The nile delta and mediterranean deepwater trend along the northern coastline of egypt is. Depositional and petrophysical controls on the volumes of. A braid delta is a coarsegrained delta fed by a braided river. Source rock evaluation and geochemistry of condensates and natural gases, offshore nile delta, egypt. Some fundamentals of petroleum geology free pdf books from bookyards, one of the worlds first online libraries to offer ebooks to be downloaded for free.
A delta is a fan of braided streams and sediment formed when a river discharges. Analysis of petroleum system for exploration and risk. The niger delta basin, also referred to as the niger delta province, is an extensional rift basin located in the niger delta and the gulf of guinea on the passive continental margin near the western coast of nigeria with suspected or proven access to cameroon, equatorial guinea and sao tome and principe. Sedimentology and reservoir quality of a messinian mixed siliciclasticcarbonate succession, onshore nile delta, egypt. There are many ways the field of geology contributes to the petroleum industry. Two thermal geochemical modeling and maturity profiles were constructed to assessment the petroleum accumulation in the study area. Brownfield openfile report 9950h 1999 contents forward by the u. This resource has more than doubled in the last three years, largely from successful deep water exploration for pliocene slopechannel systems. Niger delta province, nigeria cameroon, and equatorial guinea, africa by michele l. In the present study, pay zones petrophysics are studied using an assembly of well log data from 8 wells together with core plugs measurements. Basic petroleum geology principles of petroleum development. The most crucial geochemical fingerprinting biomarkers that have been used to differentiate between nile delta and the western desert oil are oleananes, highlybranched isoprenoids hbi, sterane isomerization, 24norcholestanes, aromatic steroid hydrocarbons and c 30 24npropylcholestanes. Information about the geological societys internationally acclaimed books and journals for authors, editors, librarians and readers. Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the nile delta basin province, eastern mediterranean.
Abu madiel qara is a giant field located in the north eastern part of nile delta and is an important hydrocarbon province in egypt, but the origin of hydrocarbons and their migration are not fully understood. The gulf of suez, western desert and nile delta are the most prolific provinces. Nile delta eratosthenes seamount mediterranean sea sinai sub plate levant basin early mesozoic extension cenozoic compression. Egypts geological history is complex, with multiple phases of basin formation resulting in working petroleum systems from paleozoic through pliocene strata. Siliciclastic deposits of the messinian nile canyon. Unconventional petroleum geology is the first book of its kind to collectively identify, catalog, and assess the exploration and recovery potential of the earths unconventional hydrocarbons. Abstract across the west nile delta, channel complex, channelized lobe, and channellevee turbidite reservoir systems were deposited. He played a major role in the development of this organization with the new mining discoveries. He presents a number of courses on african petroleum geology, petroleum systems analysis, play. World petroleum resources project assessment of undiscovered. New insights on structure and stratigraphic interpretation for. He was educated at cairo, zurich, and harvard universities.
A field, discoveries and hydrocarbon potentials a comprehensive overview, egyptian general petroleum, cairo, egypt, 1994. The oilprone northwest and southeast trending gos basin. Integrate in multidisciplinary team approach of geology, geophysics and petroleum engineering to solve the reservoir heterogeneity challenge. Selection of our books indexed in the book citation index in web of. Evolution of a pliocene upper slope channel complex set, giza. Intechopen open access publisher open science open minds.
Till now over 36 tcf of gas have been discovered since drilling began in 1966. Sharaf geology department, faculty of sciences, ain shams university, 11566 abbassia, cairo, egypt. Supplier of premium fuel products such as diesel, gasoline and liquid petroleum gas. Petroleum geology of the niger delta abstract the niger delta is a large, arcuate delta of the destructive, wavedominated type. In this paper, organic matter content, type, and maturity of source rocks have been evaluated and integrated with the results of basin modeling to improve our understanding of burial. Key challenges to realizing full potential in an emerging giant gas province. These include elements that may react to physiochemical conditions of depositional environments and be useful as geochemical markers.
Norman hyne takes readers through upstream operationsfrom how oil and gas are formed. Elements of petroleum geology kindle edition by selley, richard c download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The main feature is the nile delta hinge zone, a flexure which affects premiocene formations and extends ew across the middle of the onshore delta area, producing step faults figure 4. Dec 01, 2014 buy elements of petroleum geology 3 by richard c. Braid delta sediments from the tertiary of the apsheron peninsula, azerbaijan, have been described by reynolds et al. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. There are several producing oil and gas fields evaluated for. Petroleum potential of an emerging giant gas province, nile delta and mediterranean sea off egypt. Petrophysical analysis showed a good reservoir quality with average water. Historical geologydeltas wikibooks, open books for an open.
