abstract

Abstract

The Beaufort-Mackenzie Delta is an Arctic basin which contains abundant conventional hydrocarbon and natural gas hydrate. It is also one of the earliest regions in the world to carry out producing test of natural gas hydrate. To study the coexistence relationship between the hydrate and conventional hydrocarbon in the basin has not only direct significance to energy resource exploration, but also important theoretical and practical significance to seabed stability assessment, global climate change and carbon cycle research. In this paper, geological factors and stability conditions for hydrate reservoir generation was systematically summarized based on the large number of data available. Furthermore, combined with the analysis of glacier evolution, it was concluded that the accumulation of natural gas hydrate in the basin is controlled by the leakage of the underlying petroleum system and the change in permafrost zone. It is revealed that the gas source of hydrate in the basin is mainly the thermogenic hydrocarbon gas coming from the buried petroleum system. The activities of tectonic elements, such as faults and folders, were positively correlated with the enrichment of hydrate, and the hydrate occurrence was mainly related to the sand bodies of the delta plain in the Iperk, Kugmallit and Richards sequences. The permafrost above the hydrate stabilization zone plays a key role in the accumulation of gas hydrate.
- natural gas hydrate /
- accumulation model /
- the Beaufort-Mackenzie Delta Basin

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