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6 Citations
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Diagenesis of the Permian Fengcheng Formation in the Mahu Sag, Junggar Basin, China

  • Bin Bai,
  • Jiwei Liang,
  • Chaocheng Dai,
  • Wenjun He,
  • Ying Bai,
  • Xiaobin Chang,
  • Meng Zheng,
  • Hanlin Li and
  • Hao Zong

12 December 2023

The Fengcheng Formation in the Mahu sag of the Junggar Basin was primarily composed of detritus, pyroclastic material, carbonates, and evaporites. In order to establish the diagenesis pathways of the Fengcheng Formation, some methods of polarized lig...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,510 Views
19 Pages

Comparison of Pore Structure Characteristics of Shale-Oil and Tight-Oil Reservoirs in the Fengcheng Formation in Mahu Sag

  • Guoyong Liu,
  • Yong Tang,
  • Kouqi Liu,
  • Zuoqiang Liu,
  • Tao Zhu,
  • Yang Zou,
  • Xinlong Liu,
  • Sen Yang and
  • An Xie

14 August 2024

Despite the abundance of shale-oil and tight-oil reserves in the Fengcheng Formation within the Mahu Sag, exploration and development efforts for both types of reservoir are still in their early stages. A comprehensive examination and comparison of t...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,761 Views
16 Pages

18 April 2022

There are rare comparative studies on the geological characteristics of shale in different members of Permian Fengcheng Formation in Mahu Sag, Junggar basin, China. In order to compare the mineral composition, physical properties, and geochemical cha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,462 Views
19 Pages

27 September 2023

Formation overpressure is an important controlling factor for the formation of high-yield oil reservoirs in the shale series of the Permian Fengcheng Formation in the west and south of Mahu Sag, the Junggar Basin. Hydrocarbon-generating pressurizatio...

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  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,772 Views
24 Pages

Characteristics and Genesis of Alkaline Lacustrine Tight Oil Reservoirs in the Permian Fengcheng Formation in the Mahu Sag, Junggar Basin, NW China

  • Yong Tang,
  • Zhengxiang Lv,
  • Wenjun He,
  • Yuanhua Qing,
  • Xiuzhang Song,
  • Qinming Cao,
  • Yongxin Qian,
  • Tao Zhu,
  • Na Li and
  • Xiang Li

31 July 2022

Through optical microscopic examination, scanning electron microscope analysis, whole rock X-ray diffraction analysis, X-ray fluorescence spectrum analysis, carbon and oxygen isotope analysis, and temperature measurement of fluid inclusions, the char...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
888 Views
18 Pages

Classification and Analysis of Dominant Lithofacies of the Fengcheng Formation Shale Oil Reservoirs in the Mahu Sag, Junggar Basin, NW China

  • An Xie,
  • Heyuan Wu,
  • Yong Tang,
  • Wenjun He,
  • Jingzhou Zhao,
  • Weitao Wu,
  • Jun Li,
  • Yubin Bai and
  • Liang Yue

2 April 2025

The exploration of the Fengcheng Formation has revealed the characteristic orderly coexistence of conventional reservoirs, tight reservoirs, and shale reservoirs, constituting a full spectrum of reservoir types, and is important for unconventional oi...

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  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,528 Views
18 Pages

Source Rock Evaluation and Hydrocarbon Generation Model of a Permian Alkaline Lakes—A Case Study of the Fengcheng Formation in the Mahu Sag, Junggar Basin

  • Yong Tang,
  • Wenjun He,
  • Yubin Bai,
  • Xiang Zhang,
  • Jingzhou Zhao,
  • Sen Yang,
  • Heyuan Wu,
  • Yang Zou and
  • Weitao Wu

17 June 2021

The alkaline lake source rocks of the Fengcheng Formation are developed in the Mahu Sag of the Junggar Basin. Different from traditional continental fresh water and saltwater lake source rocks, alkaline lake source rocks lack targeted evaluation crit...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,232 Views
19 Pages

Characteristics and Formation Stages of Natural Fractures in the Fengcheng Formation of the Mahu Sag, China: Insights from Stable Carbon and Oxygen Isotope and Fluid Inclusion Analysis

