Regional map showing location of the ghadames basin, north africa. The well is located approximately 650 km southwest of tripoli and 70 km south of elwafa field. Burki, milad mohamed milad 1998 sedimentological analysis and hydrocarbon potential of the upper devonianlower carboniferous tahara sandstones, ghadames basin, western libya. Westeast and northsouth 2d section models across the ghadames basin showing the regional angular hercynian unconformity. Petroleum generation and migration in the ghadames basin, north africa.
Regional twodimensional 2d modeling, using data from more than 30 wells, has been undertaken to assess the timing and distribution of hydrocarbon generation in the basin. The ghadamis basin is a prolific hydrocarbon province, with total recoverable oil discovered to date in excess of 3. Development usaid, has been working with the afghanistan geological survey ags and the afghanistan ministry of. A merge process for eight 3d surveys covering the principal part of the. The sedimentary section within the basin ranges from cambrian to present. National oil company says new field will produce 10,000 barrels a day. The data selection and validation process for the mekong river basin study involved three steps. History of environmental change in the sistan basin based on satellite image analysis. The hydrographic great basin includes the entire area of drainage between the rocky and sierra nevada mountain ranges.
Oct 26, 2018 dea oil and gas exploration summary report summary in december 2017, basf and letterone announced their plans to merge their respective oil and gas businesses in a joint venture through a letter of intent. Geological survey usgs, under an agreement funded by the united states agency for international. It is the only region in north america whose waters do not ultimately flow into an. Role of the usgs in evaluating water availability in the kabul basin. The ghadames basin is a large 350,000 km 2 intracratonic multi cycle basin in north.
Dea oil and gas exploration summary report wood mackenzie. Sep 23, 2014 burial history, temperature variations, and organic matter maturation in the sedimentary rocks in the ghadames basin were numerically reconstructed using the galo system for basin modeling taking into account repeated tectonic stretching and thermal activation events in the basin lithosphere. Geology and hydrocarbon occurrences in the ghadames basin. To achieve sustainable socioeconomic development through equitable utilization of, and benefit from, the common nile basin water resources. Foreign operators reentered the basin over 2012 but security deteriorated in 2014 and we expect unrest to continue in the near to medium term. Regional partnership for cooperative action guided by a shared vision. Tanezzuftghadames structuralstratigraphic assessment. N2 the ghadames basin contains important oil and gasproducing reservoirs distributed across algeria, tunisia, and libya. Pdf petroleum generation and migration in the ghadames basin. Pdf integrated remote sensing data utilization for investigating. Geology and hydrogeology of the kabul basin iii s u m m a r y the kabul basin is a plateau surrounded by mountains located in the eastern central part of the country, and is the site of the afghan capital. The ghadames basin contains a thick sequence of paleozoic strata 15003000 m. Ghadames illizi basin, north africa article pdf available january 2010 with 772 reads how we measure reads.
While not as prolific as the algerian berkine and by the nefusa arch to the north, the tihemboka gargaf arches in the south and the tripolisoda arch 1 petroleum research centre, po box 6431,tripoli, libya. This groundwater basin consists of two major aquifer systems. New insight on petroleum system modeling of ghadames basin. Pdf petroleum generation and migration in the ghadames. Underdown and redfern 2008 performed petroleum system modeling of ghadames basin along a ew section fig. Water resources evaluation in ghadamis basin, libya. Integrated petroleum systems and play fairway analysis in a complex palaeozoic basin. Basement exploration in kg basin the untouched frontier. Interpretation and analysis of the ghadames basin lineaments indicate that the. The estimated recoverable reserves are more than 2 billion barrels of oil, of which a significant portion is in the memouniat sandstone. Dec 12, 2017 libya revives oil project in the ghadames basin 12 december 2017 by wil crisp. Total petroleum systems of the triasghadames province, algeria. Depositional environment of kg basin, east coast of india.
The upper aquifer system mostly formed of carbonate rocks mizdah and nalut formations. As the imprints of at least two major tectonic events are. At this time the berkineghadames basin was a restricted evaporitic basin with a barrier to the north medeninejifarah high separating it from a peritethys area. Jan 31, 2019 the asset report for the libya illizi ghadames exploration basin has been archived. The devonian and silurian shales are the basins major source rocks. Aqueduct metadata document mekong river basin study. The kabul basin covers an area of around 1600 km2 and is divided up into three subbasins. The sirte basin, located in the north central part of libya, is one of four known sedimentary basins in libya. Preliminary geologic map of the wadi as sirhan quadrangle. Cenozoic subsidence and lithospheric stretching deformation. Pdf stratigraphic controls on palaeozoic petroleum.
Availability of water in the kabul basin, afghanistan. Tanezzuftghadames structuralstratigraphic assessment unit 20540301 triasghadames basin geologic province 2054 5 10 35 30 algeria tunisia libya m e d ite rra n e a n s e a sfax 0 250 500kilometers tanezzuftghadames structuralstratigraphic assessment unit 20540301 2056. Tanezzuftghadames structuralstratigraphic assessment unit. Sedimentological analysis and hydrocarbon potential of the. We use cookies and equivalent technologies to collect and analyse information on our sites performance and to enable the site to function. This basin covers an area of about 215,000 km2 in northwestern libya. The productivity of the mekong river basin is dependent on a dramatic process of. In the subsurface, the berkine basin is limited to the west and north by the hassi messaoud and dahar structural ridges, respectively. The basin was affected by major deformation in the late palaeozoic, rifting in the early mesozoic and successive compressional episodes in the cretaceous, paleogene and neogene. This presentation hopefully will be a significant contribution to. Pdf hydrocarbon exploration in the berkine ghadames basin in southern tunisia has generally followed global economic trends. It covers an area of approximately 350,000 km 2 5,5 mi 2 and extends into algeria, libya, and tunisia. As discussed in previous paragraph, 2d model can not be considered representative for the whole basin to infer source rock maturation and hydrocarbon generationmigrationaccumulation, if basin has undergone variable geological complexity along different directions. Murzuq basin began in 1957, and in the last 25 years significant oil accumula tions have been.
