南海北部天然气水合物勘查试采及研究进展与勘探前景

20世纪90年代中后期以来,南海北部天然气水合物勘查取得了丰硕的勘探成果和里程碑式的重大突破与进展。迄今为止,通过勘查评价已在南海北部圈定了两大天然气水合物成藏带及三大富集区,先后勘探发现了3个超千亿立方米储量规模的天然气水合物矿藏。同时,通过2017年和2020年2次探索性试采均获得了产气总量及日均产气量超世界新记录,而且攻克了深水海底浅表层未成岩软地层水平井钻采核心技术,实现了由"探索性试采向试验性试采"的重大跨越和突破。然而,南海天然气水合物资源勘查试采这一庞大复杂的系统工程,尚面临着诸多问题和挑战,如天然气水合物成因成藏类型与气源供给及产出赋存特点、天然气水合物成藏机理及主控因素、勘查试采技术方法优化创新与商业化产能目标的实现,以及天然气水合物可持续滚动勘探开发的战略选区及其资源/储量接替等,因此,南海天然气水合物资源勘查试采工程项目工作仍然非常艰巨且任重道远。

海底泥火山形成机制——南海台西南盆地泥火山钻探建议

泥火山是地下泥质流体喷发到地表或海底所形成的丘状构造,其形成与油气成藏、天然气水合物成矿有着直接联系,其喷发活动易引发工程事故,喷发的大量甲烷气体会加剧温室效应。国内外学者已在泥火山发育、地球化学、地球物理特征等方面开展了诸多研究。然而泥火山形成机制问题仍存在多种争议,其触发因素可能来自断层活动、地震、超压等。泥火山流体的传热传质及其对水合物形成与动态分布的控制作用还有待深入研究,同时海底泥火山碳排放亦是重要地质问题。因而我们建议选取南海北部台西南盆地典型泥火山开展钻探,获取海底泥火山发育的构造环境、沉积背景、温压场等系列参数,揭示泥火山成因机制,建立海底泥火山油气渗漏模式,探讨泥火山流体传热过程对水合物形成与分布的影响。研究成果对于超压沉积盆地油气勘探与开发、海底渗漏型水合物研究与勘探、新构造活动与地质灾害分析等都具有重要指导意义。

琼东南盆地冷泉差异发育特征及其深部控制机理

海底冷泉与天然气水合物资源、全球气候变化和极端环境生态系统等重大问题密切相关,具有重要的科学意义。冷泉系统形成演化影响因素众多,其时空分布、活动特征及相关物理、化学和生物作用差异较大。冷泉活动的浅表层响应与深部控制要素的耦合关系、冷泉差异发育的流体动力学过程与控制机理等科学问题有待深入研究。以琼东南盆地为主要研究对象,针对冷泉差异发育特征及其控制机理问题,以流体动力学研究为主线,深浅连通,将浅表层冷泉观测数据与深部地质环境、地层压力等要素相结合,精细刻画冷泉流体从物源层向浅表层运移的渗漏通道特征,建立冷泉浅表层响应与深部要素之间的耦合关系,揭示冷泉差异发育的流体动力学模式,探讨冷泉差异发育的控制机理,以期为冷泉环境水合物勘查与试采、深海物质和能量迁移转化及极端环境的生态系统研究提供理论依据。

Tectonic Evolution of the Meso-Tethys in the Western Segment of Bangonghu-Nujiang Suture Zone: Insights from Geochemistry and Geochronology of the Lagkor Tso Ophiolite

