Regional seal control on oil accumulation in muglad basin of sudan. In order to investigate pieces of evidence of a heavyoil shalysand reservoir from seismic data, besides geochemistry, we studied seismic attributes and characterized the reservoir using seismic stack data and well logging data. Pdf petroleum geology of the fula subbasin, muglad basin, sudan. Williston basin russia petroleum geology subscription information. Uganda albert edward rift exploration basin report wood. The deep cretaceous tertiary basins form part of a regionally linked intracontinental rift system that crosses central africa fig. Only three cores containing welldated cretaceous deepsea sediment are known from the arctic ocean. We calculated lames constant and shear modulus from the log data in the muglad basin. Feb 01, 2001 read structural development and crustal stretching in the muglad basin, southern sudan, journal of african earth sciences on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. The basement, source, and reservoir rocks of this basin are not uniformly distributed, since this basin had periods of complex tectonic operation.
Petroleum system of the fula depression at the muglad basin in the. The fula sub basin is a faultbounded depression located in the ne of the muglad basin, sudan, and covers an area of about 3560 km2. Pdf depositional models in cretaceous rift stage of fula. Sequence stratigraphy and sedimentary facies of fula subbasin, muglad basin sudan rashid a. The muglad basin is one of the largest petroliferous basins within the central and western african rift system wcars. It lies in the prolific muglad basin, about 780 kms in the southwest of khartoum, the capital of sudan. Pdf the fula subbasin of the muglad basin of southern sudan is an activefault bounded basin with an area of approximately 3300 km2. This presentation hopefully will be a significant contribution to. A guide to using the basin2 software package basin. May 25, 2011 at present, discoveries in this system are all largeduty oil fields. Muglad basin is a continental rift basin developed during the mesozoiccenozoic time under.
It was formed by tension effect under the background of the dextral shear stress field of the central african shear zone schull, 1988, allen and allen, 1990. The basin data is derived from a lower resolution grid which has been upsampled using gmt. H altayeb departement of earth sciences, university of the western cape, bellville, south africa. In this study we tried to find out anisotropic parameters from log data using backus averaging, then applied it to lithofacies discrimination. Pdf petroleum geology of the melut basin and the great. Eleven oilfields and oilbearing structures have been. I am developing this interpreter for selflearning purposes,dont take it serious. Geology of the muglad rift basin of interior sudan hassan a. Shows the area of study in the muglad basin, sudan and the main oil fields discovered.
Ahmed and maduka bertram ozumba pan african university pau life and earth sciences institute university of ibadan, nigeria abstract. The study area was the muglad rift basin in south sudan. It covers large parts of the west african craton in mauritania and mali. Pdf petroleum geology of the fulasub basin, muglad basin.
Pdf petroleum maturation modelling, abu gabrasharaf area. This page bundles the available data for the muglad basin in the africa. Summary the muglad basin is a northwestsoutheast trending rift depository in central sudan, and forms an important part of the west and. The basin is situated within southern sudan and south sudan, and it covers an area of approximately 120,000 square kilometres 46,000 sq mi across the two nations. The melut basin is a mesocenozoic rift basin accompanied by the formation and development of the central. Mike hydro basin is designed for analysing water sharing issues at international, national or local river basin scale. The fula subbasin is a faultbounded depression located in the ne of the muglad basin, sudan, and covers an area of about 3560 km2. Since the 1970s, a number of oil fields have been found. Muglad basin is an important hydrocarbon sedimentary basins of north africa, in southern sudan, an area of about 120,000 square kilometers. Purchase of an open document does not constitute license for republication in any form, nor does it allow web posting without prior written permission. Summary petrophysical evaluation, unconventional reservoirs, tight reservoirs, abu gabra formation, muglad basin, sudan. Formed in the early cretaceous period, it belongs to the cenozoic rift basin.
Seismic interpretation and tectonic regime of sudanese. The stratigraphic successions in the bida basin and their relationship to those in the anambra basin is shown in figure 4 while figure 5. Geology of the muglad rift basin of interior sudan iosr journal. Late cretaceous sporepollen zonation of the central. Hunter, eckart schrank, and mohd suhaili bin ismail late cretaceous sporepollen zonation of the central african rift system cars, kaikang trough, muglad basin, south sudan. The gross thickness of the reservoirs ranges from 7. Your use of this pdf, the bioone complete website, and all posted and. The study succeeded in establishing water saturation model for the fula sub basin based on neural networking which was very consistent with the core data, and hence has been used for net pay determination. Late cretaceous sporepollen zonation of the central african. This could have introduced an accuracy which is beyond the original data. Petroleum geology of the fula subbasin, muglad basin, sudan. Seismic attributes for characterization of a heavyoil shaly.
Structural development and crustal stretching in the muglad. Petroleum system of the fula depression at the muglad basin. The structure of the muglad basin is located at the tilted up thrown side of the normal fault block. Lithofacies identification using anisotropic parameters from. Regional seal control on oil accumulation in muglad basin of. Seismic interpretation and tectonic regime of sudanese rift. The taoudeni basin is a major geological formation in west africa, named after the taoudenni village in northern mali. The muglad basin, with an area of approximately 1500,000 km 2, is the largest basin in the sudan and south sudan. Comprehensive fluid saturation study for the fula north. The muglad basin is a typical mesocenozoic passive rift basin on the precambrian craton basement with its area of about 15. Pdf tectonosequence stratigraphic analysis of the lower. The muglad basin is one of a mesozoiccenozoic intracontinental rift basin and is an important part of the west and central african rift system wcars, fig. A guide to using the basin2 software package basin modeling with basin2 release 5. There have been more than 15 oil and oil and gas discoveries.
