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Kikuchi・Tono・Funayma 1991 Petroleum Resources in the Japanese Islamnd-arc Setting Episodes
Kikuchi・Tono・Funayma 1991 Petroleum Resources in the Japanese Islamnd-arc Setting Episodes
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b
y Yo
shi
ro
Kiku
chi
,Sat
oshi
Tono,
and
Mas
aaki
Fu
nay
ama
Petrol
eum res
ource
s i
n t
he
Japane
se
i
sland一ar
c s
ett
ing
Ja
pan'
s
dome
sti
c
oi
l
and
gas
pr
o
du
cti
on
cov
- 。 ,. ‘.严 J
j a吧
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j
Lori
}a
c
三竺。OT
japun甲as
in 止之二才又 少as
in Paci
fic
O cean
e
rs
onl
y
a
sma
llpa
rt
oft
he
not
i
on'
s
de
man
d.
How-
e
ver
, a
gre
at
deal
o
f e
xpl
orat
ion
e加r
t
ove
r mor
e
t
han
a c
ent
ury
has
l
ed
t
o t
he
dis
cov
ery
(
}f
a
j)j
)ro
.v
i-
ma t
el
y IW oil and gasie
f lds,
although i
nost
ofthe i
n j 产户户
‘..一叫 ,.一 司. 州 一
have be
en depleted. Dome s
ti
c oi l
and gas
pr oduc-
t
ion i
n 1989 was 1,755 kil
ol
i t
er s
per daY
atid 5.5 Figure I
一 Te c
tonic
set
ti
ng o
f t
he
Japan
isl
and ar
c s
howi
ng are
as
of v
olcanic
act
ivi
t
y (bel
ow das
hed
li
nes)
and s
ubduct
ion
(ar
rows).
mill
ion
cubic meters per
day, respecti
vel
Y. Mo st
of Abbrevi
ati
on:
NE,
nort
heas
t.
t
h e
oil
and gas ie
f lds have
be en i
found i
n Neog ene
on
sho
re
sedi
ment
ary
bas
ins
on
the
Sea
of
Japa
n
s
i
de
o
f
no
rt
he
rn
Hon
shu
. i
ng
a l
a
o
r
f
g
t
e
he
a
Se
mo
a
un
o
t
f
o
Ja
f
pa
vo
n
lc
du
an
r
i
i
n
c
g
r
o
ea
c
r
k.
ly
mi
The
dd
s
l
e
e
v
Mi
olca
o
ce
ni
n
c
e
ro
t
c
i
me
ks
.
p
ha
r
v
od
e
u
c
b
e
e
d
e
n
S
eve
ral
h
ydr
ocar
bon
acc
umu
lat
io
ns
hav
e b
een cal
led "Gr een Tuffs" bec a
use of
their
green color,
wh ich res
ults f
rom
di
scove
red i
n u
ncommon r
eser
v o
irs,
su
ch as
in
non- chlo
rite and s e
rici
te alterat
ion products (
ig.
f
2 ).
The Ne ogene tectonic s
e t
tings
of
Japan are
c hara
c t
erize
d by low
st
ruc
tural
ly
contr
oll
ed
di
ssol
ved-i
n-water
gas
res
er- heat
lo
f ws i
n t
he forearc basi
ns ,
which have cu r
rent general
geo t
her-
v
oir
s
and
i
n
dee
p-s
eat
ed
vol
cani
c
and
vo
lcan
icl
ast
ic ma l
gradients ranging fro
m 1.8 to 2.2 '
C/ 100 m, and by high heat
r
eservoi
rs.
The vol
cani
c r
eserv
oir
s ar
e now t
he lows
f in the backarc bas i
ns,
whi ch have ge
ot h
er ma l
gradient
s r
angi n
g
fr
om 3.0 to 5.5 '
C/ 100 m (and some e x
cept i
onally hi
gh val
ues up t
o
mo
st
i
mpo
rtan
t
ob
jec
ti
vesf
or
pet
rol
eum
ex
plor
ati
on 6.7
'C/ 100 m) .
So urce beds
in the f
orearc
b asi
ns
tend to
be t
he rmall
y
i
n J
apa
n b
eca
use
th
妙re
tai
n
fa
vor
abl
e
por
osi
t
ies
' i
mma ture (Dickinson a nd Seeley, 1979).
