Special Oil & Gas Reservoirs ›› 2025, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (3): 16-25.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-6535.2025.03.003

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Accumulation characteristics and exploration directions of coal-measure gas in the marine-continental transitional facies of the Kaiping Syncline

LI Peng1,2,3, LI Zheng1,2,3, ZHANG Aiyin1,2, ZHANG Jianya1,2,3   

  1. 1. Hebei Coalfield Geological Survey Institute,Xingtai,Hebei 054000,China;
    2. Hebei Unconventional Natural Gas Exploration and Research Center,Xingtai,Hebei 054000,China;
    3. Li Peng Innovation Studio,Xingtai,Hebei 054000,China
  • Received:2024-08-01 Revised:2025-02-18 Online:2025-06-25 Published:2025-07-08

Abstract: The Kaiping Syncline is one of the potential blocks with the most exploration value of coal-measure unconventional natural gas in Hebei Province, but the lack of systematic research on the accumulation geological conditions and the accumulation mode of the Kaiping Syncline restricts the exploration and development process of coal-measure gas in this area. In this regard, through the analysis of test data and the combination of the "three histories (burial history, thermal history, and organic matter maturation history)" simulation and other means, the geological conditions, evolutionary process and mode of accumulation in this area were comprehensively analyzed, and the favorable exploration direction of this area was also analyzed. The results show that The study area has the geological conditions for coal-measure gas accumulation; the Early Triassic and Middle Jurassic-Late Cretaceous are the periods of all-round and efficient accumulation for coal-measure gas; the study area is predominantly characterized by the northwest-wing structural-lithological-hydrological sealing gas accumulation mode, the core lithological sealing gas accumulation mode, and the southeast-wing stratigraphic-lithological sealing gas accumulation mode; and the northwestern wing of Kaiping Syncline is the most favorable area for the next step of exploration and development. The study results are of some significance for the subsequent exploration and development of coal-measure gas in the Kaiping Syncline.

Key words: coal-measure gas, geology of accumulation, evolution of accumulation, accumulation mode, marine-continental transitional facies, Kaiping Syncline

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