Time flows with no stop,and seasons change in swift succession.As we bid farewell to 2025 and welcome the Spring Festival of 2026,the Editorial Office of Petroleum Exploration and Development extends our most heartfel...Time flows with no stop,and seasons change in swift succession.As we bid farewell to 2025 and welcome the Spring Festival of 2026,the Editorial Office of Petroleum Exploration and Development extends our most heartfelt gratitude and sincerest New Year wishes to our editorial board members,experts,authors,readers,and friends from all sectors.展开更多
On June 3,Scopus,a database owned by Elsevier,released CiteScore 2024 metrics for academic journal evaluation.Both the Chinese and English editions of Petroleum Exploration and Development achieved record highs in the...On June 3,Scopus,a database owned by Elsevier,released CiteScore 2024 metrics for academic journal evaluation.Both the Chinese and English editions of Petroleum Exploration and Development achieved record highs in the past year,ranking among the top in various categories.The CiteScore of the Chinese edition increased to 9.9 in 2024 from 8.4 in 2023,ranking 13th out of 330 journals in the Earth and Planetary Sciences:Geology category and 2lst out of 239 journals in the Earth and Planetary Sciences:Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology category.展开更多
According to the 2025 edition of Chinese Science and Technology Journal Citation Reports(Core Edition)released by the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China,Petroleum Exploration and Development ac...According to the 2025 edition of Chinese Science and Technology Journal Citation Reports(Core Edition)released by the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China,Petroleum Exploration and Development achieved a core impact factor of 6.246 in 2024.It ranked 2nd among 2,202 core journals of natural sciences and 1st among 41 journals in the petroleum and natural gas engineering category,with a total core citation frequency of 7,502.展开更多
A series of significant discoveries in marine carbonate rocks show great petroleum exploration potential in the Tarim Basin. However, the oil and gas fields discovered in the carbonate rocks are mainly distributed aro...A series of significant discoveries in marine carbonate rocks show great petroleum exploration potential in the Tarim Basin. However, the oil and gas fields discovered in the carbonate rocks are mainly distributed around the Manjiaer Sag in the eastern Tarim Basin. Some explorations occurred and no oil or gas field was discovered around the Awati Sag in the western Tarim Basin. Information from wells and outcrops reveals that there are excellent oil and gas source rock conditions around the Awati Sag. Transformed reef-shoal reservoirs could be formed in the Ordovician carbonate rocks with paleo-geographic background and hydrothermal conditions. Therefore, it is necessary to make a systematical study and overall evaluation of the potential of the periphery of the Awati Sag in terms of source rock evolution, resource potential, high-grade reservoir formation and distribution, and main factors controlling hydrocarbon migration and accumulation.展开更多
The massive amount and multi-sourced,multi-structured data in the upstream petroleum industry impose great challenge on data integration and smart application.Knowledge graph,as an emerging technology,can potentially ...The massive amount and multi-sourced,multi-structured data in the upstream petroleum industry impose great challenge on data integration and smart application.Knowledge graph,as an emerging technology,can potentially provide a way to tackle the challenges associated with oil and gas big data.This paper proposes an engineering-based method that can improve upon traditional natural language processing to construct the domain knowledge graph based on a petroleum exploration and development ontology.The exploration and development knowledge graph is constructed by assembling Sinopec’s multi-sourced heterogeneous database,and millions of nodes.The two applications based on the constructed knowledge graph are developed and validated for effectiveness and advantages in providing better knowledge services for the oil and gas industry.展开更多
From the mid-1800s to the present, the philosophy of oil and gas exploration has had three major breakthroughs. The first breakthrough—from oil seepage to the anticlinal theory; The second breakthrough—from the anti...From the mid-1800s to the present, the philosophy of oil and gas exploration has had three major breakthroughs. The first breakthrough—from oil seepage to the anticlinal theory; The second breakthrough—from the anticlinal theory to the trap theory; The third breakthrough—from the trap theory to the petroleum system. The philosophy of oil finding promotes the petroleum geosciences and exploration technology.展开更多