The refore,
at
a gi
ven t
her-
e
ven
bel
ow
4,0
00
met
ers
and
pro
duc
e c
omi
ner
cial
l
Y ma l
ma turity level, t
h e conditi
ons f
or hy dr
oc arbon migrat
ion a n
d
accumul
ati
on
are
mor
e f
avor
abl
e i
n t
he
backar
c basi
ns
than
in
the
s
ign
if
ic
ant
amo
unt
s
of
ga
s,
Suc
h d
eep-
se
ate
d Mi
o- f
orearc
ba s
ins
be c
ause t
he fori
ne r coul
d r
etai
n higher
po rosit
y.
Sim-
cene
vol
cani
c-r
ock
res
ervoi
rs
wil
l
cont
inue
to
be
the i
lar
tect
on i
c se
ttin
gs probably domi nat
e d thr
ou ghout
Ne ogene ti
me,
mai n
expl
orati
on
targ
et
in ons h
ore basi
ns.
In
a ddi- a
lthough detai
led t
ectonic r
e c
o nstruct
ion of the basi
n s has be
en a
tion,
Tert
iar
y el
asti
c d
epos i
ts i
n ofshore s
edime n- s
ub j
ect of
long debate.
Mos t of the Ne ogene backarc sedimenta
ry
b
as i
ns cont
ain varyi
ng quantit
ies of vol
canic ma t
e r
ial
s derived
fro
m
tary basi
ns and Cret
aceo u
s an d Pal
e o
gene s e- v
olcan i
c ac
tivi
ty t
hat
o c
cu r
red int
er mit
tently
throughout the h
ist
ori
es
que nce
s in Hokk
a i
do are i mporta
nt
o b
,j
ect
s f
or of
the
basi
ns.
e
xpl
ora
ti
on
Se
diment
ary
bas
ins
Te
ctoni
c s
ett
ing
Th
e
ba
se
men
t
r
oc
ks
o
f
t
he
N
eog
en
e
se
ct
i
ons
o
fb
a
ck
ar
c
ba
si
ns
ar
e
J
apa
n
is
l
oc
at
ed。
。th
e
we
st
er
n
mar
gi
n
of
t
he
P
ac
if
i
c
Oc
ea
n,
a
nd Pale
ozoic
me t
amorphi
c a
nd nonme tamorph
ic r
ocks an
d Creta
ceo
us,
su
bdu ct
ion-r
ela
ted basins
are
dev el
oped both onshore a
nd of
fshor
e. gran
iti
c ro
cks. I
n g
enera
l, t
he basement r
ocks were
fau
lte
d, wey
e
The numerous
sedime nt
ary basi
ns i
n Japan contai
n mos tl
y Neogene ti
lt
ed,
and
subsi
ded
at
t
he beg
inning of
t
he d
eposit
ion
of
th
e Neoge
ne
se
que nc
es.
Amon g
them,
t
he sed
imen t
ary basin
s developed
along t
he sect
ions.
Sea of
J a
pan in norther
n Hon shu, t
he mai n i
sland of Japan, a
re The
area
of
ofshor
e sedi
ment
arv
basi
ns
anvr
oxi
mat
elv
ecua
ls
par
ti
c ul
arl
y importa
n t
for
petr
oleum explorat
ion. japan
s t
otai i
ana ar
ea
oi neari
y -
)Z
5U,
VUU
KM一
,
wr
ier
eas ons
nor
e
Relat
ivel
y undeformed se
cti
on s
occur i
n fo
re
arc
b a
sins al
ong t
he Neogene
s
edi
me nt
ary
ba s
ins
occupy
onl
y 1
0 pe
rce
nt
o f
t
he
t
otal
l
and
Paci
fi
c Ocean,
wher
eas
def
ormed
sect
ions
occ
ur
in
the
backar
c ba- ar
ea (
fi
g.
3).
The
ba s
ins
extendi
ng t
o t
he
sout
hwest
of
Kyus
hu (n
ot
s
ins
al
ong
t
he
Sea
of
Jap
an
(
fig.