This multidisciplinary book by the author of the geology of egypt is the result of many years of research. Source rock evaluation and geochemistry of condensates and. Mohamed abdelaziz younes has recently rejoined the staff of geology department, faculty of science, alexandria university, egypt as a professor of petroleum geology and geochemistry in 2007. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.
Geluk age indicates that the reservoir is made up mainly of eo lian sandstones, with locally some waterlaid sediments. Nile delta petroleum company limited was established in 20 by nile petroleum corporation limited south sudan and niger delta petroleum resources limited nigeria for the purposes of optimizing crude oil production in the light of production performance challenges currently observed in south sudan oil and gas sector. This third edition of elements of petroleum geology is completely updated and revised to reflect the vast changes in the field since publication of the second edition. The province encompasses approximately 250,000 square kilometers of the eastern mediterranean area fig. Ahlbrandt ts 2002 petroleum geology and total petroleum systems of the widyan basin and interior platform of saudi arabia and iraq. The petroleum geology and resources of malaysia in.
Moreover, the petroleum geology and petroleum systems are discussed, as well as the history of geological exploration. Field development typically requires detailed petrophysical analysis and well defined hydraulic flow units for comprehensive formation evaluation and reservoir characterization. May 12, 1920 february 8, 20 was an egyptian scientist. Natural gas geochemistry in the offshore nile delta. Delta petroleum, kzn south africa, with extensive fuel experience, we are in the position to offer onsite fuel supply of the highest quality. The producing fields within the assets are utorogu, ughelli east, and ughelli west, with a total flowstation processing capacity of 90 mbpd. Rare earth element geochemistry of petroleum source rocks. Guide for authors marine and petroleum geology issn 02648172. Depositional history of the west nile delta upper oligocene.
Pd 41 petroleum geology of the niger delta onepetro. Prnewswire delta petroleum corporation delta or the company, now renamed par petroleum corporation as described below, announced that as of today. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. Review of the existing general geologic setting of the nile delta, with particular emphasis on the eastern subbasin area. Structural map of the area cenozoic pliocene generalized lithostratigraphy column of the nile delta area after egpc, 1994 geological history paleocene paleocene sediments were not appear in deep drilling in the nile delta areas that was mostly due to regional uplifts that. Upper egypt and the red sea offer additional potential, as do poorly understood basins across upper egypt. The messinian sequence in the nile delta hosts the most prolific hydrocarbon reservoirs.
A sequence of undercompacted marine clays, overlain by paralic deposits, in turn covered by continental sands, is present throughout, builtup by the imbricated super position of numerous offlap cycles. During the tortonian, a substantial delta complex had already been formed, which was severely eroded during the messinian moderate change of the base level. During the msc the nile created an enormous canyon, measured at a depth of more than 4000m below sea level in the offshore area of the delta. The offshore nile delta basin is considered as one of the most promising hydrocarbon provinces in egypt, with an excellent potential for gas and condensate reserves following future exploration. It is gene rally a greed, ho wever, that the history of t he delta is still only partially. Read sedimentary basins and petroleum geology of the middle east by a. Nile delta you have access restricted access an example study using conventional 3d seismic data to delineate shallow gas drilling hazards from the west delta deep marine concession, offshore nile delta. Fulfillment by amazon fba is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in amazons fulfillment centers, and we directly pack, ship, and provide customer service for these products. Diagenesis and petrophysical characteristics of the shallow. The general structural setting of the delta area has been determined using both geophysical methods and well data. The petroleum geology of egypt and history of exploration.
Geology and petroleum american association of petroleum. Geochemical relations in cores from nile delta, egypt. Blackwell scientific publications, 1990 science 402 pages. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The major volume of the delta petroleum production is mainly from the miocene and. Petrophysical analysis and flow units characterization for.
The geological evolution of the river nile ebook by judson. The nile delta basin contains a thick sequence of neogene. Oil and gas exploration in the deeper objectives is expensive. Rapid bimonthly publication allows early communications of papers or short communications to the geoscience. Devoted to the basic and broad understanding of petroleum geoscience, this book integrates the contributions of geology, geophysics and other branches of geoscience into one complete volume. Advances in hydrocarbon technology and petroleum development systems have recently made the exploration of unconventional hydrocarbonssuch as shale gas.