In this paper, we propose the statistical space mapping thought and classify the seismic body space throughlithology space clustering combining to the actual application background of petroleum exploration. A new meth...In this paper, we propose the statistical space mapping thought and classify the seismic body space throughlithology space clustering combining to the actual application background of petroleum exploration. A new method ofstratum petroleum recognition based on neural network was set up through the foundation of the data mapping relationbetween log and seismic body. It can break a new path for recognition petroleum using both log and seismic data. Andthis method has been validated in the practical data analysis in Liaohe oil field.展开更多
Based on the latest geological,seismic,drilling and outcrop data,we studied the geological structure,tectonic evolution history and deformation process of the southwestern Sichuan fold-thrust belt to find out the pote...Based on the latest geological,seismic,drilling and outcrop data,we studied the geological structure,tectonic evolution history and deformation process of the southwestern Sichuan fold-thrust belt to find out the potential hydrocarbon exploration areas in deep layers.During key tectonic periods,the southwestern Sichuan fold-thrust belt developed some characteristic strata and structural deformation features,including the Pre-Sinian multi-row N-S strike rifts,step-shaped platform-margin structures of Sinian Dengying Formation,the western paleo-uplift in the early stage of Late Paleozoic,the Late Paleozoic–Middle Triassic carbonate platform,foreland slope and forebulge during Late Triassic to Cretaceous,and Cenozoic multi-strike rejuvenated fold-thrusting structures.The fold-thrust belt vertically shows a double-layer structural deformation controlled by the salt layer in the Middle Triassic Leikoupo Formation and the base detachment layer at present.The upper deformation layer develops the NE-SW strike thrusts propagating toward basin in long distance,while the deeper deformation layer had near north-south strike basement-involved folds,which deformed the detachment and thrusting structures formed earlier in the upper layer,with the deformation strength high in south part and weak in north part.The southern part of the fold-thrust belt is characterized by basement-involved fold-thrusts formed late,while the central-northern part is dominated by thin-skin thrusts in the shallow layer.The Wuzhongshan anticlinal belt near piedmont is characterized by over-thrust structure above the salt detachment,where the upper over-thrusting nappe consists of a complicated fold core and front limb of a fault-bend fold,while the deep layer has stable subtle in-situ structures.Favorable exploration strata and areas have been identified both in the upper and deeper deformation layers separated by regional salt detachment,wherein multiple anticlinal structures are targets for exploration.Other potential exploration strata and areas in southwestern Sichuan fold-thrust belt include the deep Sinian and Permian in the Wuzhongshan structure,pre-Sinian rifting sequences and related structures,platform-margin belt of Sinian Dengying Formation,and Indosinian paleo-uplift in the east of the Longquanshan structure.展开更多
Sinochem Petroleum Exploration&Production Co.,Ltd.(Sinochem E&P),established in 2002,is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sinochem Corporation(Sinochem).As a key stateowned enterprise,Sinochem has been named to the...Sinochem Petroleum Exploration&Production Co.,Ltd.(Sinochem E&P),established in 2002,is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sinochem Corporation(Sinochem).As a key stateowned enterprise,Sinochem has been named to the list of Fortune Global 500for 18 consecutive years,ranking the257th in 2008.展开更多
The Neogene Shawan Formation in the Chepaizi Uplift of the Junggar Basin(NW China)has obtained high oil flow,demonstrating a good potential for oil and gas exploration.The multi-source hydrocarbon generation backgroun...The Neogene Shawan Formation in the Chepaizi Uplift of the Junggar Basin(NW China)has obtained high oil flow,demonstrating a good potential for oil and gas exploration.The multi-source hydrocarbon generation background and strong tectonic activity have led to the simultaneous production of heavy oil and light oil from multi-layer in the area,which makes it very difficult to identify oil origins,presently,the hot debate on the oil origins needs to be clarified.In this paper,due to the selective consumption of different types of compounds in crude oils by severe and intense biodegradation,the commonly used oilsource correlation tools are ineffective or may produce misleading results,this