1)
. Ma
jor
f
old
s a
nd
ass
oci
ate
d f
aul
t
s f
ull
y s
hown
i
n ig.
f 3)
h
ave
vas
t s
edi
men
tar
y a
rea
s.
i
n t
he
backar
c basi
ns have nor
th-
n or
theas
t-s
out
h -
sout
hwest
tr
ends The thickness of
Ne ogene
sect
ions
varie
s f
rom p
l
ace t
o pl
ace
but
t
hat ar
e consi
ste
nt
with the pr
esent
-day east
-west compr e
ssi
onal gene
ra l
ly is on the order of
sever
a l
th
ou sa
nd meter
s. The deep
est
s
tre
ss. The str
uct
ural t
rends of al
l Neogene s
edimentary b
asins a
re well
to
d at
e wa s
dr i
lle
d to a
depth
of
6,004 m i
n th
e onshore
Niig
ata
g
ene r
ally
dependent
on the basement
str
uctur
e. ar
ea on the Sea of Japan si
de o
f nort
hern Hons
hu (ig.
f
2), but
i
t
did
I
n most of
the Neoge ne s
edimentar
y basi
ns al
on g th
e Se
a of not
pen etr
a t
e the e
n t
ir
e Neogene sect
ion.
Mor e
than 7,000 m of
J
apan, i
ntense
subma r
ine volca
nism,
pr
esumably r
ela
ted to
the
open- Neoge n
e s
ec t
i
on is
expe ct
ed i
n suc
h areas.
Sept
ember
1991
2‘7
fi
elds are
c omp ose d mo s
tly of
rhy ol it
e that
erupte d on the sea lo
f ci
Pi
llow- brecc i
a t
e d a n
d la
v a facies of
rhy olit
e ha ving hig h poros iti
_
}
,}
and perme a biliti
es are produ ctive reser}oi
r s
(fig.
5) . The poro si
,}
,
values sugg ested by c or
e ana l
ys es a nd wi reli
ne logs va r
y fr
o m a--
pr
oxi ma t
ely 1 0 t
o 20 pe rcen t
. a nd they result from fractures aj
:
,"
i
vari
ous t
ype s of vugs of bo th prima ry and se
c ond ary origin. '
I he,
,}
.
-
re
serv oir
s are enc oun t
ered a t
de p ths
ra nging from ap proxima t
e;,
.
3,
90 0 to 4,600 m be l
ow me an sea level. Hv al
o clastite fac i
es, wh ik}
、
ar
e a
lso hy dr oca r
bo n-
bearii
tg
facie s. are no t
suf fi
cient ly p r
od uc t
r.e
because of the ir l
o w p er
me abili
ty.
Vol ca nic rese rv
oi r
s othe r
tha n
rhy olit
e al
so ha ve bee n repor t
e}!
Basalts,
for instanc e, whic h are n ot
p r
odu c t
ive in th e Ni igata a r
e
ar
e goo d pro du cers at
the Yu ri
ha ra oil and ga s
field in the Akita arc,
north-nort
he a st of Niigata iig.
f 2)
(Ts uchiy a a
nd oth ers . 1989) _
In general , s
ou rce r
oc ks f
o r the deep-seated volca nic reserv
oi、
ar
e ge ol
ogi cally you nger than the rese r
v oir
s thems elve s.
He nc.,
hydroc ar
bons
fou nd in the de ep-sea t
e d %o
ica ni
c-roc k rese rvoirs
c ou !
have migra t
e d later
a ll
y from ma ture source rocks lo cated in t
h},
depressions di rectly
a dja
c ent
to the reservoirs. Wh ere no direct coi)
-
t
act
exi
sts
bet
ween
the
sour
ce
and
res
ervoi
r r
ocks,
faul
ts
might
ha}・
熟滞薪
pl
aye
d a
n i
mpor
tan
t r
ole
as
mig
rat
ion
pat
hs.
I
n a
ddi
ti
on.
some
sha
l、
i
nter
cal
ated
wit
h vol
cani
c r
ese
rvoi
rs.
as
obs
erved
in
a wel
l dr
ill
ed !
.
