Sinistral strike slip of the Zhangjiakou-Penglai Fault and its control on hydrocarbon accumulation in the northeast of Shaleitian Bulge, Bohai Bay Basin, East China

• Main Authors: Jingsong PENG, Ajuan WEI, Zhe SUN, Xinlu CHEN, Dijiang ZHAO
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2018-04-01
• Series: Petroleum Exploration and Development
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876380418300259

The structural style, fault activity, strike-slip displacement, and the formation mechanism and hydrocarbon migration and accumulation in the center tectonic zone in the northeast Shaleitian Bulge of Zhangjiakou-Penglai Fault Zone were studied by seismic attribute analysis, structural geometric analysis, fault activity analysis, structure evolution history and simulation of hydrocarbon migration, based on 3-D seismic and drilling data. The main results are as follows: (1) The study area is a superimposed tectonic zone, which experienced early (Paleocene and Eocene) extension and late (Oligocene and Pliocene-Quaternary) strike-slip and pull-apart. (2) The sinistral strike slip of the northeast Shaleitian Bulge of Zhangjiakou-Penglai Fault Zone went through two periods, Oligocene and Pliocene-Quaternary, and the Bohai section was active earlier than the inland section. (3) The sinistral strike slip displacement of Zhangjiakou-Penglai Fault is 4 km since Cenozoic, including 1 km in the Oligocene, and 3 km in the Pliocene-Quaternary. (4) The strike-slip movements have resulted in the increase of fault activity and basin-mountain restructure in the fault zone, also contributed to the formation of the central tectonic belt and the conjugate evolution in north-east structural belt. (5) The conjugate strike slip of the Zhangjiakou-Penglai Fault Zone dominated the migration and accumulation of hydrocarbon in shallow formations by controlling the injection points and segments of hydrocarbon from the deep layers to shallow layers. Key words: Bohai Bay Basin, Zhangjiakou-Penglai Fault, Tan-Lu Fault, sinistral strike slip, fault throw, hydrocarbon injection