Abstract:
The Cenozoic strata of Yinggehai Basin is rich in natural gas, and exploration breakthroughs have been achieved in the middle and deep strata of the basin in recent years. The discovery of gas fields in the Ledong 10 area had attracted concerning for the migration and accumulation of natural gas in lithologic reservoirs in the middle and deep strata of nondiapir structures. The natural gas reservoir in the Miocene Huangliu Formation in the Ledong 10 block appeared to have a high content of CO
2. The characteristics and periods of CO
2 migration to natural gas reservoirs were discussed by the approaches including Laser Raman spectroscopy and combined with inclusion petrographic observation. Five types of fluid inclusions were classified, including brine inclusions, CO
2 inclusions, gas-phase CH
4 inclusions, gas-mixed inclusions and gas-mixed brine inclusions. According to the homogenization temperature and density of CO
2 inclusions measured by Laser Raman and microthermometry analysis, and combined with the estimation of the capture conditions of CO
2 inclusions, sedimentary characteristics, burial history as well as isotopic composition of CO
2, two-stage filling mode for CO
2 gas reservoirs was then concluded. The first stage was high-density inorganic-origin CO
2 charged between 1.4-0.9 Ma; the second stage was medium-density inorganic CO
2 charged between 0.7-0.4 Ma.