}
声
t
he
Aki
ta
area,
have
some
sour
ce-
rock
pot
ent
ial
. The
lat
est
inf
orm.
i
:
乙刀
Asi
a Continent
Fi
gure
2.-Di
str
ibutio
n o
f the
so-
call
ed "
Gr een
Tuf
f'
re
gion
(
sti
p-
pl
ed
areas
) i
n Japan. Inset
shows
the majo
r pet
rol
eum-
produ
cing
ar
eas
,
Aki
ta
and Niigata.
悠
Neogene secti
ons in the "Green Tuff' r
egi
on have
a gene
ral
si
milar
it
y i
n their
styl
e of geologi
c development,
alt
hou
gh small
di
ffe
rences
are observe
d in sedimentar
y f
ac i
es,
amount
of
sedi
ment, :
护
mode and period of volcanic acti
vit
y,
a nd nat
ure an
d t
iming of
t
ect
oni
c movement
.
St
rat
igraphy and vol
canic rese
rvoir
s
Th
e
st
r
at
ig
ra
phy
o
f
t
he
Ne
og
ene
s
ec
ti
on
s i
n
th
e
Ni
ig
at
a
a
re
a
(f
i
g.
2
) HONSHU
口.
a pa
rt
of
th e "Green Tuff
" r
eg i
on along the Sea of
Japan
in northern
Honshu,
is
s u
mma ri
zed i
n ig
f ure 4 as
a n example. Sect
ions
ran
gi ng 务爪形
in a
ge from Miocene thr
ough Pl ei
stoc
en e are divi
ded into t
he Mi -
kawa Gr o up, the Tsugawa-Nanatani,
Te r
ado man, Shjiya, Nis hi
- 00
yama ,
and Hai z
ume Formati
ons, and t
h e Uo numa Group in asc
e nd-
ing or
de r (Ikebe and Mai y
a, 1981 ).Dur i
ng the earl
y Mi ocene t
o
earl
y mid dle Mi oc
e ne.
volc
an i
c rocks
(th e s
o -
call
ed "Green Tuffs "
) 尸aci
fic Ocean
we r
e lai
d d own.
Th ese vo
lcanic r
oc ks we re cover
e d b
y blac
k or
si
liceous
mar
ine
shal
es
of
the
Nana
tani
and
Ter
adomar
i For
mat
ions
t
hat
we re depo si
ted in a st
agna nt marin
e environmen t. Th e sourc
e
Sedi
m ent
rocks for
Ne og ene oil
and ga s a
re probably th es
e shales
of middl
e Thickness
Mio cene age. The Sh ii
ya and Nishiyama Fon nati
on s c
on sist mostl
y
of
silici
clas
tic rocks, i
nc l
uding tur
bidite
sand stone res
erv oirs.
攀拼 遨i
m >,
km
Re gional correl
ations of thes
t, s
trat
a hav e been do ne by
usin
g
li
thological
c hara
c t
erist
ics and plankt
onic and benthic forami nif
ers.
In
g eneral,
shaly
sections
olde r
than l
ate
Mi oc ene or
the Pliocene ar
e
overpressur
e d to
various degrees.
Mi ocene volc an
ic res
e rvoirs
of th
e Figure 3- Di s
tri
buti
on of Neoge
ne sedi
ment
ary basi
ns
(st
ippl
ed
Min ami
Naga oka-Ka takai
gas
iel
f ds
i
n t
he Ni igat
a areaare overlai
n patt
ern) o
f Japan and t
he adj
acent
are
a (mod
ifi
ed f
rom I
shiwada
by
over
press
ured
mar
ine
sha
les.
Vol
cani
c r
eser
voi
rsof
thes
e gas and Ogawa ,
1976).
Epi
sodes,
Vol
. 14,
no.
3
2了8
is f
a i
rly larg e (
ig.
f 6). Gas -prod uc ing ho rizons are gen erall
y shal-
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an d ar
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chara c
terize d by li
gh t c
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ions rang ing from
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be li
e ve
d
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││ │
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to have be
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es ult of ba cterial activity (Na ka i,
196 0).
