Research Article

Reconstruction of the Cenozoic History of Hydrocarbon Fluids from Rifting Stage to Passive Continental Margin Stage in the Huizhou Sag, the Pearl River Mouth Basin

Table 1

The percentage of argillaceous source rock in the Huizhou Sag (HZS).

FormationWellSystems tractsDepth (m)FaciesPercentage (%)

Eocene Wenchang132TST3140–3280Deep lacustrine82.5
241TST3601–3776Fluvial15.3
243TST4013.5–4124Shore-shallow lacustrine62.7
211TST4228–4456Shore-shallow lacustrine41.1

Eocene Enping211HST3646–3811.07Fluvial-delta7.7
TST3811.07–4228Swamp14.7
243TST3445–4130Shore-shallow lacustrine31.1
181HST2919.5–3128Fluvial-delta29.5
142HST2836.5–3155Shore-shallow lacustrine29.9
TST3155–3551Fluvial-delta20.6
131HST2820–3078.4Shore-shallow lacustrine22.8
TST3078.4–3193Fluvial-delta15.1
232HST3734.85–3969.02Fluvial-delta30.4
TST3969.02–4520Shore-shallow lacustrine23.7
TST3128–3254Fluvial-delta13.4
131HST3805–4339.07Swamp33.3
TST4339.07–4804Shore-shallow lacustrine18.8
81HST3170.5–3485.77Delta36.5
TST3485.77–3810.8Delta24.1
LST3810.8–4583Fluvial13.2
231HST3646–3953.12Fluvial-delta25.7
TST3953.12–4250Shore-shallow lacustrine15
132HST2848–3060Fluvial-delta40.8
TST3060–3140.05Fluvial-delta16.7

LST: lowstand systems tract; TST: transgression systems tract; HTS: highstand systems tract. Note. Lithology data came from core analysis and cuttings logging.