Tight sandstone and shale oil reservoirs are one of the
most promising
and realistic important oil exploration fields in the 21st century.
The research on the development technology of tight sandstone and
shale oil reservoirs has important theoretical and practical significance
for the exploration and development of tight sandstone and shale oil
reservoirs in China. First, this article introduces the distribution
of tight oil in the world and calculates the recoverable reserves
of tight oil technology worldwide. The review also introduces the
current status of tight oil exploration and development in major countries
such as the United States, Canada, and China, including the distribution
of tight oil resources, the main parameters of tight oil basins, and
tight oil production. Second, it analyzes the current development
status of tight oil in the United States, summarizes the four main
factors that led to the success of tight oil exploration and development
in the United States, and points out the impact of the successful
development of tight oil in the United States on the global oil supply
and demand relationship. Third, in the review of the main development
technologies for tight oil, the current status, application, and progress
of the main development technologies for tight oil are summarized
and analyzed, including horizontal well drilling, fracturing and transformation
technology, microscale seismic diagnosis, gas injection, and other
technologies. Finally, the development examples of tight oil such
as the Bakun shale in the United States are analyzed, and the application
effects and experiences of horizontal well volume fracturing in regions
such as the United States are summarized.