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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

sland一ar
c s
ett
ing
Ja
pan'
s 
dome
sti
c 
oi
        l 
and 
gas
 pr

    
du
cti
on 
cov
- 。 ,. ‘.严 J
j a吧
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Lori
}a 

三竺。OT 
japun甲as
in 止之二才又 少as
in Paci
fic 
O cean

rs 
onl
y 
a 
sma
llpa
 rt 
oft
he 
not

on'
s 
de
man
d. 
How-

ver
, a 
gre
at 
deal
 o
f e
xpl
orat
ion 
e加r
t 
ove
r mor


han 
a c
ent
ury 
has 

ed 

o t
he 
dis
cov
ery 

}f 

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-

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

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.

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



de 

f 
no
rt
he
rn 
Hon
shu
. i
ng 
a l



f 


e 
he 

Se
mo
a 
un


f 
 o
Ja
f 
pa
vo
n 
lc
du
an




c 
g 


ea


k.
ly 
 
mi
The
dd


e 
e 

Mi
olca

ce
ni

c 
e 
ro



me
ks 
. 

ha


od
e 









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-

oir
s 
and 

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

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

fr
om  3.0 to 5.5 '
C/ 100  m (and some e x
cept i
onally hi
gh  val
ues up t

mo
st 

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


n J
apa
n b
eca
use 
th
妙re
tai
n 
fa
vor
abl
e 
por
osi

ies
' i
mma ture (Dickinson a nd Seeley, 1979). 
The refore, 
at  
a gi
ven  t
her-

ven 
bel
ow 
4,0
 
00 
met
ers 
and 
pro
duc
e c
omi
ner
cial

Y ma l
 ma turity level, t
h e conditi
ons  f
or hy dr
oc arbon  migrat
ion a n

accumul
ati
on 
are 
mor
e f
avor
abl
e i
n t
he 
backar
c basi
ns 
than 
in 
the

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

as i
ns cont
ain varyi
ng quantit
ies of vol
canic ma t
e r
ial
s derived 
fro

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.


xpl
ora
ti
on
Se
diment
ary 
bas
ins
Te
ctoni
c s
ett
ing
Th
e 
ba
se
men
t 

oc
ks
 o
f 

he
 N
eog
en
e 
se
ct

ons
 o
fb
 a
ck
ar
c 
ba
si
ns
 
ar


apa
n 
is
 l
oc
at
ed。
。th
e 
we
st
er
n 
mar
gi
n 
of
 t
he
 P
ac
if

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

The numerous 
sedime nt
ary basi
ns i
n Japan contai
n mos tl
y Neogene ti
lt
ed, 
and 
subsi
ded 
at 

he beg
inning of 

he d
eposit
ion 
of 
th
e Neoge
ne
se
que nc
es. 
Amon g 
them,  

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

Relat
ivel
y undeformed se
cti
on s 
occur i
n fo
re    
arc 
b a
sins al
ong t
he Neogene 

edi
me nt
ary 
ba s
ins 
occupy 
onl
y 1
0 pe
rce
nt 
o f
 t
he 

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

ins 
al
ong 

he 
Sea 
of 
Jap
an 

fig.
 1)
. Ma
jor 

old
s a
nd 
ass
oci
ate
d f
aul

s f
ull
y s
hown 

n ig.
f  3)
 h
ave 
vas
t s
edi
men
tar
y a
rea
s.

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
    

ace t
o pl
ace 
but

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

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

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

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

apan, i
ntense 
subma r
ine volca
nism,  
pr
esumably r
ela
ted to 
the 
open- Neoge n
e  s
ec t

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

,"

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

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)


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、

nter
cal
ated 
wit
h vol
cani
c r
ese
rvoi
rs.
 as 
obs
erved 
in 
a wel
l dr
ill
ed !




he 
Aki
ta 
area,
 have 
some 
sour
ce-
rock 
pot
ent
ial
. The 
lat
est 
inf
orm.


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.


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, :

mode and period of volcanic acti
vit
y, 
a nd nat
ure an
d t
iming of

ect
oni
c movement

St
rat
igraphy and vol
canic rese
rvoir

Th
e 
st

at
ig
ra
phy
 o
f 

he 
Ne
og
ene 

ec
ti
on
s i
n 
th
e 
Ni
ig
at
a 

re
a 
(f

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

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

hat  
we re depo si
ted in a st
agna nt marin
e  environmen t. Th e sourc

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

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

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

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  

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-
号口││  
  │
道     │

芝       │      │

             │

c             │
2            │

C匀         ├─────────┬──────────┼────┬────┤│
││
L IT
lowe

r t
ha

n 2,

500 

m 

a nd 

are Mi oc en e to  Qua terna ry in 
                               │
age 
P R O D U C E D
(Fu ku
 O
ta,IL / G A S  ││

a       │      │
O             │
卜           │
││ CLASTI C           │
VOLCANI C│ SAND-   ││ 1
C            │
VOLCANI 977 ). In  co ntrast to con ven ti
on a l g as  reservoi rs, the  pr odu cin