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stic-ro ck re s
ervoirs ha ve be en imp or t
a nt contrib utors to oil
二 │
││ │ │ │
ALTERNA TION OF │ │ │ ││
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SANDST ON E
AN D │ │ │ ││
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之 │
DARK
GREY MUDS││ │ │ │
TONE │ │ │ ││
produ cti
on in Japan. The se are mos tl
y sa ndston e an d v olcanic l
a st
i
c
reservoirs, wi th the exc e
pt i
on ot dee p-wa ter carbo na t
e r
es ervoir s
at
葬 │
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RN
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SANDSTONE
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AND │ │ │ ││
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││ │ │
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eld i
n Ak ita (s ee Aoy a gi, 19 85) . The ma jor
口 J │
sands t
o n
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M UDST ONE │ │ │ ││
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e d as turbidi t
es . Th es
e
目
目 J
J │
N .1 7
石巴 ├───────┤
││ │
│
口 二 │
N .1 6
res
├──────┼─────────┼──────────┼────┼────┤│
BLA CK M UD ST ON E │ {
│
目 J │W IT H
││ │
S A N D ST O N E
ervoirs
A N
occ
D
ur i
│
n backa
}
rc basins exte nding from Aki ta
AN DESITE │ │
I A N D
. to Ni i
g ata
on
│ │ ││
O ││
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) │ │
O │
TU FF │
C, │ │
{ ““ c ’
‘〔││ │
the Sea ot
│ │ ││
亡‘ │ │ │ │ ││
││ │
Ja pan s i
de (igs
f .
2 an d 3 ).
In a forea rc basin on the Pa ci
ic
f
芝 │ │ Oc ea
二匀 │ │ │ │ ││
││ │ n si
d e, commer cial ga s de po sits a re fo un d in sha l
low- wa ter
IJJ
卜
-
│ │
sands t
o n
e rese rvoirs
a
O 二 │ │ │ │ ││
│ │
《
││ │
││ │
│ │ │ │ ││
t th
e Iwa ki ga s fi
el d. Ho wev er, no c omme rci
al
<
- 曰
│ │
乏 │ │ │ │ ││
││ │
│ │
C J │ │ │ │ ││
││ │ oi
l iel
f d has
been
found
in
a f
orea
rc
basi
n.
Volcanic-
rock res
ervoi
rs ar
e of
imp orta
nc e as major
gas p
roduc-
.占 月│ N .1 5 │
哎 ││ │
ers.
Oi l
and
ga
├─────────┤ │ │ ││
s
in volcani
c
rocks were
d is
c o
ve red ir
f st
at
th
e Mi t
suke
心
习 ││ ├───┼───────┤ fi
eld i
n 1 958. Since
│ │ │ │ ││ thi
s discover
y, v olcanic ma sses have been
之 ├───────┤
,咨 J │ N 口二 │
. ││ │
14 att
ract
BLACK SHALE W ITH │ │ │ ││
│
目 J │
S A N D S T O N E A N D iv
e targ
ets as
hydrocarbon r
eservoirs.
Signi
│ │ │ ││
││ │ ic
f ant
quantit
ies
of
‘ J ├───────┤
‘二 │
卜~ 口二 │
gas ha
T UFF │ │ │ ││
N .13 │
││ │
甘 │ │ │ │ ││
││ │ ve been f
ou nd i
n vol
can i
c- a
nd volc a
nicla s
tic-
rock r
es e
rvoirs
,
芝 ├───────┤
璧 ││ │
│ │ │ │ ││
,J J
- 曰
│ 牛 .} : │ such as i
n
口二J │ │ │ │ ││
││ │
│ │
t
he
~ J │ │ │ │ ││
││ │
ie
f l
ds of Katakai, Kumoi de, Sekihara,
Fu j
ikawa,
Yo shii,
Hi gash
i Ka s
hiwazaki, Mi na
mi Na gaok a, and Yu rib
ara
(
Kat
ahi
ra
and
Ukai
, 1
976;
Komat
su
and
other
s,
1984)
月
二 ,│ ├──────┼─────────┼──────────┼────┴────┤│
││ │
O ││ │
├───────┤
.之 │ │
{ RHYO
DA CI
TELI
T │ ││
E
乏 │
N.
9 │
豪 聋 │ │
}( BASAL]
││ │
│ ││
Expl
orat
ion
act
ivi
ti
es
岂 │
N.