  • Wei Wang,
  • Xinhui Xie,
  • Caiguang Liu,
  • Feng Cao,
  • Guoqing Zheng,
  • Zhenlin Wang,
  • Gang Chen,
  • Hucheng Deng,
  • Jianhua He and
  • Kesai Li

30 June 2023

The Fengcheng Formation of the Mahu Sag is an unconventional reservoir that is of paramount importance for exploration and development of hydrocarbon resource. However, current research on natural fractures in the Fengcheng Formation remains limited,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,377 Views
22 Pages

Pore Structure and Geochemical Characteristics of Alkaline Lacustrine Shale: The Fengcheng Formation of Mahu Sag, Junggar Basin

  • Caijun Li,
  • Tao Hu,
  • Tingting Cao,
  • Xiongqi Pang,
  • Zhiming Xiong,
  • Xiaofei Lin,
  • Huiyi Xiao,
  • Yuxuan Chen,
  • Fan Yang and
  • Fujie Jiang
  • + 1 author

24 September 2023

Shale oil and gas are currently the major fields of unconventional hydrocarbon exploration and development. The Fengcheng Formation (FF) shale in the Mahu Sag of the Junggar Basin is an alkaline lacustrine organic-rich shale with an extremely prospec...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,554 Views
21 Pages

18 August 2023

The Lower Permian Fengcheng formation is a significant source of rocks and a reservoir for the Mahu Sag in the Junggar Basin. Recently, the paleo-environment deposition factors of the P1f formation have become a popular research topic. This research...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,774 Views
19 Pages

1 January 2024

The Fengcheng Formation in the Mahu Sag of the Junggar Basin, China, is characterized by alkaline lake deposits, featuring abundant alkaline minerals. The content of alkaline minerals affects the physical properties and oil-bearing properties of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
773 Views
23 Pages

Classification Evaluation and Genetic Analysis of Source Rocks of Lower Permian Fengcheng Formation in Hashan Area, Junggar Basin, China

  • Zhongliang Sun,
  • Zhiming Li,
  • Kuihua Zhang,
  • Zhenxiang Song,
  • Hongzhou Yu,
  • Bin Wang,
  • Meiyuan Song and
  • Tingting Cao

4 June 2025

The exploration of shale oil in the Fengcheng Formation of the Permian system in the Hashan area shows considerable promise, with breakthroughs in a number of shale oil exploration wells. This study evaluates the source rocks in the Fengcheng Formati...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,365 Views
23 Pages

29 August 2024

The shale oil reservoirs of the Lower Permian Fengcheng Formation in the northern Mahu Sag are promising targets. However, complex geology and strong heterogeneity in the area pose great difficulties in the numerical simulation of in situ stress fiel...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
830 Views
26 Pages

21 July 2025

Due to the complex mineral composition, low clay content, and strong heterogeneity of the mixed sedimentary shale in the Xinjiang Salt Lake Basin, the wettability characteristics of the reservoir and their influencing factors are not yet clear, which...

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  • Open Access
334 Views
19 Pages

The Variation Law of Mineral Composition and Pore Structure in the Shale Oil of Mabei Fengcheng Formation Under the Action of CO2

  • Jianmin Li,
  • Shicheng Zhang,
  • Kaixin Liu,
  • Mingxing Wang,
  • Jingfeng Dong,
  • Li Yang and
  • Yushi Zou

9 December 2025

This study investigates the effects of CO2–water–rock interactions on shale oil reservoirs, specifically focusing on the mineral dissolution and pore structure alterations in shale samples from the second section of the Permian Fengcheng...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,823 Views
22 Pages

19 February 2024

The heterogeneity, sedimentary characteristics, and distribution of fine-grained sediments of millimeter-scale laminae were studied in alkaline lacustrine strata in the lower Permian Fengcheng Formation (P1f2) in the Mahu Sag to provide a sound theor...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,037 Views
18 Pages

Characterization on Structure and Fractal of Shale Nanopore: A Case Study of Fengcheng Formation in Hashan Area, Junggar Basin, China

  • Weizheng Gao,
  • Xiangchun Chang,
  • Pengfei Zhang,
  • Zhongquan Liu,
  • Zhiping Zeng,
  • Yue Wang and
  • Tianchen Ge

