Environmental management frameworks for offshore mining: the New Zealand approach     

《Marine Policy》2017

The New Zealand region contains untapped natural mineral, oil, and gas resources while also supporting globally unique and diverse faunal communities that need to be managed sustainably. In this paper key information from the international literature is reviewed that can underpin an Environmental Mining Management System which includes elements of Environmental Risk Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Planning. This paper focuses on four developing areas of seafloor mining activities presently being undertaken or planned in the New Zealand region: hydrocarbons (oil and gas), minerals, ironsands and phosphorite nodules. A number of issues with the implementation of environmental management systems are identified including the difficulty of assessing new marine activities or technologies and the need for standardised reporting metrics. Finally, the development of ecosystem-based management and marine spatial planning is discussed which will be required to enhance environmental mining management frameworks in New Zealand.  相似文献   

Neogene sequence stratigraphic architecture of the Nile Delta,Egypt: A micropaleontological perspective     

《Marine and Petroleum Geology》2017

The sequence stratigraphic architecture of the Neogene section from the subsurface Nile Delta is resolved based on exceptionally well-preserved microfossils from the offshore NDOB-1 borehole. The architecture is configured on bathymetry variations and statistical parameters as deduced from the relative abundance of foraminiferal associations. The statistical parameters include ratios of planktic versus benthic foraminifera, and cluster and correspondence analysis of the twelve most commonly used benthic foraminiferal genera as proxies of water depths. The combination of cluster and correspondence analysis was employed to decipher the evolution and dynamics of the basin and the mechanisms that controlled the deposition of Neogene sequences in the Nile Delta region. Four basic environmental settings were recognized: 1.) a middle to outer neritic eutrophic setting, 2.) a middle to outer neritic mesotrophic setting, 3.) an outer neritic to upper bathyal mesotrophic setting and 4.) an upper bathyal mesotrophic setting.Eight stratigraphic sequences were identified in the Neogene Nile Delta section. Three sequence in the Miocene (MSeq1, MSeq2 and MSeq3), three in the Pliocene (PSeq1, PSeq2 and PSeq3) and two in the Pleistocene (PtSeq1 and PtSeq2). These sequences are systematically measured and described in terms of time, space and water bathymetry. The sequence boundaries and flooding surfaces were dated using high-resolution microfossil biochronology and stratigraphic index markers. Individual sequences and boundaries were correlated with international and local sequence stratigraphic models. The new sequence stratigraphic model established here provides age calibrated surfaces for inter-basinal correlations and opens new avenues for hydrocarbon reservoir exploration.  相似文献   

基于声学全波形反演的油气藏地震成像方法   总被引：4，自引：4，他引：0       下载免费PDF全文

石玉梅  张研  姚逢昌  谢桂生  孙虎生  马晓宇  首皓 《地球物理学报》2014,57(2):607-617

岩性油气藏在我国天然气勘探开发中占有非常重要的位置,其分布区域的成像是合理布设井位,提高钻井成功率的关键之一.本文首先基于地下介质的声学近似和波场回传理论,利用频率域单程声波方程延拓计算地震波场,进行全波形反演,获得地层密度和体积模量的定量成像,并依据油气藏物性特征和流体饱和多孔介质岩石物理模型,简要讨论了孔隙度和饱和度与密度及体积模量的关系,明确了地震油气藏成像新概念.在此基础上,定义了基于流体体积模量和孔隙度的成像函数,进行油气藏成像.理论模型计算表明该方法是可行的.通过对西部地区某气田二维地震数据处理,实现了致密砂岩气藏成像,钻井结果证实了气藏区域成像位置的准确性和方法的有效性.  相似文献   

Extent and nature of hydrocarbon occurrence in the groundwater of Kuwait     

Eman Al-Awadi  Michael Quinn  Amitabha Mukhopadhyay  Andre Hauser  Adnan Akber  Adel Al-Haddad  Majed Al-Rashedi 《Environmental Geology》2009,56(5):877-889

A study, aimed at characterizing the nature of anthropogenic and biogenic hydrocarbon contamination in the groundwater of Kuwait, was carried out using fluorescence spectroscopy and other analytical techniques. The results of these analyses have demonstrated that the groundwater in certain areas of northern Kuwait has been significantly impacted by contamination originating from the oil-contaminated surface soils. The study revealed that a water-soluble fraction (WSF) of the crude oil surface contamination appeared to be slowly leaching into the freshwater lenses located in the area. The study also showed that hydrocarbon pollutants were practically absent in the brackish water areas of central and southern Kuwait, except for a few isolated sites. However, nonpetroleum hydrocarbons, with ultraviolet-visible absorption characteristics and fluorescence characteristics typically associated with humic substances, were observed at a few sites in the brackish water fields.  相似文献   

马来盆地前I群油气成藏条件及富集规律     

单玄龙  任宇  刘俊雄 《海洋地质与第四纪地质》2012,(2):121-126

马来盆地前I群(即J、K、L、M群,渐新统—下中新统)具有良好的油气成藏条件:①发育多期有利于成藏的构造运动:前中新世伸展断裂阶段,湖相烃源岩大量发育;早、中中新世构造沉降阶段,并伴随盆地反转,形成前I群油气系统的储盖系统;②烃源岩优越:烃源岩为湖相富含藻类的页岩,成熟度较高,有机质含量较高;③储集层丰富:K群储集层为辫状河砂岩,J群储集层为河口湾河道砂岩和潮间砂岩;④盖层良好:主要盖层为盆地海侵期沉积的前J群三角洲—浅海相泥岩,次要盖层为K、L和M群内的湖泊相泥岩;⑤油气运移通道畅通:上倾侧向运移为主;⑥有利的生储盖组合:自生自储和下生上储的组合方式有利于油气藏的形成。前I群油气系统位于马来盆地的东南部,以生油为主。分析认为盆地的油气分布主要受烃源岩的分布、质量和成熟度以及构造圈闭形成的相对时间和油气运移方式的控制。  相似文献   