The offshore nile delta basin is considered as one of the most promising province in egypt which has an excellent potential gas and condensate reserves for future exploration. Nile delta mediterranean offshore, deep water, egypt. This book gives the geological history of the river nile since it. Chemex modular selected by niger delta petroleum resources to expand leading nigerian refinery. Warri river field was previously producing, until an imposed shutin in 1997. The petroleum system from source to trap in the nile delta and north sinai offshore basins, egypt, implications of overpressure on hydrocarbon accumulations. Most of the discoveries in this basin, such as the reservoirs of the upper miocene and the middleupper pliocene, have been enabled by the use of a direct hydrocarbon indicator dhi, based. It attempts to reconstruct the history of the river nile from its origins to its present shape and regimen and also to ascertain the amount of water which has been carried by the river during the course of its history. He is a leading authority on the geology of the niger delta oil and gas province. During the last two decades, the nile delta and the offshore mediterranean sea have been intensively investigated by the petroleum industry. Several nile delta publications in recent years have used very good quality data to illustrate and discuss depositional systems in great detail. In this popular text that has trained thousands in the petroleum industry for years, dr. This book is a usefulprimer for geophysicists, geologists, and petroleum engineers in the oil industry who wish to expand their knowledge beyond their specialized area. Pdf the petroleum system from source to trap in the nile.
Quaternary clastics that are considered to be prospective f. Professor at egyptian petroleum research institute, ministry of scientific research, cairo, egypt email. The nile delta was considered a minor hydrocarbonbearing province where the exploration activities were confined to the. Chemex modular selected by niger delta petroleum resources to. A professor of geology, he was the chairman of the board of the egyptian mining and geological research organization 19681977. In some areas, particularly the berkine basin in algeria, the nile delta in egypt and the rub al khali basin in saudi arabia, attention is also increasingly being focused on developing deeper gas plays, both in new areas and beneath existing producing fields. Tertiary niger delta akataagbada petroleum system no. Sedimentary basins and petroleum geology of the middle.
Egpc egyptian general petroleum cooperation, nile delta and north sinai. Egypt nile delta gas plays take off journal article. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Solimar 1988 paleoecological studies cf oligocene sediments in two offshore wells to the north of the nile delta, egypt. Read the geological evolution of the river nile by judson b. Currently, these areas are the most active exploration and development province in egypt. Marine and petroleum geology is the preeminent international forum for the exchange of multidisciplinary concepts, interpretations and techniques for all concerned with marine and petroleum geology in industry, government and academia. The varied disciplines of geology explore the history of the earth itself in hopes of understanding in greater detail where oil comes from and where more oil might be found, as well as the best ways to retrieve oil and utilize it once it has been retrieved.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading elements of petroleum geology. Petroleum potential of an emerging giant gas province. The nile delta is an emerging giant gas province with proven reserves of approximately 42. Nile delta petroleum company ltd providing worldclass. The geologic history of the nile delta created multiple source, reservoir and seal combinations. Several studies have been carried out on trace metals in oils from the niger delta area nwachukwu et al. However, there is paucity of data on the determination and. Shash, the geology of abu madi gas field, in proceedings of the 11th petroleum exploration and production conference. With regards to your second question on subsurface identification of free gas, this is the classic shallow gas drilling hazard problem. Understand the basic geological exploration aspects and gain the requirements to carry on further petroleum engineering studies. Delta petroleum corporation, now renamed par petroleum. Pdf the petroleum system from source to trap in the nile delta.
Regional geology and petroleum systems of the main. Geology is the science that deals with the history and structure of the earth and its life forms, especially as recorded in the rock record. The data presented in this study adds regional context to the common understanding. Until the new concepts for gas were established, the petroleum geology of egypt was dominated by three elements. Broadhead, new mexico bureau of geology and mineral resources, a division of new mexico institute of mining and technology introduction the oil and natural gas that are produced from oil and gas fields reside in porous and permeable rocks reservoirs in which these liquids have collected and accumulated. North of the hinge zone, large normal faults are the dominant structures. Introduction to the petroleum geology of the north sea. Recently acquired 3d seismic surveys in the onshore, offshore and transition zone were interpreted as part of a nile delta. The petroleum geology of egypt is dominated by three elements. World petroleum resources project assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the nile delta basin province, eastern mediterranean the u. For the older set of geologists, it should bring warm memories of words, phrases, maps and descriptions revisited. Sedimentological architecture, shelfedge trajectories and.
It is also an excellent introductory text for a university. Khaled and others published subsurface geology and petroleum system in the eastern offshore area, nile delta. This second edition has been updated to include the latest informatioon on applying the geosciences to reducing the risk in petroleum exploration. This study aimed to characterize the origin of natural gas and to determine whether it is biogenic, thermogenic or mixed processes which are considered the dominant generation pathways. The gasprone northwest and southeast trending nile delta basin. A basic understanding of its concepts and processes is essential in the petroleum industry, for it is used to predict where oil accumulations might occur. Order publications, find out about the lyell collection and read guidelines for preparing a paper or submitting a book proposal. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. The petroleum geology and resources of malaysia in searchworks catalog skip to search skip to main content. Sedimentology and reservoir quality of a messinian mixed. Oml 34 is located in the western niger delta and covers an area of some 950 square kilometers. Key challenges to realizing full potential in an emerging. Natural gas geochemistry in the offshore nile delta, egypt.