Geologic Characteristics and Development Trend of North China Shale Gas Basins

doi:10.12972/ksmer.2015.52.2.239

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Geologic Characteristics and Development Trend of North China Shale Gas Basins 북중국 셰일가스 주요분지 특징 및 개발동향 분석: 이종윤 · 소영석 · 박대진 · 윤왕중 · 신창훈
Jongyun Lee, Youngseok So, Daejin Park, Wangjung Yoon and Changhoon Shin

30 April 2015. pp. 239-250

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Abstract

The prospects and trends of Chinese shale resources development are very important issues for usin terms of economic and geopolitical influences, and long term potentials. In this study, geologic characteristicsand progresses of major North China shale basins such as Tarim, Junggar and Songliao basins were investigatedas the follow-up to the previous study on South China shale basins. As a result, it was shown that Tarim andJunggar basins are better than Sichuan basin in the aspects of geology and geochemistry. However, it was alsoreconfirmed that each basin has individual defects with current shale development technologies. Tarim shows goodreservoir quality and mineralogies, but not good basic infrastructure conditions owing to the water supply problemand high degree of formation depth. Junggar and Songliao basins are also good in reservoir quality but it wasalso noticed that the high degree of formation depth and low fracability due to land deposit environment wouldbe major obstacles.

Keywords

North china shale basins

Tarim basin

Junggar basin

Songliao basin

중국의 셰일자원 개발동향과 전망은 장기적인 관점에서의 유망성이나 우리 경제, 지정학적 영향력측면에서 매우 중요한 이슈이다. 이에, 본 연구에서는, 선행된 남중국 분지의 특성분석에 후속하여 타림 분지,쑹라오 분지 등 북중국지역의 주요 셰일분지에 대한 특성과 동향을 조사, 분석하고자 하였다. 결과적으로, 지질/지화학적 측면에서, 북중국 타림 분지 및 준가얼 분지는 남중국의 쓰촨 분지보다 뛰어난 것으로 조사되었다.그러나 이미 알려진 바와 같이, 각 분지별로 현재의 셰일자원 개발기술을 기준으로는 상업적 개발에 각각의저해요소들이 존재하는 것도 확인되었다. 타림 분지는 셰일가스 저류층으로서의 품질은 뛰어나며, 파쇄에 유리한 광물을 많이 함유하여 셰일가스 개발 대상지역으로 손색이 없다. 반면에 기본적인 인프라 조건이 불리하고,수자원 공급 및 매장심도에 한계가 있는 지역으로 분석되었다. 준가얼 분지와 쑹라오 분지는 셰일가스 저류층품질은 역시 뛰어난 것으로 평가되었지만, 셰일가스 대상층의 매몰심도가 깊고 육상퇴적환경에 따른 파쇄품질이낮다는 점이 핵심적인 걸림돌로 조사되었다.

키워드

북중국 셰일분지

타림 분지

쑹라오 분지

준가얼 분지

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Publisher :The Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
Publisher(Ko) :한국자원공학회
Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
Journal Title(Ko) :한국자원공학회지
Volume : 52
No :2
Pages :239-250
DOI :https://doi.org/10.12972/ksmer.2015.52.2.239

[1] Cao, J., Zhang, Y., Hu, W., Yao, S., Wang, X., Zhang, Y. and Tang, Y., 2005, “The Permian hybrid petroleum system in the northwest margin of the Junggar Basin, northwest China,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 22, pp. 331-349.

[2] Energy Information Administration and Advanced Resources International, Inc, 2013, “Technically Recoverable Shale Oil and Shale Gas Resources: An Assessment of 137 Shale Formations in 41 Countries Outside the United States,” U. S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., USA, June, 760P.

[3] Feng, Z.Q., Jia, C.Z., Xie, X.N., Zhang, S., Feng, Z.H. and Timothy, A.C., 2010, “Tectonostratigraphic units and stratigraphic sequences of the nonmarine Songliao basin, northeast China,” Basin Research Vol. 22, pp. 79-95.

[4] Gao, F., 2012, Will there be a Shale Gas revolution in China by 2020?, The OXFORD INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY STUDIES.

[5] Jia, J., Bechtel, A., Liu, Z., Strobl, S.A.I., Sun, P., Reinhard F. and Sachsenhofer, 2013, “Oil shale formation in the Upper Cretaceous Nenjiang Formation of the Songliao Basin(NE China): Implications from organic and inorganic geochemical analysis,” International Journal of Coal Geology, Vol. 113, pp. 11-26.

[6] Lee, G.H., Shin, C.H., Kim, Y.W. and Kwon, Y.I., 2013, “Seismic Characterization of Shale-Gas Reservoirs: A Review,” The Journal of Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers, Vol. 50, pp. 156-169.

[7] Lee, J.Y., So, Y.S., Kim, Y.W., Lee, J.H. and Shin, C.H., “Geologic Characteristics and Development Trend of South China Shale Gas Basins,” The Journal of Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 234-249.

[8] Li, T.M., 1993, “The tectonic evolution and hydrocarbon accumulation in the Junggar basin,” Report for the Geological Survey of Xinjiang, pp. 129(in Chinese).

[9] Qiu, N., Zhang, Z. and Xu, E., 2008, “Geothermal regime and Jurassic source rock maturity of the Junggar basin, northwest China,” Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Vol. 31, pp. 464-478.

[10] Scott, H.S., Keith D.M. and Vello, A.K., 2013, “China Shale Gas and Shale Oil Resource Evaluation and Technical challenges,” SPE 165832 presented at the SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Jakarta, Indonesia, October 22-24.

[11] Shin, C.H., Lee, S.M., Kwon, S.I., Park, D.J. and Lee, Y.S., 2012a, “A Classification and a Survey on the Core Technology for Shale Gas Development,” The Journal of Korean Society for Geosystem Engineering, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 395-410.

[12] Shin, C.H., Lee, Y.S., Lee, J.H., Jang, H.C. and Baek, Y. S., 2012b, “Global Distribution of Shale Gas and its Industrial Trend,” The Journal of Korean Society for Geosystem Engineering, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 571-589.

[13] Zhang, S., GAO, Z., LI, J., ZHANG, B., GU, Q. and Lu, Y., 2012, “Identification and distribution of marine hydrocarbon source rocks in the Ordovician and Cambrian of the Tarim Basin,” Petroleum Exploration and Development, Vol. 39, pp. 305-314.

[14] Zhao, M., Wang, Z., Pan, W., LIU, S., Qin, S., and Han, J., 2008, “Lower Paleozoic source rocks in Manjiaer Sag, Tarim basin,” Petroleum exploration and development, Vol. 35, pp. 417-423.

[15] Zhu, D., Meng Q., Jin Z., Liu Q., and Hu, W., 2014, “Formation mechanism of deep Cambrian dolomite reservoirs in the Tarim basin, northwestern China,” Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 59, pp. 232-244.

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