This book presents the authors' research findings on the dynamics of oil migration, research methodologies, insights and applications in petroliferous basins. It studies the behaviors of oil migration in porous media through physical experiments and numerical simulations, explores the mechanism of oil migration and effects of migration process, and then establishes a migration modeling method by coupling the source, driving forces and carriers. The new method can be used to estimate the amount of migrated hydrocarbons and then predict the location of possible hydrocarbon accumulations in different parts of a basin. This approach is useful for resources assessment and prediction of the distribution of hydrocarbon accumulations. An example utilizing this methodology is presented to study the dynamics of migration and accumulation processes in the southern slope of Dongying Depression in Bohai Bay Basin in China. The book appeals to scientists and professionals working on petroleum prospecting as well as faculty and students in petroleum geology.
Professor Xiaorong Luo is a Research Fellow in the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests focus on petroleum geology, numerical modeling, geopressuring, and hydrocarbon migration and accumulation. He attempts to couple migration driving force with efficient carriers in nonmarine basins and to conduct quantitative dynamics analysis on hydrocarbon migration and accumulation, aiming to aid in petroleum exploration in petroliferous basins. His research has established systematic methodologies to characterize overpressures, hydrocarbon migration and accumulation in nonmarine basins. Likuan Zhang is an Associate Professor of Petroleum Geology at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is engaged in fundamental research of petroleum geology, focusing on quantitative evaluation of fault opening and sealing properties for hydrocarbon migration, the analysis of abnormal pressure occurrence and evolution in sedimentary basins, dynamic mechanism of natural gas migration in the tight sandstone, and geological modeling for hydrocarbon migration and accumulation simulation in actual basins. Dr. Yuhong Lei is a Senior Engineer of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he got his Ph.D. in 2010. His research interests focus on petroleum system, characterization of clastic carrier bed, the process of petroleum migration and accumulation, and the reservoir evaluation of shale oil and gas.
Dr. Wan Yang, works in the Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri, USA. He worked for Phillips Petroleum Company and the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin from 1995 to 1999 before joining the academia. His research focuses on sedimentology, stratigraphy, paleoclimatology, and petroleum geology.
羅小榮教授是中國科學院地質與地球物理研究所的研究員。他的研究興趣集中在石油地質學、數值模擬、地壓以及碳氫化合物的遷移與聚集。他試圖將遷移驅動力與非海洋盆地中的有效載體結合起來，並對碳氫化合物的遷移與聚集進行定量動力學分析，旨在協助石油資源豐富盆地的勘探。他的研究建立了系統的方法論，以表徵非海洋盆地中的超壓、碳氫化合物的遷移與聚集。張立寬副教授是中國科學院地質與地球物理研究所的石油地質學副教授。他從事石油地質學的基礎研究，專注於碳氫化合物遷移的斷層開啟與封閉特性的定量評估、沉積盆地中異常壓力的發生與演變分析、緊密砂岩中天然氣遷移的動力機制，以及實際盆地中碳氫化合物遷移與聚集模擬的地質建模。雷宇宏博士是中國科學院地質與地球物理研究所的高級工程師，於2010年獲得博士學位。他的研究興趣集中在石油系統、碎屑載體層的特徵、石油遷移與聚集的過程，以及頁岩油氣的儲層評估。
楊萬博士在美國密蘇里科技大學（Missouri University of Science and Technology）工作。他在1995年至1999年間曾在菲利普斯石油公司（Phillips Petroleum Company）和德克薩斯大學奧斯汀分校的經濟地質局（Bureau of Economic Geology）工作，之後才進入學術界。他的研究專注於沉積學、地層學、古氣候學和石油地質學。