23 February 2023

The Lower Permian Fengcheng Formation in Halaalate Mountain in the Junggar Basin has enormous potential for shale oil, while few investigations on quantifying pore structure heterogeneity have been conducted. Thus, total organic carbon (TOC), X-ray d...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,109 Views
12 Pages

Gas Generation Potential of Permian Oil-Prone Source Rocks and Natural Gas Exploration Potential in the Junggar Basin, NW China

  • Abilimit Yiming,
  • Xiujian Ding,
  • Liangrong Qian,
  • Hailei Liu,
  • Maoguo Hou and
  • Zhongfa Jiang

8 November 2022

The Junggar Basin, where twenty-seven oil fields and five gas fields have been discovered, is a typical “oil basin” with proven ratio of natural gas of 5.3%. The amount of natural gas from Permian source rocks has been found in the wester...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,926 Views
21 Pages

Distinguishing itself from marine shale formations, alkaline lake shale, as a significant hydrocarbon source rock and petroleum reservoir, exhibits distinct multifractal characteristics and evolutionary patterns. This study employs a combination of h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,239 Views
18 Pages

This study investigated the influence of movable oil on the pore structure of various shale types, analyzing 19 shale samples from Well X in the Mahu Sag of the Junggar Basin. Initially, X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis classified the shale samples....

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,616 Views
19 Pages

Characteristics and Genesis of Pore–Fracture System in Alkaline Lake Shale, Junggar Basin, China

  • Yifan Jiao,
  • Xianglu Tang,
  • Wenjun He,
  • Liliang Huang,
  • Zhenxue Jiang,
  • Leilei Yang and
  • Caihua Lin

17 June 2024

Unconventional oil and gas resources are indispensable, and shale oil is one of them. The Junggar Basin is a typical superposition oil and gas basin in China, with reserves of 100 million tons in many areas and various types of oil and gas reservoirs...

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  • Open Access
1,057 Views
35 Pages

3 September 2025

To elucidate the mechanisms governing hydrocarbon accumulation and phase evolution in the deep–ultradeep reservoirs of the Mo-Yong area, this study integrated 2D basin modeling and multi-component phase state simulation techniques, investigatin...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,889 Views
19 Pages

24 February 2023

This study analyzes the geochemical characteristics of natural gas composition, carbon isotope, and light hydrocarbon in the eastern belt around the Penyijingxi sag of the Junggar Basin. The result shows the that natural gas content is dominated by a...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,007 Views
20 Pages

3 August 2023

A breakthrough has been made in the recent exploration of the deep oil and gas bearing system in the eastern belt around the Penyijingxi sag of the Junggar Basin. These reservoirs are characterized by mixed sources and multi-stage accumulation. Howev...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,468 Views
16 Pages

5 February 2024

Ma2 and Ma3 hydrocarbon source rock samples from the Fengcheng Formation in well Maye 1, Mahu Depression, Junggar Basin, were studied using conventional geochemical analysis methods and saturated hydrocarbon gas chromatography–mass spectrometry...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,802 Views
13 Pages

Study on Salt Dissolution Law of High Salinity Reservoir and Its Influence on Fracturing

  • Liyan Pan,
  • Lei Wang,
  • Weijie Zheng,
  • Feipeng Han,
  • Ariya Zibibula,
  • Zhenlong Zhu and
  • Shengxiang Li

17 January 2023

For the high-salt reservoir of the Fengcheng Formation in the Mahu area, the production decreases rapidly due to the conductivity decrease after fracturing. The analysis shows that this has a great relationship with the special salt dissolution chara...

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  • Open Access
267 Views
20 Pages

Controls of Fault System on Hydrocarbon Accumulation: A Case Study from the Carboniferous Reservoir of the Hongche Fault Zone in the Junggar Basin

  • Cheng Huang,
  • Yonghe Sun,
  • Huafeng Zhou,
  • Xiaofan Yang,
  • Junwei Han,
  • Jian Fu,
  • Mengyuan Hao and
  • Yulin Song

15 December 2025

The Hongche Fault Zone in the Junggar Basin exhibits significant spatiotemporal variations in the relationship between fault systems and hydrocarbon accumulation across different structural belts. Two key factors contribute to this phenomenon: freque...