Author(s)

Tao Tang¹, Jixin Huang², Yanshu Yin^1*, Wenjie Feng¹

¹School of Geosciences, Yangtze University, Wuhan, China.
²America Branch, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing, China.

Tide-dominated estuaries sedimentary reservoir is a hot area of sedimentology research in recent years, and the important target of oil and gas exploration is one of the relatively few sedimentary systems. Based on the study of underground reservoirs, outcrop and modern sedimentation, scholars believe that the estuary is a sedimentary system formed by transgressive system tract, which is composed of a complex subfacies environment with obvious changes. Its formation is influenced by many factors. The purpose of this paper is to simulate the deposition process of estuaries by Delft-3D software, and to reveal the main controlling factors of estuarine reservoir formation. The factors are as follows. 1) The size of the river flow has a destructive effect on the formation of the estuarine sand bar in the estuary, but the effect is small. 2) Tidal energy plays a constructive role in estuarine sand bars in estuaries, and it is also the main force for the formation of estuarine reservoirs. 3) The composition of the sediments has an obvious influence on the formation of the estuarine reservoir, and the content of the mud is an important factor for the retention of the estuarine sand bar.

Deposition Numerical Simulation, Tide-Dominated Estuary, Influence Factor, Oil Exploration

Tang, T. , Huang, J. , Yin, Y. and Feng, W. (2018) Analysis of Influence Factors of Tide-Dominated Estuaries Based on Deposition Numerical Simulation. Open Journal of Yangtze Oil and Gas, 3, 139-146. doi: 10.4236/ojogas.2018.32012.