Integrated Oil & Gas Geology Analysis Using Remote Sensing, Seismic and Aeromagnetic Data
We improved our understanding of the regional oil & gas geology through the analysis of TM, SAR and NOAA mosaic images by correlating and integrating the results with those obtained from seismic profiling and extended aeromagnetic data as well as surface geological survey results.

1. Data correlation and integrated analyzing and previous research in the Chaoshui and Yabulai basins were formed under the conrol of a series of NW and NE faults. Furthermore, our study indicates that the E-2 striking faults also controlled the formation of the basins and that different sections of the basins were controlled by different groups of regional faults.
2. The sedimentary thickness and depocenter of the Jurasic and Cretaceous in the Chaoshui Basin are closely related to the differential movement among the fault blocks of the basin, while those in the Yabulai Basin are related to the tilting of the ridge basement in different stages.
3. Interpretation of the structure traps is a very important task in the study of basin oil & gas geology.

Good results have also been achieved from the interpretation of folds and circular structures in the Mesozoic sediments of the Chaoshui and yabulai basins.

1. Using TM and SAR image mosaics, we have documented folds in the Mesozoic sediments in the Southeast of the Badanjilin desert where the burial depth is not very large. These folds have never been identified on the 1:200,000 regional geological map. In the Yabulai-Yanchang area, at southeastern end of the Yabuali - Yanchang area, at southeastern end of the Yabulai basin, the TM and SAR image mosaics show a NE oriented chain of circular structures. These features have been revealed for the first time with the help of remote sensing data (Fig.4).
   
   
   Figure 4: SAR + TM741
   
2. By using remote sensing and seismic data, an N-S oriented fold and circular structure belt was identified. This belt is running through the two basins, and, based of integrated remote sensing analysis, it bears most promising potential for oil and gas.