High temperatures in the late cretaceous arctic ocean nature. The study of sequence stratigraphy and sedimentary system. Angiosperm pollen are relatively less abundant, but become diverse by the late cretaceous although they occur in. Angiosperm spread and links to the elaterates province, palynology 414, 547578, 1 october 2017. The study area with the major subbasins, the oil exploration wells, the seismic sections and the bouguer gravity map used in the study and the location of the cross. Sequence stratigraphy and sedimentary facies of fula subbasin. Bethke mingkuo lee jungho park hydrogeology program.
Tectonostratigraphic model for the north croatian and. Depositional models in cretaceous rift stage of fula sag, muglad basin, sudan. It is of considerable interest due to its possible reserves of oil. Petroleum system modeling and exploration potential of abu.
Analysis of sequence stratigraphy and depositional systems of fula depression, muglad basin in sudan, china university of geosciences, beijing 2002, pp. Pages in category sedimentary basins of africa the following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. The weakness zones on the rigid basement of sudanese rift system and the relative movement occurring under the united action of regional stress field played controlling roles in the structural framework and its evolution in the overlying sedimentary covers. Oiloil and oilsource rock correlations in the muglad basin. Abstractthis paper presents a first detailed study on and new zonation scheme for the kaikang trough, muglad basin of south sudan. The muglad basin is located in the hinterland of the africa continent. This paper presents 3d geomodelling with gocad software of thick continental clastic sequences of cretaceous reservoir sediments deposits in the muglad rift basin using sequence. Outlines of the geology of sudan sudan geological study was focused on the surface geology mainly for surface mapping and limited shallow mining activities. Reservoir characterization using multi geophysical data for. Dec 11, 2018 uganda albert edward rift exploration basin report summary located in western uganda, the albertedward rift basin is the first east african rift system to have provided significant onshore oil finds and has spurred exploration in similar nearby basins, notably in kenya.
Pdf petroleum geology of the fula subbasin, muglad basin. Regional seal control on oil accumulation in muglad basin of sudan article pdf available in shiyou xuebaoacta petrolei sinica 273. Depositional models in cretaceous rift stage of fula sag, muglad. Risk exploration of the fula depression is of short cycle and high benefit, which will be of great help for exploration in the muglad basin. Palynozonation of the cretaceous to lower paleogene strata of. Hydrocarbon potential evaluation of the source rocks from the. A total of 42 oil samples including light, normal and heavy crude oils from the cretaceous reservoirs of the muglad basin were systematically analyzed to fully understand their geochemical characteristics and possible origins. The muglad basin is a large rift basin in northern africa.
The material is dominated throughout the early and mid cretaceous by rich pteridophytebryophyte spores and gymnosperm pollen. I have just modified 2 external links on muglad basin. Structural development and crustal stretching in the muglad basin. Regional geology and tectonic settings in the muglad basin of. Geochemistry and possible origins of biodegraded oils in the. The kaikang trough lies within the central sediment locus of the muglad basin, a nonmarine african cratonic basin within the central african rift system cars two wells, kw1 and k4, were examined leading to the recognition of five palynological assemblage zones. We relate the marine input into muglad basin during the l. Study of the tectonic history of sedimentary basins is crucial in the sense of understanding their hydrocarbon prospectivity. The muglad rift basin of interior sudan is an integral part of the west and central african rift system wcars. Msc september 2016 this study has been conducted to accurately determine uid saturation within ulaf sub basin reservoirs which is located at the southern part of the republic of sudan. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple faq for additional information.
The study of sequence stratigraphy and sedimentary system in. Oiloil and oilsource rock correlations in the muglad. Oiloil and oilsource rock correlations in the muglad basin, sudan and south sudan. The form of the basin agrees with the model of a rift basin developed over an extended period of time. With the recent discovery of commercial hydrocarbon, extensive subsurface data has been acquired both offshore and onshore. The images are hyperlinks and will open up a separate window with a high resolution pdf image of the map. Mike hydro basin is a multipurpose, mapbased decision support tool for integrated water resources analysis, planning and management of river basins. Pspetroleum system modeling and exploration potential of abu sufyan subbaisn, muglad basin, the republic of sudan zhi li1, yanli shi1, risheng gao1, and yongdi su1. The oil and gas basins of africa spiral imperial college london.
Pdf the fula subbasin is a faultbounded depression located in the ne of the muglad basin, sudan, and covers an area of about 3560 km2. The full text of this article hosted at is unavailable due to technical difficulties. The threeway faulted anticline dip to nwse direction. I will try to follow syntax of qbasic as close as i can. Comprehensive fluid saturation study for the fula north field.
Tectonic inversion and petroleum system implications in the rifts of central africa marian jenner warren jenner geoconsulting, suite 208, 1235 17th ave sw, calgary, alberta, canada, t2t 0c2 marian. Petrophysical evaluation for unconventional reservoirs. Dou and others published petroleum geology of the fulasub basin, muglad basin find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Fiftysix ditchcutting samples from two exploration wells, azx1 and khx1, in the muglad basin, sudan were analysed for their palynofloral content. Regional seal control on oil accumulation in muglad basin. Muglad basin, sudan i m omer fadul abul gebbayin, n zhong, q luo, e. Ovl, the overseas arm of the stateowned oil and natural gas corporation ongc, in 2003 had bought a 25 per cent stake in greater nile oil project gnop comprising block 1, 2 and 4 in the undivided sudan. Petroleum maturation modelling, abu gabrasharaf area, muglad. Sedimentary analysis and facies associations may enhance accuracy of sequence core very stratigraphic correlation of fula subbasin.