The subduction of the Bangonghu-Nujiang Meso-Tethys and the collision between the Lhasa and Qiangtang blocks were important events in the growth of the Tibetan crust. However, the timing of collision initiation and closure timing, as well as nature and structure of the Bangonghu ocean basin, are still poorly constrained. The Lagkor Tso ophiolite, located in the south of Gerze County, Tibet, is one of the most completed ophiolites preserved in the southern side of the Bangonghu- Nujiang suture zone. This study discussed the tectonic evolution of the Bangonghu-Nujiang suture zone as revealed by the Lagkor Tso ophiolite investigated by field investigations, petrology, geochemistry, geochronology and tectonic analysis methods. We present new LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb and 39Ar/4~Ar ages for the Lagkor Tso ophiolite, in addition to geochemical and platinum-group element （PGE） data presented for the Lagkor Tso ophiolite in Tibet. It is suggested that the ancient Lagkor Tso oceanic basin split in Middle Jurassic （161.2 ± 2.7 Ma - 165.4 ± 3.5 Ma）, and experienced a second tectonic emplacement during the Early Cretaceous （137.90 ± 6.39 Ma）. The Lagkor Tso ophiolite likely developed in an independent suture zone. The Bangonghu-Nujiang ocean subducted southwards, and the dehydration of the subducting oceanic crust materials caused partial melting of the continental mantle wedge, which formed the second-order expanding center of the obduction dish. This led to inter-arc expansion, followed by the formation of inter-arc and back-arc basins with island arc features, which are represented by ophiolites around the Shiquanhe-Lagkor Tso -Yongzhu region. The tectonic environment presently can be considered to be similar to that of the current Western Pacific, in which a large number of island arc-ocean basin systems are developed.

Development features of volcanic rocks of the Yingcheng Formation and their relationship with fault structure in the Xujiaweizi Fault Depression,Songliao Basin,China

The Xujiaweizi Fault Depression is located in the northern Songliao Basin,Northeast China.The exploration results show that the most favorable natural gas reservoirs are in the volcanic rocks of the Yingcheng Formation（K 1 yc）.Based on seismic interpretation,drill cores and the results of previous research,we analyzed the distribution of faults and the thickness of volcanic rocks in different periods of K 1 yc,and studied the relationship of volcanic activities and main faults.Volcanic rocks were formed in the Yingcheng period when the magma erupted along pre-existing fault zones.The volcanic activities strongly eroded the faults during the eruption process,which resulted in the structural traces in the seismic section being diffuse and unclear.The tectonic activities weakened in the study area in the depression stage.The analysis of seismic interpretation,thin section microscopy and drill cores revealed that a large number of fractures generated in the volcanic rocks were affected by later continued weak tectonic activities,which greatly improved the physical properties of volcanic reservoirs,and made the volcanic rocks of K 1 yc be favorable natural gas reservoirs.The above conclusions provide the basis to better understand the relationship of the volcanic rock distribution and faults,the mechanism of volcanic eruption and the formation of natural gas reservoirs in volcanic rocks.

The tectonic differences between the east and the west in the deep-water area of the northern South China Sea

The deep-water area of the northern South China Sea, which has active and complicated tectonics, is rich in natural gas and gas hydrate. While the tectonic characteristics is different obviously between the east and the west because of the special tectonic position and tectonic evolution process. In terms of submarine geomorphology, the eastern shelf-slope structure in Pearl River Mouth Basin is characterized by having wide sub-basins and narrow intervening highs, whereas the western （Qiongdongnan Basin） structure is characterized by narrow sub- basins and wide uplift. As to the structural features, the deep-water sags in the east are all structurally half- grabens, controlled by a series of south-dipping normal faults. While the west sags are mainly characterised by graben structures with faulting in both the south and north. With regards to the tectonic evolution, the east began neotectonic activity when the post-rifting stage had completed at the end of the Middle Miocene. In the Baiyun Sag, tectonic activity became strong and was characterised by rapid subsidence and obvious faulting. Whereas in the west, neotectonic activity began at the end of the Late Miocene with rapid deposition and weak fault activity.