5一     │      │
多             │
哎           │
SEDI M ENT          │
ROCK                │
ROCK    │ STONE   ││
││
10一    │      │
CJ            │ forma tio
ns
乏           │                  │                    │        │        ││
││  do  not  
neces s
arily con tain tra diti
o na l 
structura l 
traps s uc

15一    │      │
,J           │
a二         │                  │                    │        │        ││
││ 口J            │
as anticl
ine  or fau l

C ,         │                  │                    │        │        ││
││        │      │
.J, ││        │      │              │  

raps. No 
       │                  │                    │        │        ││ cle ar relations hip  has been  e s
tabl ishe

岁    │
N.22          │


-'
NH
,Z
││        │
-   │
SAND.G
  R
AV EL      │ 一                   │ bet
0       │        ││wee n s tru ctural p osit
ion an d t h e g as-produ c ti
on r ate. Ga s-
日    │              │            │
SILT 
WI TH S AND    │ 1 ““。〔‘’
‘〔   │        │        ││
││        │ dissolved-in -wa ter deposits prod uc e dr y ga s (me t
ha ne on ly)  
an d ar

chara c
terize d  by  li
gh t c
a rbon- isotopi c  comp os it
ions  rang ing  from
岁    ├───────┤
││        │
<          │
GREY  MUDST O
NE     │                    │
O        │ 一6
O        ││ 5 to一7 5 pa rts 
p e
r thou sand.  
Th e me thane  is. t
he refore,  
be li
e ve

-     │              ├──────┼─────────┤      
N2 1           │
N. 


││        │
          │                  │                    │        │        ││
││        │      │
to have be
《           │                  │                    │        │        ││
││        │      ├───────┤
9         │
〕,        ├─────────┤                    │        │        ││
││        │      │ en  g enerated as a r
es ult of ba cterial activity (Na ka i,
 196 0).
Cl a
stic-ro ck re s
ervoirs ha ve  be en  imp or t
a nt contrib utors to oil   
二           │
││        │      │              │
ALTERNA TION  OF     │                    │        │        ││
子J          │
SANDST ON E  
AN D      │                    │        │        ││
││        │      │              │

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


reservoirs, wi th the exc e
pt i
on  ot  dee p-wa ter carbo na t
e  r
es ervoir s 
at
葬          │
ALTE
NAB           │

RN
‘        │

TIO
SANDSTONE 
N  OF    │                    │
││        │      ├───────┤
O        │
. O      ││ the 
AND     │                    │        │        ││
Fu kub e
││        │      │
za wa  oil fi
eld  i
n Ak ita (s ee  Aoy a gi, 19 85) . The  ma jor
口 J          │
sands t
o n
e  re servoirs in 
M UDST ONE           │                    │        │        ││
││        ├───┼───────┤
Ja pan  we re  de pos it
e d  as turbidi t
es . Th es

目 J
J    │
N .1 7

石巴   ├───────┤    
││        │
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res
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ervoirs 
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ur i

n backa

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││        │  
Ja pan s i
de (igs
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In  a forea rc basin on  the Pa ci
ic

芝     │              │     Oc ea
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││        │ n  si
d e,  commer cial ga s de po sits a re fo un d in  sha l
low- wa ter
IJJ



   │              │
sands t
o n
e  rese rvoirs 

O 二          │                  │                    │        │        ││

  │              │

││        │

││        │
          │                  │                    │        │        ││
t th
e  Iwa ki ga s fi
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al

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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

习 ││        ├───┼───────┤ fi
eld  i
n 1 958. Since 
        │                  │                    │        │        ││ thi
s discover
y, v olcanic ma sses have been
之     ├───────┤
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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   │
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gas ha
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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  │                  │                    │        │        ││
││        │  
│              │      

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

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ahi
ra 
and 
Ukai
, 1
976;
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su 
and 
other
s, 
1984)

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││        │
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orat
ion 
act
ivi
ti
es
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墓 ││        │  

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th
an 
1,
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at
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ll
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7          │  
蓬        │                  │                 
││        │
du
rin
g t
he 
per
iod 

rom 
1941
 t
hro
ugh 
1989,
 but
 on
ly 
160 
wer
e dr
il
le

of
fsh
ore 
dur
ing 

he 
per
iod 

rom 
1967 

o 1
989.
 Th
e e
las
ti
c s
ect
ion
s o

23-乏    │

、一,
沪尸

E│
SOZO       │                  │                    │└────┘      │
││        │
    │      │              │            │                  └──────────┤                  │
││ th
e o
nsho
re 
Aki
ta 
and 
Nii
gat
a a
rea
s a
re 

n a 
mat
ure 

tag
e i
n t
erms
 of

-一   │    
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│├────┤
、、 一户│      │              │            │                                        │                  ││
││
petroleum  e
x plorati
on.
A  few p rivate 
oil     

frms  h
a ve been con duc ti
n g explor ation  a
c t

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

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

ion 
fr
om a C
urre
n t
 wel
l i
n t
he 
Niig
ata 
area 
sugges
ts 

hat
 s
hal
es 
bel
ow -Gr een  Tuf"  a n
d  Creta ceous  and Pa leogen e  targets. As  se e
n  i


