Abstract:As an unconventional oil and gas resource, oil sand deposits are characterized by shallow burial depths and significant variability in reservoir petrophysical properties. There is a significant difficulty in reservoir comparison. In order to effectively utilize various exploratory data for identification and comparison of oil sand reservoirs, taking an oil sand deposit in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region as an example, based on microscopic reservoir petrological characteristics, logging features, and marker beds, lateral comparative analysis has been carried out. It is indicated that the reservoir rocks of Qiketai formation are predominantly coarse grained with a composition rich in feldspar. The oil sand layers exhibit fundamental petrophysical characteristics, such as low natural gamma values, certain negative anomalies in spontaneous potential, and low compensated neutron values. Comparing to waterbearing layers, array induction resistivity curves change from "increased resistance intrusion" characteristics typical of waterbearing zones to slightly "decreased resistance intrusion" features, and absolute resistivity values are also increasing. Additionally, there is a noticeable envelope area between the array induction resistivity and lithology density curves, and shows a "mirror symmetry" feature.Through analysis of lithological associations, sand body (orebody) correlation markers, depositional environments, and interbedded layers within Qiketai formation, it is showed that the thickness distribution of oil sands in the study area is relatively stable, primarily in platelike forms with a small amount of lenticular structures. The average effective thickness of Qiketai oil sand deposit reaches approximately 16m.