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Ru-wei Zhang, Jing-an Lu, Pen-fei Wen, Zeng-gui Kuang, Bao-jin Zhang, Hua Xue, Yun-xia Xu, Xi Chen, 2018. Distribution of gas hydrate reservoir in the first production test region of the Shenhu area, South China Sea, China Geology, 1, 493-504. doi: 10.31035/cg2018049
Citation: Ru-wei Zhang, Jing-an Lu, Pen-fei Wen, Zeng-gui Kuang, Bao-jin Zhang, Hua Xue, Yun-xia Xu, Xi Chen, 2018. Distribution of gas hydrate reservoir in the first production test region of the Shenhu area, South China Sea, China Geology, 1, 493-504. doi: 10.31035/cg2018049
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Distribution of gas hydrate reservoir in the first production test region of the Shenhu area, South China Sea

  • Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey, China Geological Survey, Guangzhou 510075, China

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Received Date:  15 August 2018
Revised Date:  30 October 2018
Accepted Date:  02 November 2018
Available Online:  03 December 2018
Publish Date:  25 December 2018
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  • In May and July of 2017, China Geological Survey (CGS), and Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey (GMGS) carried out a production test of gas hydrate in the Shenhu area of the South China Sea and acquired a breakthrough of two months continuous gas production and nearly 3.1 × 105 m3 of production. The gas hydrate reservoir in the Shenhu area of China, is mainly composed of fine-grained clay silt with low permeability, and very difficult for exploitation, which is very different from those discovered in the USA, and Canada (both are conglomerate), Japan (generally coarse sand) and India (fracture-filled gas hydrate). Based on 3D seismic data preserved-amplitude processing and fine imaging, combined with logging-while-drilling (LWD) and core analysis data, this paper discusses the identification and reservoir characterization of gas hydrate orebodies in the Shenhu production test area. We also describe the distribution characteristics of the gas hydrate deposits and provided reliable data support for the optimization of the production well location. Through BSR feature recognition, seismic attribute analysis, model based seismic inversion and gas hydrate reservoir characterization, this paper describes two relatively independent gas hydrate orebodies in the Shenhu area, which are distributed in the north-south strip and tend to be thicker in the middle and thinner at the edge. The effective thickness of one orebody is bigger but the distribution area is relatively small. The model calculation results show that the distribution area of the gas hydrate orebody controlled by W18/W19 is about 11.24 km2, with an average thickness of 19 m and a maximum thickness of 39 m, and the distribution area of the gas hydrate orebody controlled by W11/W17 is about 6.42 km2, with an average thickness of 26 m and a maximum thickness of 90 m.

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