8 │
二 -
X
│ │
I
{A
L
TE
R
ED
││ ├───┼───────┤
I
}
- │
一 │ │
口 ““
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‘〔‘│ ││
││ │
吕 ├───────┼──────┤ │
). │ N. 4 │
墓 ││ │
洲
洲一一、、 ││ │
洲产│ ││
│ │ ││
LEG E N D │ ││ I
n J
ap
an,
mor
e
th
an
1,
53
0
ex
pl
or
at
or
y
we
ll
s
we
re
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l
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on
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or
e
l
} │
N
.
7 │
蓬 │ │
││ │
du
rin
g t
he
per
iod
f
rom
1941
t
hro
ugh
1989,
but
on
ly
160
wer
e dr
il
le
d
of
fsh
ore
dur
ing
t
he
per
iod
f
rom
1967
t
o 1
989.
Th
e e
las
ti
c s
ect
ion
s o
f
23-乏 │
、
、一,
沪尸
户
E│
SOZO │ │ │└────┘ │
││ │
│ │ │ │ └──────────┤ │
││ th
e o
nsho
re
Aki
ta
and
Nii
gat
a a
rea
s a
re
i
n a
mat
ure
s
tag
e i
n t
erms
of
.
-一 │
M 一 │ │ │ │ ││
│├────┤
、、 一户│ │ │ │ │ ││
││
petroleum e
x plorati
on.
A few p rivate
oil
i
frms h
a ve been con duc ti
n g explor ation a
c t
i
v-
iti
es. MI TI
(Mi nist
ry of In t
erna ti
onal Trade and Indu st
ry) ha s s
p o
n-
sored exploration progra ms for dome sti
c oil and gas
resou rc e devel
-
Figure 4.-Ge nera
liz
ed st
rat
igra
phic fr
amework of t
he Niig
ata opme nt. A co nsecutive ser i
es of plans t
ha t
we r
e de v
el ope d by MITI
sedi
me ntar
y basin o
f Japan (t
aken fro
m Komats
u and
others
, ir
f st started
in 1955, and the y
h ave ai
d ed exp l
o ration wo rk by p r
ivat
e
1984). Forami
nifer
al zone
s are
from Blow (1
969),
and rel
ati
ve oil
ir
f ms by pr ovidi
ng ge ophys ical
reconna issanc e surve ys and str
at
-
quanti
ties
of
oil
and g
as ar
e s
hown勿 s i
zes
of
ci
rcl
es. igr
a phi c wells (Tono, 198 9) .
Th e curr
en t
sev enth plan is no w under
-
wa y and has special emph asis on the explor ation of de e p-seat
ed
t
ion
fr
om a C
urre
n t
wel
l i
n t
he
Niig
ata
area
sugges
ts
t
hat
s
hal
es
bel
ow -Gr een Tuf" a n
d Creta ceous and Pa leogen e targets. As se e
n i
n
t
he main
gas-
product
ive
volca
nic
rese
rvoir
s al
so
show
good
sour
ce- igu
f re 7, t
he average tot al depth of exp l
or at
or y wells is in creasi
ng
r
ock
pot
ent
ial
. accor dingly. Mo st of th e cu rrentl
y produc i
ng volca nic reservoir
s
have be en fou nd wi t
hou t s
eismi c surveys bec aus e t
he top og raphi
c
rel
ief of th
e ie
f lds an d the thick v olcanic aggl ome rate ro cks a
t
shallowe r dep ths have pre vented the acquis i
tion of seismi c informa-
Pet
rol
eum
res
ources ti
on from deep er se
a t
ed vo l
c a
n ic r
eservoirs.
At
present ,
Japan h as 3 ofs hore and a p
pro xima tely 2 5 onsh o
re
produ cing oil and gas ie
f lds.
Rep r
esen tat
ive oil and ga s ie
f lds a
re
J
apa
n'
s
p
et
ro
le
um
r
es
ou
rc
es
c
an
b
e
di
vi
de
d
in
t
o t
hr
ee
g
ro
up
s。。t
he shown in igu
f re 8. Th eir produ ct
ion history i
s shown in igu
f r
e 9,
b
asi
s of
res
erv
oir
type
s:
gas
-di
ssol
ved-
in-
wat
er
depos
it
s (
Mar
sde
n Do mes ti
c oil
a nd gas pro duc t
ion i
n 198 9 wa s 1 ,
75 5 kL/ da y and 5
.5
and
Kawai
, 1965),
cl
ast
ic-
rock
reser
voi
rs,
and
vol
cani
c-r
ock
res
er- million
M3 /
da v, r
e s
p e
c ti
v elv.
vo irs.
