The essential elements of classification for mode of gas-reserve are ages, . situations, shapes of reservoirs and chemical or physical properties of fluids.
1) Geological age may be fundamentally useful for this object.
2) Natural gas may be accumulated in the high position of some geological structure that: is recognized as usual trap.But the most modes of accumulation in Japan do not be-long to this type. Some pool of commercial importance is in low position of structure.
3) Physical characters of fluids are important to indicate the property of reservoirs. Natu-ral gas exists in reservoirs as liquid phase, gas phase or mixed phase of above two.
4) Soaking-type-gas in the younger deposits is confronted with enclosed-type-gas in the-older sediments.
5) Fluids in reservoirs have many chemical components. Among them two divisions, high and low clorinities, are profitable for practical classification.
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