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The hydrocarbon accumulation potential of Upper Cretaceous to Paleogene in the northern Kaikang trough, Muglad Basin

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This paper investigates the characteristics of sedimentary faces, source rocks, and hydrocarbon accumulation in detail within the Paleogene and Upper Cretaceous in the northern Kaikang trough, Muglad Basin. Analysis shows that the fluvial floodplain, delta, and shore-shallow lake facies are well developed in the main formations and several reservoir-cap assemblages are formed. Research on geochemical indicators, hydrocarbon generation, and expulsion potential of source rocks indicated that the thickness of good source rocks in Paleogene ranges from 50 to 200 m and TOC value can reach 0.5–1.3%, but it is immature and has no hydrocarbon generation potential. Nevertheless, the Upper Cretaceous source rocks are mostly matured, but its hydrocarbon generation is limited because of lower TOC (only 0.5–0.8%) and thinner thickness (only 10 m). The main effective source rock is the AG Group in the Lower Cretaceous, which is distributed throughout the area. The evolutionary history shows that most of structures in the central troughs lack hydrocarbon potential, because they were formed since the Paleogene, which are later than the main accumulation period of the AG source rock. The fault terrace zones on both sides of the Kaikang trough have obtained petroleum discovery, but the distribution of oil layers is much complicated. Hydrocarbon accumulation is controlled by formation dips, fault activity intensity, and fault lateral docking characteristics. The weaker active fault block in late period and more effective trap are the key factors to hydrocarbon enrichment at the fault terrace zones. There are two typical reservoir-forming modes; one is the small fault distance reservoir-forming mode of the lower primary reservoir, and the other is the secondary reservoir-forming mode of the upper and middle combination.

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    Congsheng Bian, Yongxin Li, Bin Bai, Xuexian Zhou & Jiguo Liu

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This paper was selected from the 1st Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG), Tunisia 2018

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Bian, C., Li, Y., Bai, B. et al. The hydrocarbon accumulation potential of Upper Cretaceous to Paleogene in the northern Kaikang trough, Muglad Basin. Arab J Geosci 13, 352 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-020-05335-5

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