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

ock 
pot
ent
ial
. accor dingly. Mo st of th e cu rrentl
y  produc i
ng  volca nic  reservoir

have  be en fou nd wi t
hou t  s
eismi c surveys  bec aus e t
he  top og raphi

rel
ief  of  th
e  ie
f lds an d  the thick v olcanic  aggl ome rate  ro cks a

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

apa
n'
s 

et
ro
le
um 

es
ou
rc
es
 c
an 

e 
di
vi
de
d 
in

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,

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

on of
 cl
ast

c  

ecti
ons
 i
n 
o n
shor
e ar
ea
s  
of 
Ja
pan 


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 

he 
mat
ure 
st
age.
 
par
ti
cul
ar
ly 

Se
ptember 
1991
239

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M.S.
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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


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


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

Hokkai
do.

Ac
knowl
edgme
nt
Th
e 
au
th
or
s 
wi
sh
 t
o 
ex
pr
es
s 
th
ei
r 

han
ks 

o 
Dr
. 
N. 
Koma
ts
u,
 V
ic

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


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Figure 
6.-Di
  st
ribu
tion o
ft 
he 
gas-
dis
sol
ved-
in-
wat
er 

ype 

shad

ed) 
of g
as-be
ari
ng basins 
in 
Japan.   


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

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及 节 V
3000     

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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 

otal 
de
pths 

f e
xpl
ora
tor
y we
lls 
and 
oi
l 
and 
gas舟 h
is 

n Ja
pan.



4 
Figu
re 
8.-M可o
  r o
il 
and 
gas 
ie
f l
ds 

n J
apa
n.

300
NO-

AGA 
OKI KITA
AGA OKI       200
1口nOO比d

YABA

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KI
 O
KI 100

0   
0 -
HI
GASHI
 NI
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 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 

n Ja
pan 

inc
e 1
919.

Sept
ember 
1991
241

Ref
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
, Or

gin 
of 
the 
Mio
cen
e c
arb
ona
te 
res
erv
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. 
He  r
e c
eived 
his 
ba ch-
Ro
ch)
, P.
O.,
 an
d Ch
oqu
ett
e, P.
W.,
 ed
s.,
 Ca
rbo
nat
e p
etr
ol
eum     elor's degree in geology加 m  Akita
res ervoi
r s: 
New  York, Spr i
nge r
-Ver i
a g, p. 563-569.     
Bl
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, 
v. 1, 
p.  199-421 .      both  i
nside  and ou ts
ide Japan, in-
Di
cki ns on, 
W. R. , 
and Seeley,  D.R., 1 979,  Struct
ure and  s
trati
graphy of cluding  i
n  Mal a
ys i
a, Alaska of t
he
fo rearc r egions: Ame rican As soci a
tion of Pet roleum Geol ogists     US
A, 
and 
Nige
ria.
 He 
ser
ved 
as 

Bu
lle
ti
n, 
v. 
63,
 
p. 
I一3
.      member 
of t
he Boar
d o
f the 
Japanes

Fukut
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

h s
pec
ial
 r
efe
ren
ce 

o l
at
e Ce
noz
oic 
st
ra
ti
gr
aph
y o
f J
apa
n, 

n Uj
ii
e,     og
y and 
also as 
Chair
ma n o
f t
he Ex-
H., and Sai
to, 
T., e
ds.
, Int
ernati
onal 
Congres
s  on Pa
ciic 
f Neogene     pl
ora
ti
on 
Commi

tee 
of 

he 
sa
me 
as-
St
rati
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, 
Tokyo,
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oceedi
ngs
, p. 
332-334.      soci
ati
on.

keb
e, 
Y.,
 an
d Ma
iya
, S.
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981
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ita 
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gat
a a
rea
s, 

n Ts
uch
i, 
R.,

d.,
 Neoge
ne 
of J
apan; i
ts bi
ost
rat
igr
aphy a
nd chr
onol
ogy:
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roj
ect
   

14,
   

nte
rna
ti
ona
l   
Wo
rks
hop   
on   
Pa
cii

c   
Ne
oge
ne     Sa
toshi Tono 
has bee
n appoint
ed a

Biostr
ati
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the Geolo
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shi
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on 
(JNOC)
. He 
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10, p. 
23-34.      Tei
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geologis

Ka
tahir
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T. , 
and Ukai, 
M., 
1976, 
Pet
rol
eum 
fi
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of 
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h vol
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c- and has worke
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overse
as,
ro
ck reservoi
rs, i
n Hal
bouty, 
M.T., Ma
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25,  
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276-279.      Emi
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 He 
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d t
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