D
issolved-m- water
-typ
e gases ar
e calle
d "sui
y6sei-
gas"
in
Jap-
anese.
Thi s type of gas de
posit
con t
ains onl
y me t
hane and
is
pro-
du ced tog eth
e r with format
ion wa te
rs in vari
ous gas/
water
rati
os Futur e explor ati
on targets
l m
(gene ral
ly r
anging fom t
r o 10 cubic meters
per ki
lol
it
er
(
M3/
kL)
and hi gh values up to
45 /
seawater Th
kL).
Sa l
init
y of
the f
ormati
on wate
rs
is Th e
expl
orat
i
on of
cl
ast
i
c
s
ecti
ons
i
n
o n
shor
e ar
ea
s
of
Ja
pan
i
s
close to that
of e ar
ea] ext
en t
of
thi
s t
ype of
gas
deposi
t ge
ner
all
y r
ecog
niz
ed
to
hav
e r
eac
hed
t
he
mat
ure
st
age.
par
ti
cul
ar
ly
i
n
Se
ptember
1991
239
(B.
M.S.
L)
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、
履
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m
4000 , 1 。d- 三.
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LEGEND
NA月ATANI FM . t
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一
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HYALOCLASTI
TE F几〔I
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TE
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e.
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0
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尹产
LAVA F几CI
ES ZONE I
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子沪 一 一 -
I :HYALOCLASTI
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1
1:LAVA+PILLOW
BRECCI
A ZONE(LAVA>PILLOW BRECCI
A)
M :MI
XED ZONE (LAVA<PILLOW BRECCI
A)
FM :FORMATION
Figu
re 5.
-Cr
oss s
ecti
on acros
s t
he Mi
nami
Nagaok
a gas
field,
Nii
gata Pre
fec
tur
e (
tak
en G R:GAMMA RAY CURVE
.
加 m Komats
u and ot
hers,
19
84 )
. RT:RESISTIVITY CURVE
t
he "Gr een Tu f
f" basins on t
he Sea of Japan s
ide of nort
he r
n Ho nshu.
Ho weve r
, t
he possibil
ity s
til
l exists f
or di
sc overing new oil
a nd
deep-seat
e d gas ie
f l
ds in the are
a by i
ncrea s
ing t
he depths of i
nve s
-
t
igati
ons .
Cr etace o
us
an d Paleogene d
epos it
s in Ho kkaido, Tert
iarN
,
clast
ic deposits in
of f
sho r
e ar
eas, and rhyo l
it
ic rocks
in t
he "Green
Tuff" bas
in s
a r
e the pri
ma ry targ
ets for
future
pe tr
oleu m explorat
iou
In additi
on, a new type of hydroc ar
bon acc umu lat
ion h as been
report
ed rec entl
y f
rom was hout
dep osit
s of the graniti
c basemen t i
n
Hokkai
do.
Ac
knowl
edgme
nt
Th
e
au
th
or
s
wi
sh
t
o
ex
pr
es
s
th
ei
r
t
han
ks
t
o
Dr
.
N.
Koma
ts
u,
V
ic
e
Pr
esi
dent
of
Tei
koku
Oil
Comp
any,
Lt
d.,f
or
dis
cus
sion
s a
nd
val
u-
abl
e comment
s.
a占
‘
’’
.。0 A
Figure
6.-Di
st
ribu
tion o
ft
he
gas-
dis
sol
ved-
in-
wat
er
t
ype
(
shad
-
ed)
of g
as-be
ari
ng basins
in
Japan.
E
pis
ode
s,
Vol
. 1
4,
no.
3
了40
. Oil
Field(Cl
osti
c Reser
voir)
5000 9 Gas Fiel
d(Clast
ic
Reservoi
r)
. Oil
Fi el
d(Vol c
anic Reservoir) CO
令 Gas Fiel
d(Vol c
anic Reservoir)
一 Average wel
l depth,JAPAN
4000 一 Average wel
l depth
.NIIGAT A
。嘿了句
.
//-
D
厂一、
n.
户二//
'
/-
及 节 V
3000
7 卜 \J
口州.、
E
/2
、比口.
