Analysis of petroleum system for exploration and risk. Pdf subsurface geology and petroleum system in the eastern. Overall, geochemical and biological marker analyses of twelve crude oil and condensate samples taken from seven oilgasfields located in the nile delta and the western desert basins of egypt, were effective in identifying and geographically defining two major oil families related by age and source rock depositional environment. Nile deltamediterranean offshore, deep water, egypt a paper given at the hgs international explorationists dinner meeting on 20 september, 2004. Niger delta province, nigeria cameroon, and equatorial guinea, africa by michele l. The gasprone northwest and southeast trending nile delta basin. Read the geological evolution of the river nile by judson b. The nile delta is an emerging giant gas province with proven reserves of approximately 42.
Key challenges to realizing full potential in an emerging. Till now over 36 tcf of gas have been discovered since drilling began in 1966. The main gas fields of the study are port fouad and wakar. The messinian sequence in the nile delta hosts the most prolific hydrocarbon reservoirs. This second edition of elements of petroleum geology is completely updated and revised to reflect the vast changes in the field in the fifteen years since publication of the first edition. Several nile delta publications in recent years have used very good quality data to illustrate and discuss depositional systems in great detail. The planets longest river, the nile, has a mouth that forms a famous triangle called the nile delta.
Abumadi formation has been drilled in the baltim gas field, offshore nile delta, and is deposited in a fluviomarine environment which exhibits complex lithofacies. Artifacts belonging to ancient sites have been found on the delta s coast. In march 2015, the two partners signed final project agreements with the egyptian minister of petroleum, the egyptian general petroleum corporation and the egyptian natural gas holding company. Petroleum potential of an emerging giant gas province, nile delta and mediterranean sea off egypt. Evolution of a pliocene upper slope channel complex set, giza. 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. Discovered in july 2015, the field is part of the abu madi west development license. Sedimentology and reservoir quality of a messinian mixed siliciclasticcarbonate succession, onshore nile delta, egypt.
Archaeology of the nile delta research papers academia. The geologic history of the nile delta created multiple source, reservoir and seal combinations. 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. Brownfield openfile report 9950h 1999 contents forward by the u. While the 21stcentury aapg bulletin has undergone some changes since 1917, enlarging to 8. The delta is formed by the division of the branches of the river nile as it flows south through the valley formed by the nile in upper egypt. Recognizing of detail rock genetic types in abumadi formation using log curve shapes techniques is the main object of this research work. Although the ancient egyptians lived on only a small f.
Such results are crucial for the efficient field development and profound reservoir management of oil and gas fields in the nile delta. The study area is located in the eastern offshore area of the nile delta of egypt, between long. Selection of our books indexed in the book citation index in web of. In the search for hydrocarbons, highresolution biostratigraphy has long been established as highimpact and lowcost solution to face the challenges in the move towards structurally more complex and unexplored areas. It is gene rally a greed, ho wever, that the history of t he delta is still only partially. Water pollution in the nile branches as well as its lakes is caused by agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and urban and industrial effluents. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the us or from the uk, depending on stock availability. Most of egypts habitable land is within the nile delta and along the nile river. Egypts geological history is complex, with multiple phases of basin formation resulting in working petroleum systems from paleozoic through pliocene strata. Pdf the petroleum system from source to trap in the nile delta.
Exploration activity, particularly in the offshore nile delta and mediterranean, continues to add new giant field discoveries which extend eastward into the levant basin. There are many ways the field of geology contributes to the petroleum industry. Pd 41 petroleum geology of the niger delta onepetro. The wadi passes through gharb darfur near the northern border with chad and meets up with the nile near the southern point of the great bend. The nile delta area is now the major oil and gasproducing area of egypt. The delta begins approximately 20 km north of cairo and extends north for about 150 km. The main aim of this work is to construct geologic model contaning structure and basin model of the eastern offshore area of the nile delta of egypt within east mediterranean offshore area.
Oil and gas exploration in the deeper objectives is expensive. The delta was a major constituent of lower egypt, and there are many archaeological sites in and around the delta. World petroleum resources project assessment of undiscovered. This resource has more than doubled in the last three years, largely from successful deep water exploration for pliocene slopechannel systems. The nile delta is situated in northern egypt, where the river nile reaches the mediterranean sea. 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. He has been the technical chair of the london pesgbhgs african conferences for some years, has written over 20 papers and has edited two books on african petroleum geology. Petroleum potential of an emerging giant gas province, nile.
West nile delta project offshore technology oil and gas. Egypt is primarily a land of deserts and mountains, the habitable nile valley and delta occupying less than 5 percent of the country. The major volume of the delta petroleum production is mainly from the miocene and. New insights on structure and stratigraphic interpretation for. The wadi passes through gharb darfur near the northern border with chad and meets. 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. Williams4 1school of environment and development, the university of manchester, manchester m 9pl, uk 2institute of geography and earth sciences, university of wales, aberystwyth, aberystwyth sy23 3db, uk.
Khaled ka, attia gm, metwalli fi, fagelnour ms 2014 subsurface geology and petroleum system in the eastern offshore area, nile delta, egypt. The data presented in this study adds regional context to the common understanding. The nile delta is an emerging giant gas province with proven. The mediterranean nile delta is a major target for hydrocarbon reservoirs. Abstract across the west nile delta, channel complex, channelized lobe, and channellevee turbidite reservoir systems were deposited. Depositional and petrophysical controls on the volumes of. The river branches spread out in a vshaped fan and make their way towards the mediterranean through lower egypt. Key challenges to realizing full potential in an emerging giant gas province. View archaeology of the nile delta research papers on academia. Natural gas geochemistry in the offshore nile delta. Reservoir rock genetic types using log curve shapes. Intechopen open access publisher open science open minds.
