INFLUENCES OF DEEPLY SOURCED THERMAL FLUID ON THE FORMATION OF HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS

Abstract

Deeply sourced thermal fluid is a kind of supercritical fluid composed of several constituents. Rising upward, it can transmit energy and material, and regulate and redistribute them in the inner Earth. For the formation of oil and gas, hypogene hydrothermal fluid can increase the paleotemperature of depositional basin, accelerate the evolution history of source rocks and enlarge the volume of effective source rocks. It can also extract and enrich dispersive organic matter in sediments because of its higher dissolving and diffusing capacity, and obviously contribute hydrogen to hydrocarbon generation. So the deeply sourced thermal fluid provides part of material resources for hydrocarbon generation. In addition, the reaction between thermal fluid and surrounding rocks can improve their porosity and permeability. This is favorable for the migration and accumulation of hydrocarbons. Moreover, that the higher pressure and water content of thermal fluid can significantly retard the thermal destruction of hydrocarbon is advantageous to the preservation of oil and gas.