The major source rocks are the silurian tanezzuft formation and middle to upper devonian mudstone. These occur throughout the berkine basin and western ghadames basin and are. Ghadames basin is one of the important groundwater basins in libya. Ghadames berkine basin, bounded on the north by the talemzanegefara arch, on the east by the hamra basin, on the south by the illizi basin, and on the west by the amguidhassi touareg structural axis. Determination of reservoir play fairway of the lower acacus. Play, fairway, lower acacus reservoirs, ghadames basin. A drillinginfo better, faster decisions ioooow legend. International journal of science and engineering applications volume 4 issue 6, 2015, issn23197560 online. The sirte basin is a late mesozoic and cenozoic triple junction continental rift extensional basin along northern africa that was initiated during the late jurassic period. Mekong river basin international union for conservation of. It borders a relatively stable paleozoic craton and cratonic sag basins along its southern margins. A twodimensional basinmodeling study article pdf available in aapg bulletin 921. Pdf the ghadames basin contains important oil and gasproducing reservoirs distributed across algeria, tunisia, and libya. Tlacsin formation has been correlated throughout the ghadames basin.
Pdf recent discoveries of oil and gas in triassic reservoirs of the ghadames basin, eastern algeria, suggest that similar. Diagenesis, provenance and reservoir quality of triassic tagi. Meed libya revives oil project in the ghadames basin. B regional map of the ghadamis basin showing the distribution of oil and gas. The east side of the basin is flanked by the hail arch, a broad anticlinal feature that is thought to separate sedimentary facies of the arabian gulf from those of the mediterranean basin powers and others, 1966, p. The civil uprising of 2011 interrupted exploration activity in the basin. Generation of hydrocarbons in the burial history of silurian. Although several total petroleum systems may exist within each of. A reappraisal of triassic reservoirs and future prospectivity article pdf available in aapg bulletin 855 may 2001 with 638 reads how we measure reads. The national oil corporation noc has announced that sonatrach sipex libya operator, oil india, and indian oil report initial information concerning exploration well c19601 drilled in contract area 9596 in ghadames basin.
History of environmental change in the sistan basin. The great basin riparian areas defining the great basin the great basin can be defined within hydrologic, topographic, and climatic parameters. Cookies also allow us and third parties to tailor the ads you see when you visit our site and other third party websites in the same online network, including social networks. The modeling improved the reconstruction of the thermal history of the basin and hydrocarbon. Lisker, constraining the burial history of the ghadames basin, north africa. Shared visionshared vision action on the ground action on the ground shared vision program.
The berkine ghadames basin is an intracratonic basin formed during the panafrican orogeny. Water resources evaluation in ghadamis basin, libya salem rashrash, hanan saleh farag geological engineering department, university of tripoli, faculty of engineering, tripoli, libya abstract ghadames basin is one of the important groundwater basins in libya. Analysis of water use on a large river basin using mike basin. Libya illizi ghadames exploration basin report wood mackenzie. Petroleum generation and migration in the ghadames basin, north. The negative flower structures consists of riedeltype splay faults, which merge in a. The basement, source, and reservoir rocks of this basin are not uniformly distributed, since this basin had periods of complex tectonic operation.
The ghadames basin contains important oil and gasproducing res ervoirs distributed across algeria, tunisia, and libya. Cenozoic subsidence and lithospheric stretching deformation of the ajdabiya trough area, northeast sirt basin, libya h. The investigated well data sets have revealed that the lower acacus formation in ghadames basin can be defined by two deltaic complexes correspond to two distinct prograded clastic wedges, that appear to exhibit significant differences in net sandstone thickness, lateral extension and lithofacies development. Sirte basin epsa relinquished oil area 102 sirte basin epsa relinquished interim arrangement agreement signed ohanet il an farfar sud 1 gas discovery leta ordovicien 1 nfw drilled d west trig 2 exploration well drilled wintershall multiple blocks basf and letterone to merge petroleum assets to form wintersh. The basin developed from the late paleozoic through much of the early cretaceous, with continuous uplift that created the sirte arch. Palaeozoic petroleum systems, ghadames basin, libya. Petroleum generation and migration in the ghadames basin. Ghadames, located within the saharan platform, is an intracratonic polycyclic intracontinental basin encompassing more than 250000 km2 in the western part of north africa.
Three petroleum systems can be distinguished within the basin. Pdf oil and gas exploration in the ghadames basin of. Improving 3d seismic data by dedicated reprocessing and having access to regional mega merge datasets is allowing the omv exploration geologists access to a more detailed understanding of the structural evolution of the ghadames basin in the south of tunisia, and to better characterize the associated structures. The distribution of oil and gasfields in the libyan ghadames basin is strongly influenced by the stratigraphic. A full field static model of the rgoil field, central sirte. Palaeozoic petroleum systems of the murzuq basin, libya.
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