左2
000 . 口
1
山 /
‘1
瓜呵
O
口
1口
1
.
’
”
。
}:、 D
r. Lr
门
〕
口
<!
P. a . n 口 . 0
0卜
1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985
YE
AR
Fi
gur
e 7
.-Hi
sto
ry
of
av
era
ge
t
otal
de
pths
o
f e
xpl
ora
tor
y we
lls
and
oi
l
and
gas舟 h
is
i
n Ja
pan.
0
.
4
Figu
re
8.-M可o
r o
il
and
gas
ie
f l
ds
i
n J
apa
n.
300
NO-
AGA
OKI KITA
AGA OKI 200
1口nOO比d
YABA
气MA
KI
O
KI 100
0
0 -
HI
GASHI
NI
I(
}AT
A
MI
NAMI
AGA
n 甘..
夕d TA 91
5 1
935 1955 1975 1
995
YEA R
。 Oil Fi
eld
口 Go5Fie!d
fi
gur
e 9.
-Oi
l
and
gas
pro
duc
tio
n pe
r ye
ar
i
n Ja
pan
s
inc
e 1
919.
Sept
ember
1991
241
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erences Yos hiro Kikuc hi i
s current
ly Direc-
tor and Ge ne r
al Ma nager o
f t
he Ex -
Ao
yag
i, K.
, 1
985
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i
gin
of
the
Mio
cen
e c
arb
ona
te
res
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oir
roc
ks, ploration Depa rt
me nt o
f Teikoku Oil
Fukubez
awa
oil
fiel
d, Aki
ta
provi
nce,
nor
the
ast
Hons
hu,
Japan,动 Co mpan y, Ltd.
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e c
eived
his
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ch)
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an
d Ch
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ett
e, P.
W.,
ed
s.,
Ca
rbo
nat
e p
etr
ol
eum elor's degree in geology加 m Akita
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r s:
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nge r
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a g, p. 563-569.
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ow, W. H. ,
1969,
Late mid dle Eocene to Rec ent
planktonic
f or
aminiferal Uni versi
ty. He joined Tei
k o
ku Oil in
bi os t
rat
igraphy: Int
ernational Conf e
r ence on Pl anktonic Mi crof
oss i
ls, 195 9 as a ge o
logist a
nd h a
s worke d
I st,
Pro
cee dings,
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ide Japan, in-
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cki ns on,
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he
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and
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ria.
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ser
ved
as
a
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lle
ti
n,
v.
63,
p.
I一3
. member
of t
he Boar
d o
f the
Japanes
e
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a,
0.,
1977,
On
the
iodi
ne-
gas
depos
its
of
dis
sol
ved-
in-
wat
er
type Ass
ociat
ion
for Petr
oleum Tec
hnol-
wi
t
h s
pec
ial
r
efe
ren
ce
t
o l
at
e Ce
noz
oic
st
ra
ti
gr
aph
y o
f J
apa
n,
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n Uj
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y and
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Chair
ma n o
f t
he Ex-
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to,
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ernati
onal
Congres
s on Pa
ciic
f Neogene pl
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ti
on
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t
tee
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he
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me
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on.
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e,
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d Ma
iya
, S.
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ita
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gat
a a
rea
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i
n Ts
uch
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e
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ne
of J
apan; i
ts bi
ost
rat
igr
aphy a
nd chr
onol
ogy:
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P
roj
ect
1
14,
I
nte
rna
ti
ona
l
Wo
rks
hop
on
Pa
cii
f
c
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ne Sa
toshi Tono
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n appoint
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on
(JNOC)
. He
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t
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a,
T. ,
and Ukai,
M.,
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rol
eum
fi
elds
of
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h vol
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c- and has worke
d basi
cally
overse
as,
ro
ck reservoi
rs, i
n Hal
bouty,
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her, J
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a nd Li
an, H.M., i
ncludin
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a,
e
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f ner
gy a
nd mi
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al r
esou
rce
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f th
e Uni
ted Arab
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ati
on of Petroleum Geologis
ts
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25,
p.
276-279. Emi
rat
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d t
o J
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n Febru
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d a
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ype o
f J
apa
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atu
ral
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epo
sit
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i
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f o
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