study adopted a biomarker recovery method based on the principle of mass conservation that uses the sum of the mass of the residual biomarkers and their corresponding biodegradation products to obtain the mass of the original biomarkers,improving the reliability of oil origins determination.Based on the nature and occurrence of crude oils,the investigated oils are subdivided into three types,Group A,Group B and Group C.Group A,light oils occurred mainly in lower structure Neogene Shawan Formation in the western Chepaizi Uplift,while Group B,heavy oils occurred mainly in higher structure Neogene Shawan Formation in the western Chepaizi Uplift.The two types of crude oils may come from the mixed source of Jurassic Badaowan Formation source rocks(J_(1)b)and Paleogene Anjihaihe Formation source rocks(E_(2-3)a)in the Sikeshu Sag,and Jurassic Badaowan Formation source rocks(J_(1)b)are the main source of crude oils.Group C,heavy oils occurred mainly in Neogene Shawan Formation in the eastern Chepaizi Uplift,showing good correlation with the Permian(P_(1)f and P_(2)w)source rocks in the Shawan Sag.At the same time,by combining stable carbon isotope and parameters related to triaromatic steroids,the accuracy of the oilsource correlation results by biomarker recovery method was further verified.展开更多
Lithofacies palaeogeography as a guide to petroleum exploration is a very important topic.By using the following five exploration examples,this paper discusses the guide of lithofacies palaeogeography or of sedimentar...Lithofacies palaeogeography as a guide to petroleum exploration is a very important topic.By using the following five exploration examples,this paper discusses the guide of lithofacies palaeogeography or of sedimentary facies to petroleum exploration.These examples include the dolostone of the Lower Ordovician Majiagou Formation 5 in the Ordos area,the Donghe Sandstone of the Upper Devonian and Lower Carboniferous in the Tarim Basin,the reef of the Upper Permian Changxing Formation in the Sichuan Basin,the oolitic bank of the Lower Triassic Feixianguan Formation in the Sichuan Basin,and the lacustrine delta sediments and gravity flow sediments of the Middle and Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation in the Ordos Basin.展开更多
A new method in making judgment matrix is proposed based on a basic value of “importance” and a relative measure level of “importance”. Factors affecting petroleum exploration are analyzed and Experts’ judgment m...A new method in making judgment matrix is proposed based on a basic value of “importance” and a relative measure level of “importance”. Factors affecting petroleum exploration are analyzed and Experts’ judgment matrix on a geologic formation is given. Expected value of each factor is computed and the volume of recoverable oil is estimated.展开更多
The monumental second edition Petroleum Geology of China has been published by the Petroleum Industry Press.This definitive work was compiled under the leadership of Academician Zhai Guangming,a preeminent authority i...The monumental second edition Petroleum Geology of China has been published by the Petroleum Industry Press.This definitive work was compiled under the leadership of Academician Zhai Guangming,a preeminent authority in petroleum exploration.As the culmination of eight years of dedicated effort by over a thousand experts and scholars,this monumental publication comprises 25 volumes(bound in 32 books).展开更多
文摘Time flows with no stop,and seasons change in swift succession.As we bid farewell to 2025 and welcome the Spring Festival of 2026,the Editorial Office of Petroleum Exploration and Development extends our most heartfelt gratitude and sincerest New Year wishes to our editorial board members,experts,authors,readers,and friends from all sectors.
文摘On June 3,Scopus,a database owned by Elsevier,released CiteScore 2024 metrics for academic journal evaluation.Both the Chinese and English editions of Petroleum Exploration and Development achieved record highs in the past year,ranking among the top in various categories.The CiteScore of the Chinese edition increased to 9.9 in 2024 from 8.4 in 2023,ranking 13th out of 330 journals in the Earth and Planetary Sciences:Geology category and 2lst out of 239 journals in the Earth and Planetary Sciences:Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology category.
文摘According to the 2025 edition of Chinese Science and Technology Journal Citation Reports(Core Edition)released by the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China,Petroleum Exploration and Development achieved a core impact factor of 6.246 in 2024.It ranked 2nd among 2,202 core journals of natural sciences and 1st among 41 journals in the petroleum and natural gas engineering category,with a total core citation frequency of 7,502.