北黄海盆地烃渗漏蚀变带“磁亮点”的识别研究   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0       下载免费PDF全文

张丽莉  郝天珧  黄晓霞  黄松  秦静欣  涂广红  赵百民 《地球物理学报》2010,53(6):1354-1365

北黄海盆地是我国近海海域尚未取得油气勘探突破的盆地之一.在海洋环境中应用海底油气藏的烃渗漏现象寻找油气有利区具有良好应用前景,为了给该区的含油气远景评价及下一步油气勘探缩小靶区提供地球物理依据,本文利用磁法这一经济、有效的油气渗漏异常地球物理判别手段,开展了识别海底烃渗漏引发磁异常的方法研究.给出一种根据“有导师”的模式识别技术,在充分利用磁异常多种数值特征及纹理特征的基础上,提取烃渗漏蚀变带磁异常的方法.通过已知约束信息（如见油井位等）的点、线、面三种基元及其邻近数据网格点组成基类,将其提取的模式或特征向量作为待识别异常匹配或学习的模板,利用加权欧氏距离函数计算待识别异常特征向量与模板向量之间的相似性,进行模式匹配,从而识别出与模板相似程度较高的异常.应用此方法圈定了北黄海盆地的烃渗漏“磁亮点”分布,从“磁亮点”异常区与中生代地层的分布以及地球化学异常（低层大气烃类检测和海底微生物异常）的对应情况来看,表明该识别方法是识别烃渗漏弱磁异常的一种有效手段.对研究区构造特征、磁异常及地球化学异常特征的综合分析表明,位于北黄海研究区东部和北部的“磁亮点”异常区可能是北黄海盆地较好的含油气远景区.  相似文献   

天然气水合物在油气藏形成过程中的封盖作用——谈造山带中烃源岩对盆地区油气资源的贡献   总被引：2，自引：2，他引：0  

支家生 《海相油气地质》2009,14(1)

在中国的造山带中普遍发育优质烃源岩,它们形成于海槽环境,而海槽环境也是形成天然气水合物的有利环境。水合物有良好的封盖作用,其下的油气受到封盖会向相邻的台地区运移,即油气从古海槽区(现今为造山带)向台地区(现今为盆地区)转移。因此造山带中的烃源岩对盆地区油气资源应有积极贡献。认为现今台西南海域的水合物与相邻油气藏具有同源性,这是水合物的封盖作用与油气藏形成之间具有密切联系的生动实例。四川盆地有限的烃源岩分布不能提供巨大的天然气储量,周边造山带可能也提供了相当的资源量。建议在四川盆地和秦岭造山带中系统采集气-液包裹体,以对比它们的亲缘关系,借以验证造山带中的烃源岩是否对盆地区的天然气成藏具有贡献。  相似文献   

亚洲特提斯域岩相古地理与油气聚集地质特征   总被引：7，自引：1，他引：6  

丘东洲  谢渊  李晓清  黄福喜 《海相油气地质》2009,14(2):41-51

亚洲特提斯域油气在地理上主要分布于西亚段南带,其次为西亚段北带、东南亚段中带,再次为中亚段。对古、中、新特提斯域的岩相古地理特征作了分析研究,并编制了相关的岩相古地理图。认为油气分布在盆地类型上主要与前陆盆地、克拉通边缘盆地相关,盆地形态主要与台地、环形坳陷、线形坳陷等沉积—构造环境相关,其成烃物质的沉积-构造环境多位于古赤道与45°古纬度之间。提出盆地保存是盆地油气评价的先决条件。指出了亚洲特提斯域南带、中带和北带的油气勘探新领域。  相似文献   

油气资源评价的多参数约束改进油气田(藏)规模序列法及其应用   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

姜振学  庞雄奇  周心怀  姚蕾蕾  武丽  周晶晶 《海相油气地质》2009,14(3)

油气田(藏)规模序列法是油气资源评价常用的方法之一,其优点是不但可以给出总的资源量,而且还可以给出各油气田(藏)的规模和序列,不足是其预测结果带有多解性。在多年的资评工作中,形成了一套求取规模序列中关键参数的科学方法:依据其他方法(成因法等)求取的资源量来约束规模序列法求取的地质资源量;依据高勘探区地质资源量与最大单一油气田(藏)规模统计关系来约束评价区最大单一油气田(藏)规模;根据预测单元可能存在的圈闭数(包含隐蔽圈闭)来限制预测的油气田(藏)个数。通过采用总量约束、最大单一规模约束和油气田(藏)个数约束,获得的结果克服了原方法存在的一些问题,使评价结果更科学,更符合地质实际。以该方法在黄河口凹陷等地区的应用实例证明了评价结果与勘探认识吻合较好。  相似文献   

思茅坳陷油气地质特征与勘探前景   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

钱年奕 《云南地质》2009,28(2):103-112

思茅坳陷存在古生界和中一新生界两套沉积盖层,具有多套生储盖组合。以二叠系、三叠系为主力烃源岩,储层低孔低渗,侏罗系一白垩系“红层”组成区域盖层。思茅坳陷气水同喷、原油显示表明,该区海相地层仍有油气勘探前景,以存在K3-N区域盖层、断裂改造较弱、源岩成熟度较低、构造发育的英德一景谷、勐腊一勐满含油气保存单元为首选靶区,具有一定勘探前景。  相似文献