Fluid Dynamics of Oil and Gas Reservoirs

638 Pages·2015·6.07 MB·English

by  M. Z. Rachinsky

Fluid Dynamics of Oil and
Gas Reservoirs

Fluid Dynamics of Oil
and Gas Reservoirs
M.Z. Rachinsky and V.Y. Kerimov
Scientific Editor
M.V. Gorfunkel
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DEDICATION
The book is dedicated to the memory of
Azerbaijan’s national leader Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev.
This volume is dedicated to the academician,
Professor George V. Chilingar, one of the foremost
experts in the field of petroleum geology in the world.

Contents
Fluid Dynamics in Petroliferous Areas of Mobile Belts ix
1. Geology and Oil and Gas Occurrences in the Alpine
Mobile Belt  Basins 1
1.1 Intermontane Troughs 1
1.1.1 The South Caspian Basin 1
1.1.2 The Padan Depression 5
1.1.3 The Viennese Depression 8
1.1.4 The Irrawaddy-Andaman Basin 10
1.1.5 The Los-Angeles Basin 12
1.1.6 The Maracaibo Basin 14
1.2 Foredeeps 16
1.2.1 The Carpathian Foredeep 16
1.2.2 The Indol-Kuban Foredeep 19
1.2.3 The Tersk-Caspian Foredeep 22
1.2.4 The Zagros Foredeep 24
2. Hydrogeochemical Field of the Alpine Mobile Belt Basins 31
2.1 Intermontane Depressions 32
2.1.1 South Caspian Basin 32
2.1.2 The Padan Basin 82
2.1.3 The Viennese Basin 88
2.1.4 The Irrawaddy-Andaman Depression 103
2.1.5 The Los Angeles Basin 104
2.1.6 The Maracaibo Basin 118
2.2 Foredeeps 129
2.2.1 The Carpathian Foredeep 129
2.2.2 The Indolo-Kuban Foredeep 138
2.2.3 The Tersk-Caspian Foredeep 154
2.2.4 The Zagros Foredeep 171
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3. Geobaric Field in Alpine Mobile Belt Basins 181
3.1 Abnormally High Pore and Formation Pressures:
Their Nature, Types, Identification and Diagnostics 182
3.2 Patterns in Spatial Distribution of Abnormally
High Pore and Formation Pressures 195
3.2.1 Intermontane Depressions 196
3.2.2 Foredeeps 225
4. Geotemperature Field in Alpine Mobil Belt Basins 251
4.1 Geotemperature Regime of the Sediment Cover 252
4.2 Geothermal Regime in the South Caspian Depression 259
4.2.1 Forecasting Technique of Geotemperature
at Depth 264
4.2.2 Estimating Temperature Conditions of
Hydrocarbon Generation in the South Caspian
Basin’s Sediment Cover 266
4.3 Geothermal Field of Local Structures 267
5. Present-Day Geo-Fluid-Dynamics of Alpine Mobile
Belt Basins 273
5.1 Abnormally-High Fluid Pore Pressure as a Factor
in the  Formation of Faults, Structure Plans, Regional
and  L ocal Folded Structures 273
5.2 Regional Dynamics of Ground Waters 287
5.2.1 Intermontane Depressions 288
5.2.2 Foredeeps 310
5.3 Geobaric Parameters of Natural Fluid Migration 321
5.3.1 Compaction of Clays as a Factor in the
Formation of Geo-Fluid-Dynamic Regime 322
5.3.2 Abnormally-High Pore and Formation
Pressures as Indicators of Fluid Migration 349
5.4 Geotemperature Parameters of Fluid Migration 358
6. Hydrocarbon Generation, Migration and Accumulation
in the South-Caspian Basin 365