文摘A series of significant discoveries in marine carbonate rocks show great petroleum exploration potential in the Tarim Basin. However, the oil and gas fields discovered in the carbonate rocks are mainly distributed around the Manjiaer Sag in the eastern Tarim Basin. Some explorations occurred and no oil or gas field was discovered around the Awati Sag in the western Tarim Basin. Information from wells and outcrops reveals that there are excellent oil and gas source rock conditions around the Awati Sag. Transformed reef-shoal reservoirs could be formed in the Ordovician carbonate rocks with paleo-geographic background and hydrothermal conditions. Therefore, it is necessary to make a systematical study and overall evaluation of the potential of the periphery of the Awati Sag in terms of source rock evolution, resource potential, high-grade reservoir formation and distribution, and main factors controlling hydrocarbon migration and accumulation.
基金support is gratefully acknowledged to the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42050104)National Science and Technology Support Program(Grant No.2012BAH34F00)National Oil and Gas Major Special Project(Grant No.2016ZX05033005).
文摘The massive amount and multi-sourced,multi-structured data in the upstream petroleum industry impose great challenge on data integration and smart application.Knowledge graph,as an emerging technology,can potentially provide a way to tackle the challenges associated with oil and gas big data.This paper proposes an engineering-based method that can improve upon traditional natural language processing to construct the domain knowledge graph based on a petroleum exploration and development ontology.The exploration and development knowledge graph is constructed by assembling Sinopec’s multi-sourced heterogeneous database,and millions of nodes.The two applications based on the constructed knowledge graph are developed and validated for effectiveness and advantages in providing better knowledge services for the oil and gas industry.
文摘From the mid-1800s to the present, the philosophy of oil and gas exploration has had three major breakthroughs. The first breakthrough—from oil seepage to the anticlinal theory; The second breakthrough—from the anticlinal theory to the trap theory; The third breakthrough—from the trap theory to the petroleum system. The philosophy of oil finding promotes the petroleum geosciences and exploration technology.
文摘In this paper, we propose the statistical space mapping thought and classify the seismic body space throughlithology space clustering combining to the actual application background of petroleum exploration. A new method ofstratum petroleum recognition based on neural network was set up through the foundation of the data mapping relationbetween log and seismic body. It can break a new path for recognition petroleum using both log and seismic data. Andthis method has been validated in the practical data analysis in Liaohe oil field.
基金Supported by the Petro China Science and Technology Project(2016E-0601,2019B-0503)China National Science and Technology Major Project(2016ZX05003-001)
文摘Based on the latest geological,seismic,drilling and outcrop data,we studied the geological structure,tectonic evolution history and deformation process of the southwestern Sichuan fold-thrust belt to find out the potential hydrocarbon exploration areas in deep layers.During key tectonic periods,the southwestern Sichuan fold-thrust belt developed some characteristic strata and structural deformation features,including the Pre-Sinian multi-row N-S strike rifts,step-shaped platform-margin structures of Sinian Dengying Formation,the western paleo-uplift in the early stage of Late Paleozoic,the Late Paleozoic–Middle Triassic carbonate platform,foreland slope and forebulge during Late Triassic to Cretaceous,and Cenozoic multi-strike rejuvenated fold-thrusting structures.The fold-thrust belt vertically shows a double-layer structural deformation controlled by the salt layer in the Middle Triassic Leikoupo Formation and the base detachment layer at present.The upper deformation layer develops the NE-SW strike thrusts propagating toward basin in long distance,while the deeper deformation layer had near north-south strike basement-involved folds,which deformed the detachment and thrusting structures formed earlier in the upper layer,with the deformation strength high in south part and weak in north part.The southern part of the fold-thrust belt is characterized by basement-involved fold-thrusts formed late,while the central-northern part is dominated by thin-skin thrusts in the shallow layer.The Wuzhongshan anticlinal belt near piedmont is characterized by over-thrust structure above the salt detachment,where the upper over-thrusting nappe consists of a complicated fold core and front limb of a fault-bend fold,while the deep layer has stable subtle in-situ structures.Favorable exploration strata and areas have been identified both in the upper and deeper deformation layers separated by regional salt detachment,wherein multiple anticlinal structures are targets for exploration.Other potential exploration strata and areas in southwestern Sichuan fold-thrust belt include the deep Sinian and Permian in the Wuzhongshan structure,pre-Sinian rifting sequences and related structures,platform-margin belt of Sinian Dengying Formation,and Indosinian paleo-uplift in the east of the Longquanshan structure.