Features and dynamic mechanisms of Cenozoic tectonic migration and its impact on the hydrocarbon accumulation in the northern South China Sea

The northern continental margin of the South China Sea （SCS） is located within the tectonic system of Southeast Asia, an area with a great deal of tectonic migration due to the regional tectonic movements. The available geological and geophysical data of the area are comprehensively analyzed in order to demonstrate the typical migration patterns of the Cenozoic tectonics in the northern SCS caused by the episodes of the Cenozoic tectonic movement. Furthermore, the lateral variation characteristics of the strata and the differ- ent evolution patterns of the main basins＇ features are assessed. It primarily focus on： （1） the Cenozoic epi- sodic rifting from north to south in the continental margin of the northern SCS; （2） the rifting and depression time of the main basins progressively become younger as one goes from north to south, signifying that the migration of both the tectonics and the sediments within the northern SCS travelled from north to south during the Cenozoic; and （3） the lateral tectonic migration on the direction of EW is not regular in total, but in some local areas the trending of the tectonic migration is from west to east. The analysis of the tectonic migration features of the northern SCS, in combination with the regional tectonic evolution background, indicates that the observed remote lagging effect, resulted from the India-Eurasia plate collision, is the main dynamic mechanism involved in the tectonic migration within the northern SCS. The tectonic migration has significant influence on both the organization of petroleum deposits and on the hydrocarbon accumulation within the basins in the northern SCS; comprehensive understanding of this dynamic system is of great reference value in predicting the hydrocarbon accumulation and has the potential to have an enormous impact in discovering new deep reservoirs for the future oil-gas exploration.

Mixing of Enriched Lithospheric Mantle-Derived and Crustal Magmas： Evidence from the Habo Cenozoic Porphyry in Western Yunnan

New zircon U–Pb ages, whole-rock geochemistry and zircon Hf isotopes from the Habo porphyry Western Yunnan, China, were determined to provide constraints on the timing of uplift of the Eastern Tibetan Plateau. The intrusive rocks consist of shoshonitic porphyry（syenite porphyry and monzonite porphyry）. Zircon laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry（LA-ICPMS） U–Pb dating indicates coeval emplacement ages of ～35 Ma. The porphyries have alkaline affinities, enrichment in large ion lithophile elements（LILEs） and light rare earth elements（LREEs）（e.g., Rb, Th, U, Pb）, with depletion of high field strength elements（HFSEs）（e.g., Nb, Ti, Ta） and weak Eu anomalies. They display uniform Lu–Hf isotopic compositions with negative zircon εHf（t） values ranging from-3.9 to-0.6. The chemical characteristics of the syenite porphyries indicated that they most likely originated from the lower crust, with mantle-derived material involved in their generation. Geochemically, the monzonite porphyries are similar to the syenite porphyries; however, the lower MgO contents suggest that they were produced by different degrees of partial melting of the same lower crust source. Combined with the geochemical and isotopic data in this paper, imply that the alkali-rich porphyries of the Habo polymetallic deposit were derived from the partial melting of lower crust, enriched by mantle magma, formed in a conversion stage from stress extrusion（a strike-slip shear process） to local stress relaxation（a strike-slip pull-apart process） at the Ailaoshao tectonic zone.

南海天然气水合物资源勘查战略接替区初步分析与预测

二十多年来,南海天然气水合物勘查评价均主要集中在南海北部大陆边缘陆坡深水区,且先后在珠江口盆地神狐、珠江口盆地东部海域调查区和琼东南盆地陵水-松南调查区取得了天然气水合物勘查试采的重大突破及进展,陆续发现了两个大规模的天然气水合物藏,初步评价预测南海天然气水合物资源规模达800亿吨油当量左右,取得了南海天然气水合物勘探的阶段性重大成果.然而,南海天然气水合物资源进一步深化和拓展勘探的有利领域在哪里?尤其是可持续滚动勘探的战略接替区及选区在何处?其与目前陆坡深水油气及水合物勘探紧密相邻的外陆坡-洋陆过渡带(OCT)乃至洋盆区是否具有天然气水合物形成的地质条件?根据海洋地质调查及初步的地质综合分析研究,认为外陆坡-洋陆过渡带乃至洋盆区具备天然气水合物成藏的基本地质条件,可作为南海未来天然气水合物勘查的战略接替区和可持续滚动勘探的战略选区及资源远景区.针对这些影响和决定将来天然气水合物勘探决策部署及走向等关键问题进行初步分析与探讨,抛砖引玉希望能够对未来南海天然气水合物资源勘查评价及战略接替区之选择有所裨益!