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Petroleum Geology of Northeast British Columbia, Canada

캐나다 브리티시컬럼비아주 북동부의 석유지질

고재홍, 이윤희

Jaehong Ko and Yun Hee Lee

31 October 2009. pp. 646-677
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Abstract
Northeast British Columbia calls for attention that was once applied to Alberta’s oil and gas for its enormous resource potential as much as 660 Tcf. Northeast British Columbia shares with petroliferous West Canada Sedimentary Basin in orogeny, basin formation and development, depositional system and history, stratigraphy, petroleum system and play characteristics. The Foothills region of the Rocky Mountain belt have great potential finding giant gas pools whose structures and fractures developed under the direct influence of Cordilleran orogenies. The foredeep region that constitutes Deep Basin is a huge habitat of basin-centered gases. Northeast British Columbia\'s ultimate potential for conventional gas is assessed to be initial discovered marketable gas reserve 26.4 Tcf, cumulative production as of 31 December, 2003 17.2 Tcf, remaining discovered marketable reserve 9.2 Tcf, and undiscovered marketable gas potential 25.5 Tcf. The current estimates of unconventional gas resources are tight gas 300 Tcf, shale gas 250 Tcf, and coalbed gas 60 Tcf.
Keywords
Northeast British Columbia
660 Tcf
West Canada Sedimentary Basin
Conventional
Unconventiona
캐나다 브리티시컬럼비아주 북동부는 가스 자원량이 660 Tcf에 달하는 지역으로, 최근 앨버타 주를 뛰어 넘는 뜨거운 시장으로 떠오르고 있다. 이 곳은 막대한 석유 자원이 부존하는 서 캐나다 분지의 북서부 연장으로 분지 형성, 발달, 퇴적, 층서, 석유 시스템 및 부존 특성을 공유하며, 록키 산맥 기슭의 구릉 지대는 구조 운동의 직접적 영향으로 단열이 발달한 잠재적인 대규모 구조가 산재하고, 충상단층대의 하중에 의한 깊은 침강으로 형성된 전면 곡분 지역은 분지중심 가스가 집적해 있다. 재래 가스는 초기 판매가능 매장량 26.4 Tcf, 2003년 12월 말 기준 누적 생산량 17.2 Tcf, 잔존 판매가능 매장량 9.2 Tcf, 미발견 매장량 25.5 Tcf이며, 비재래 가스는 부존량이 치밀 가스 300 Tcf, 셰일 가스 250 Tcf, 석탄층 가스 60 Tcf로 추정된다.
키워드
브리티시컬럼비아주 북동부
660 Tcf
서 캐나다 분지
재래 가스
비재래 가스
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