文摘Sinochem Petroleum Exploration&Production Co.,Ltd.(Sinochem E&P),established in 2002,is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sinochem Corporation(Sinochem).As a key stateowned enterprise,Sinochem has been named to the list of Fortune Global 500for 18 consecutive years,ranking the257th in 2008.
基金co-funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42372160,42072172)。
文摘The Neogene Shawan Formation in the Chepaizi Uplift of the Junggar Basin(NW China)has obtained high oil flow,demonstrating a good potential for oil and gas exploration.The multi-source hydrocarbon generation background and strong tectonic activity have led to the simultaneous production of heavy oil and light oil from multi-layer in the area,which makes it very difficult to identify oil origins,presently,the hot debate on the oil origins needs to be clarified.In this paper,due to the selective consumption of different types of compounds in crude oils by severe and intense biodegradation,the commonly used oilsource correlation tools are ineffective or may produce misleading results,this study adopted a biomarker recovery method based on the principle of mass conservation that uses the sum of the mass of the residual biomarkers and their corresponding biodegradation products to obtain the mass of the original biomarkers,improving the reliability of oil origins determination.Based on the nature and occurrence of crude oils,the investigated oils are subdivided into three types,Group A,Group B and Group C.Group A,light oils occurred mainly in lower structure Neogene Shawan Formation in the western Chepaizi Uplift,while Group B,heavy oils occurred mainly in higher structure Neogene Shawan Formation in the western Chepaizi Uplift.The two types of crude oils may come from the mixed source of Jurassic Badaowan Formation source rocks(J_(1)b)and Paleogene Anjihaihe Formation source rocks(E_(2-3)a)in the Sikeshu Sag,and Jurassic Badaowan Formation source rocks(J_(1)b)are the main source of crude oils.Group C,heavy oils occurred mainly in Neogene Shawan Formation in the eastern Chepaizi Uplift,showing good correlation with the Permian(P_(1)f and P_(2)w)source rocks in the Shawan Sag.At the same time,by combining stable carbon isotope and parameters related to triaromatic steroids,the accuracy of the oilsource correlation results by biomarker recovery method was further verified.
文摘Lithofacies palaeogeography as a guide to petroleum exploration is a very important topic.By using the following five exploration examples,this paper discusses the guide of lithofacies palaeogeography or of sedimentary facies to petroleum exploration.These examples include the dolostone of the Lower Ordovician Majiagou Formation 5 in the Ordos area,the Donghe Sandstone of the Upper Devonian and Lower Carboniferous in the Tarim Basin,the reef of the Upper Permian Changxing Formation in the Sichuan Basin,the oolitic bank of the Lower Triassic Feixianguan Formation in the Sichuan Basin,and the lacustrine delta sediments and gravity flow sediments of the Middle and Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation in the Ordos Basin.
文摘A new method in making judgment matrix is proposed based on a basic value of “importance” and a relative measure level of “importance”. Factors affecting petroleum exploration are analyzed and Experts’ judgment matrix on a geologic formation is given. Expected value of each factor is computed and the volume of recoverable oil is estimated.
文摘The monumental second edition Petroleum Geology of China has been published by the Petroleum Industry Press.This definitive work was compiled under the leadership of Academician Zhai Guangming,a preeminent authority in petroleum exploration.As the culmination of eight years of dedicated effort by over a thousand experts and scholars,this monumental publication comprises 25 volumes(bound in 32 books).
