Publication Name: Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference 2018
Authors: Andrew Fernie, Frank Zhou, Rick McCarthy, Gavin Douglas
Date Published: February 2018
Number of Pages: 7
Abstract:
The Beibu Gulf is a prolific hydrocarbon province on the western coastline of China. The Miocene Jiaowei Formation contains thick sandstone sequences with excellent reservoir quality, a low degree of internal heterogeneity and excellent aquifer support. Structures are low relief causing many discoveries to be classified as thin oil rim fields (<15m oil columns with bottom-water drive). These discoveries have moderate to heavy oils with low gas-oil ratios and moderate to high oil viscosities.