Geochemical Characteristics and Genetic Types of Natural Gas in the Xinchang Gas Field, Sichuan Basin, SW China
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The authors would like to thank Southwest Branch Company of SINOPEC for sample collection and technical support, as well as Key Laboratory for Hydrocarbon Accumulation Mechanism, SINOPEC for chemical analyses of natural gas. We sincerely appreciate the constructive comments and suggestions by the anonymous reviewers. This research is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grants No. 41625009, 41302118 and U1663201), the National Key Foundational Research and Development Project (Grant No: 2016YFB0600804), and the National Science & Technology Special Project (grant No. 2016ZX05002-006).

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    The molecular compositions and stable carbon and hydrogen isotopic compositions of natural gas from the Xinchang gas field in the Sichuan Basin were investigated to determine the genetic types. The natural gas is mainly composed of methane (88.99%–98.01%), and the dryness coefficient varies between 0.908 and 0.997. The gas generally displays positive alkane carbon and hydrogen isotopic series. The geochemical characteristics and gas-source correlation indicate that the gases stored in the 5th member of the Upper Triassic Xujiahe Formation are coal-type gases which are derived from source rocks in the stratum itself. The gases reservoired in the 4th member of the Xujiahe Formation and Jurassic strata in the Xinchang gas field are also coal-type gases that are derived from source rocks in the 3rd and 4th members of the Xujiahe Formation. The gases reservoired in the 2nd member of the Upper Triassic Xujiahe Formation are mainly coal-type gases with small amounts of oil-type gas that is derived from source rocks in the stratum itself. This is accompanied by a small amount of contribution brought by source rocks in the Upper Triassic Ma’antang and Xiaotangzi formations. The gases reservoired in the 4th member of the Middle Triassic Leikoupo Formation are oil-type gases and are believed to be derived from the secondary cracking of oil which is most likely to be generated from the Upper Permian source rocks.

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WU Xiaoqi, LIU Quanyou, LIU Guangxiang, WANG Ping, LI Huaji, MENG Qingqiang, CHEN Yingbin, ZENG Huasheng.2017. Geochemical Characteristics and Genetic Types of Natural Gas in the Xinchang Gas Field, Sichuan Basin, SW China[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica(),91(6):2200-2213

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  • Received:July 01,2016
  • Revised:June 09,2017
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  • Online: December 22,2017
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