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AAPG Bulletin, Preliminary version published online Ahead of Print 15 August 2024.

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DOI:10.1306/08082423036

Hydrocarbon-charge history of hydrothermally altered reservoirs: The Tailai gas field, eastern Sichuan Basin, China

Yanxian Zhu1 , Zhiliang He123 , Xiaowen Guo1 , Tiago M. Alves4 , Xuesong Lu56 , Sheng He1 , Jian Gao78 , Ze Tao1 , Huili Li78 , and Shuangjian Li78

1 Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
2 China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, Beijing, 100027, China
3 School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100091, China
4 3D Seismic Lab, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, United Kingdom
5 Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, PetroChina, Beijing 100083, China
6 Key Laboratory of Basin Structure and Hydrocarbon Accumulation, China National Petroleum Corporation, Beijing 100083, China
7 Sinopec Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, Beijing 102206, China
8 Sinopec Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, Beijing 102206, China

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Hydrothermal dolomite reservoirs near basement strike-slip faults are major gas exploration targets in the Sichuan Basin, China. This work addresses the hydrocarbon generation and accumulation histories of the hydrothermal dolomite reservoirs within the Maokou Formation in the Tailai gas field. Diagenetic veining sequences and the hydrocarbon charge history are investigated through fluid inclusion analysis, geochemical data, and radiometric U-Pb dating of calcite cements. All these data are integrated by tying the geochemical results to the evolution of the nearby No. 15 fault system and burial/thermal models for key wells. The interpreted seismic data indicate that the No. 15 fault system provided major migration pathways for hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbon charge history of the Tailai gas field can be summarized as follows: (1) activity of the No.15 fault system led to the migration of oil from the Wufeng-Longmaxi source rocks into hydrothermal dolomite reservoirs from ~246.9 Ma to 245.3 Ma; (2) reactivation of the No.15 fault system fed natural gas from the Wufeng-Longmaxi source rocks into the Tailai gas field around ~222.4 Ma, with a small contribution from source rock in the first member of the Maokou Formation; (3) in-situ cracking of oil into gas occurred in the hydrothermal dolomite reservoirs from ~143 Ma to 110 Ma. The results in this work show that the oil and gas charge (stages 1 and 2) was controlled by the No. 15 fault system. The combination of fault-derived gas and cracking of oil (stages 2 and 3) fed the prolific Tailai gas field.

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Yanxian Zhu , Zhiliang He , Xiaowen Guo , Tiago M. Alves , Xuesong Lu , Sheng He , Jian Gao , Ze Tao , Huili Li , Shuangjian Li: Hydrocarbon-charge history of hydrothermally altered reservoirs: The Tailai gas field, eastern Sichuan Basin, China, (in press; preliminary version published online Ahead of Print 15 August 2024: AAPG Bulletin, DOI:10.1306/08082423036.

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