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Sedimentological impact on reservoir quality of Es1 sandstone of Shahejie formation, Nanpu Sag, East China

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Comprehensive sedimentological studies regarding different facies types and the factors persuading their development were carried out at Eocene (Es1) member of Shahejie formation of Nanpu Sag. To evaluate the sedimentary facies, lithofacies, and reservoir quality, wireline log analysis, a petrographic thin-section study, SEM, grain size analysis, XRD, and CL analysis were used. The Es1 consists of five sedimentary facies and seven lithofacies. Sandstone is classified on the basis of standard rock classification scheme as feldspathic litharenite and lithic arkose. Quartz grains are abundant detrital constituent and feldspars are subordinate followed by mica, chert, rock fragments, and iron oxide as a minor constituent. Primary intergranular pores, as well as secondary dissolution pores and fracture pores, are also present that enhance the reservoir quality. Grain size varies from conglomerate to clay size, with massive bedding, cross-bedding, and fine-grained ripple laminated sandstone, which predicts that formation is deposited in lacustrine and fluvial channel or channel bar environment. XRD and SEM analysis show various clay minerals that reduced the reservoir characteristics. The present study discloses the deposition and distribution of lacustrine, braided, meandering river delta, and delta front sand bodies of Es1 member as well as provides some support for reservoir quality of the correlative sedimentary system that has great significance for further exploration.

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    The original version of this paper was published with error. The correct spelling of author name is “Orkhan Isgandarov” instead of “Orkhan Isgandrove”. Corresponding author failed to provide a correction during proofing stage. Given in this article is the correct name.

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Acknowledgments

I would like to thank the China University of Petroleum, and China scholarship council (CSC) for granting me a full scholarship (2015–2018) to carry out the research. The authors would also like to thank the Jidong Oil Field Company for their cooperation to provide the research data and help to complete the research without loss of time. The authors would like to thanks the anonymous reviewers as well as Editor-in-Chief for their constructive comments that helps in improving the current manuscript.

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This study was funded by the Natural Science Foundation of China Project (No. 41602138), National Science and Technology Special Grant (No. 2016ZX05006-007), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation–funded project (2015M580617; 2017T100524), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (15CX08001A).

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  1. School of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, 266580, China

    Muhammad Kashif, Yingchang Cao, Guanghui Yuan, Wang Jian, Wang Zhukhun, Orkhan Isgandarov & Asim Falak Naz

  2. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, 40100, Pakistan

    Muhammad Kashif & Saif Ur Rehman

  3. School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, 266580, China

    Atif Zafar

  4. Institute of Geology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan

    Muhammad Asif

  5. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China university of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China

    Muhammad Kamran

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Kashif, M., Cao, Y., Yuan, G. et al. Sedimentological impact on reservoir quality of Es1 sandstone of Shahejie formation, Nanpu Sag, East China. Arab J Geosci 12, 545 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-019-4671-y

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