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Title: Geochemical features of two-phase hydrocarbon-pool formation in northern West Siberia

Journal Article · · Int. Geol. Rev.; (United States)

Gas-condensate pools that have oil rings occur widely in West Siberia, and much attention has been given to their formation and occurrence. Virtually all possible processes producing such pools have been found to occur here, from the single entry of saturated fluid into a trap followed by differentiation as the formation pressure falls to separate entry in different sequences for the oil and gas. The authors use the content of aromatic hydrocarbons as an index of the migration of oil and gas. Arene distributions in the light fractions of oils and condensates from the Neocomian beds in West Siberia are largely related to features of fluid generation and migration. Two-phase pools containing primary condensates occur in these beds, which is explained by a model based on different forms of fluid migration. They are controlled not only by fluid generation features (different ratios of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbon) but also by the relationships in time and space between the clayey and sandy rocks, which give rise to qualitative differences in consolidation and thus to differences in fluid migration in zones adjoining the reservoirs and in zones farther away.

OSTI ID:
7053340
Journal Information:
Int. Geol. Rev.; (United States), Vol. 29:9; Other Information: Translated from Geologiya Nefti I Gaza; No. 6, 19-23(1987)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English