He presents a number of courses on african petroleum geology, petroleum systems analysis, play. Pdf subsurface geology and petroleum system in the. Petrophysical analysis and flow units characterization for. Middle eocene mineralogy minerals miocene nile delta nile valley northern western desert nubian sandstone.
Chemical industry located in the nile delta is the main source of hazardous waste. The nile delta was considered a minor hydrocarbonbearing province where the exploration activities were. 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. Zeydan head of water engineering department, faculty of engineering, tanta university, egypt president of ewra, member of iwra, iwa, iwha, igwmc, ahwa email. Natural gas geochemistry in the offshore nile delta, egypt. There are several producing oil and gas fields evaluated for. Two thermal geochemical modeling and maturity profiles were constructed to assessment the petroleum accumulation in the study area. 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. 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 nile delta and mediterranean deepwater trend along the northern coastline of egypt is. Tertiary niger delta akataagbada petroleum system no. Northwest europe and global perspectivesproceedings of the 6th petroleum geology conference, a. Recently acquired 3d seismic surveys in the onshore, offshore and transition zone were interpreted as part of a nile.
He presents a number of courses on african petroleum geology, petroleum systems analysis, play fairway mapping and seal analysis. The offshore nile delta basin is considered as one of the most promising. 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. The gulf of suez, nile delta, offshore mediterranean and greater western desert. Sedimentology and reservoir quality of a messinian mixed. Nile delta petroleum company ltd providing worldclass. Deltas form when silt and sediments accumulate at the mouths of large rivers. Until the new concepts for gas were established, the petroleum geology of egypt was dominated by three elements. Manual of neogene foraminifera from offshore nile delta. Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the nile delta basin province, eastern mediterranean. This book gives the geological history of the river nile since it. Evolution, quaternary river environments and material fluxes jamie c.
Part of the monographiae biologicae book series mobi, volume 89. The hinge line is a faulted flexure zone 3040km width that. Nile margin reservoir au, nile cone au, and eratosthenes seamount au. The west nile delta project is being codeveloped by bp 82. People have lived in the nile delta region for thousands of years, and it has been intensively farmed for at least the last five thousand years. The petroleum geology of egypt is dominated by three elements. Depositional history of the west nile delta upper oligocene.
Review of the existing general geologic setting of the nile delta, with particular emphasis on the eastern subbasin area. During the last two decades, the nile delta and the offshore mediterranean sea have been intensively investigated by the petroleum industry. Key challenges to realizing full potentialin an emerging giant gas province. The yellow nile is a former tributary that connected the ouaddai highlands of eastern chad to the nile river valley c. Exploration in north africa and the middle east has traditionally focused on the prolific mesozoic and cenozoicsourced petroleum systems of the nile delta, the sirte basin, the pelagian shelf, and the arabian plate and on the palaeozoicsourced petroleum systems of the berkine, ghadames, illizi, ahnet and murzuq basins, the central arabian. Analysis of petroleum system for exploration and risk reduction in.
The petroleum geology of egypt and history of exploration. Petroleum geology of the niger delta abstract the niger delta is a large, arcuate delta of the destructive, wavedominated type. Khaled and others published subsurface geology and petroleum system in the eastern offshore area, nile delta. The geological evolution of the river nile ebook by judson b. Nile delta a giant gas province houston geological society. 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. Journal of petroleum exploration and production technology 2020cite this article. The nooros gas and condensate field is located in the shallow waters of the nile delta, approximately 120km northeast of alexandria, egypt.
This multidisciplinary book by the author of the geology of egypt is the result of many years of research. Pdf geochemistry of nile delta, egypt researchgate. Short course 1 2016 africa conference houston geological. 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. Premessinian petroleum system and trapping style offshore. This book is a usefulprimer for geophysicists, geologists, and petroleum engineers in the oil industry who wish to expand their knowledge beyond their. Marine and petroleum geology vol 112, february 2020.
Geology and petroleum american association of petroleum. It originates near the equator and flows nearly 7000 km northward. Mostafa monir 1, omar shenkar 2 1 exploration geologist bg group wholly owned subsidiary of royal dutch shell, maadi, cairo, egypt. Here youll find current best sellers in books, new releases in books, deals in books, kindle ebooks, audible audiobooks, and so much more. The oilprone northwest and southeast trending gos basin. 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. Field development typically requires detailed petrophysical analysis and well defined hydraulic flow units for comprehensive formation evaluation and reservoir characterization. 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 optimising crude oil production in the light of production performance challenges currently observed in south sudan oil and gas sector. The books homepage helps you explore earths biggest bookstore without ever leaving the comfort of your couch. Offshore nile delta vicky catterall, jonathan redfern, rob gawthorpe,dorthe hansen,1 and myron thomas basin studies and petroleum geoscience, school of earth, atmospheric and environmental sciences, university of manchester, williamson building, oxford road, manchester, m 9pl, u. Nooros gas and condensate field, nile delta offshore. Regional integrated interpretation of the hydrocarbon. Diagenesis and petrophysical characteristics of the shallow.