Advances in Earth Science ›› 2017, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (11): 1183-1192. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2017.11.1183

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Origin and Distribution Factors of Sour Gases in Natural Gas Reservoirs in the Amu Darya Right Bank Block, Turkmenistan

Qi Li( ), Liang Xu, Dongqin Kuang   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
  • Received:2017-08-31 Revised:2017-10-23 Online:2017-11-10 Published:2018-01-10
  • About author:

    First author:Li Qi (1972-), male, Qingzhou City, Shandong Province, Professor. Research areas include carbon dioxide geological utilization and storage, acid gas injection.E-mail:qli@whrsm.ac.cn

  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China “Failure mechanism of rock under acid gas and saline water interaction” (No.41274111);The Hundred Talent Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences “Acid gas injection” (No.O931061C01)

Qi Li, Liang Xu, Dongqin Kuang. Origin and Distribution Factors of Sour Gases in Natural Gas Reservoirs in the Amu Darya Right Bank Block, Turkmenistan[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2017, 32(11): 1183-1192.

Through the analysis of original carbon isotopes in the blocks on the right bank of the Amu Darya River, Turkmenistan, it can be firstly concluded that the carbon dioxide (CO2) in the sour gas reservoirs belongs to the inorganic-origin gas. The origin of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in the Amu Darya Right Bank Block is thermochemical sulfate reduction from the detailed analysis of hydrocarbon source rocks data, reservoir characteristics, vitrinite reflectance of organic matter, and sour gas content. Then, the factors affecting the distribution of sour gases in the Amu Darya Right Bank Block were investigated by the analysis of conventional sour gas distribution factors including geological structure, fracture and fault, caprock integrity, sedimentary facies, reservoir types, lithofacies, the source of sulfur and so on. The following basic findings were achieved: ① The basement rift in the study area is conductive to the distribution of CO2. The caprock integrity contributes to the concentration of CO2. The gas reservoirs in the biological dike reefs, patch reefs and overthrust zones usually have medium CO2 content. ② The geological structure and fracture caused the complexity of the distribution of H2S. The gypsum-salt rock in upper Jurassic-Tithonian is an important sulphur source, and the main hydrocarbon source rocks are also the major sulfur source of H2S gas reservoirs. Furthermore, the giant gypsum layers in the middle-upper Jurassic Callovian-Oxfordian and the upper Jurassic-Tithonian are conductive to preservation of H2S, and the small openings and holes in the reservoir is also correlative to the distribution of H2S. ③ The H2S in the study area is mostly distributed in the formations with the geothermal temperature of higher than 100 ℃. The open platform deep-water sedimentary facies are harmful to the formation of H2S. The patch reef and overthrust zones belong to the belts of low H2S content, however, the biological dike reef zones belong to the belts of medium-high H2S content. However, the origin and distribution factors of sour gases in natural gas reservoirs were obtained. At the same time, it was pointed out that more necessary and accurately quantitative research is still needed to determine the origin and distribution of acid gases in the Amu Darya Right Bank Block, Turkmenistan.

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