B location of part of the collected wells in the study. Petroleum geology of the fula subbasin, muglad basin, sudan article pdf available in journal of petroleum geology 361 january 20 with 2,655 reads how we measure reads. The primary goal of structural geology is to use measurements of presentday rock geometries to uncover information about the history of deformation strain in the rocks, and ultimately, to understand. It covers large parts of the west african craton in mauritania and mali. The muglad basin, with an area of approximately 1500,000 km 2, is the largest basin in the sudan and south sudan.
It trends northwestsoutheast covering an area of over 1200 km long and in excess of 300 km wide. Pdf petroleum geology of the fula subbasin, muglad basin. The muglad basin, sudan, is a good example of polyphase rifting with at least three major phases of basin development. This page bundles the available data for the muglad basin in the africa. It is of considerable interest due to its possible reserves of oil. Petroleum exploration potential of abu gabra formation in. File extension basin simple tips how to open the basin file. The lower cretaceous abu gabra shales barremian aptian, deposited in a deep. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Discussion created by blazbaric on mar 21, 20 latest reply on jun 26, 2017 by mboucher21.
Modeling petroleum generation in the southern muglad rift basin, sudan1. Abstract muglad basin is recognized to be a major part of sudanese interior rift basins. Ministry of petroleum gas sudanese petroleum corporation. The muglad basin is a large rift basin in northern africa.
Moreover, accord28 geo expromay 2006 ing to the gravity data,the main source kitchen should be present in the northern part of the basin. A drainage basin provides a limited unit of the earths surface within. 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. South kordofan had received less attention in terms of. The iullemmeden basin is a major subsaharan inland basin in west africa, extending about 1,000 kilometres north to south and 800 kilometres east to west.
The benue trough is an elongate rifted depression in which the sediments reach well over m thickness in places and have been strongly folded, probably. Basin model file problem geonet, the esri community gis. Oiloil and oilsource rock correlations in the muglad basin. The tectonic, stratigraphic and organic geochemical evaluations of these basins suggest the similarity with the contiguous basins of chad and niger republics and sudan, where commercial oil discovery have been made. It is a privilege for us geoscientists that two outstanding physicists, with scienti. The precambrian basement complex, the upper jurassic lower cretaceouspaleogene neogene strata, the paleogeneneogenequaternary sediments of the umm rawaba formation and the superficial deposits 14 form the main stratigraphic units of the muglad basin. 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.
However, interpretation based only on structural attributes and without knowledge of the vpvs ratio can limit the ability to evaluate changes in heavy oil reservoirs. The drainage basin is considered as a geomorphic unit. The field lies in a lower cretaceous sub basin controlled primarily by swdipping extensional faults. From the dropdown menu select choose default program, then click browse and find the desired program. Basin melut basin muglad basin doseo basin bongor basin figure 1. In the same year the exploration activity was extended to include talih1 oil discovery near the unity field, adar1 and adar2 in the melut basin.
Some 257 million people live within the nile basin boundary. Nile basin countries are home to over 40 percent of the african population. The deepest part of the muglad basin lies to the west of unity field, it is estimated to contain over 4500m of tertiary and 6000 to 9000 m5. Fiftysix ditchcutting samples from two exploration wells, azx1 and khx1, in the muglad basin, sudan were analysed for their palynofloral content. The nwse trending muglad basin sw sudan is one of a number of mesozoic basins which together make up the central african rift system. Pdf petroleum geology of the fula subbasin, muglad. Rift structures in sudan form the major groundwater basins, outside these basins ground water is found only in small quantities and is of poor quality. Jun 02, 2015 sedimentary basin are large subsiding depressions filled with thick sequence of sedimentary rocks. Sudan muglad sudd rift exploration basin report wood. Fula is a heavy oil field located in muglad basin in sudan. Greater nile pipeline project north report wood mackenzie. The taoudeni basin is a major geological formation in west africa, named after the taoudenni village in northern mali. These depressions result from the compression or extension of tectonic plates of the earth. The material is dominated throughout the early and mid cretaceous by rich pteridophytebryophyte spores and gymnosperm pollen.
Fula oil field is composed of unconsolidated sandstones, buried as deep as 3500ft, with high porosity 31% and permeability2 darcy, producing viscous oil with 1921api on the south flank of muglad basin. The major source rocks are the silurian tanezzuft formation and middle to upper devonian mudstone. The section passes close to the unity and kaikang areas, which provide well control on the structure interpreted from gravity. Sequence stratigraphy and sedimentary facies of fula. The present temperature gradients over these basins are normal and no over pressure zones have been recorded so far.
In this contribution we investigate the tectonic processes that. 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 study of sequence stratigraphy and sedimentary system. Soap dispenser, faucet, hand dryer, and sink basin all designed to work together as one. Lower benue trough anambra basin 159 of oil has caused the construction of a 1,070 kmlong pipeline through cameroon to the atlantic coast. Purchase of an open document does not constitute license for republication in any form, nor does it allow web posting without prior written permission from aapgdatapages. Three phases of rifting occurred during the cretaceous and tertiary, resulting in the deposition of at least km of sediments in this basin.
In the past, thick sandstones of bentiu were considered the main petroleum accumulation targets sealed by faults and anticlines, and most petroleum generated by the abu gabra formation source kitchen migrated to the upper formations along big faults, and. Purchase of an open document does not constitute license for republication in any form, nor does it allow web posting without prior written permission. Bentiu reservoir is composed of massive sandstone, unconsolidated and traped very high viscous oil. Its geographic range is largely coincident with the azawagh. The smaller melut, ruat, white nile, khartoum, atbara and blue nile rifts are evident on. The well is located in hamza field within the azraq basin. If you want to associate a file with a new program e. It lies in the prolific muglad basin, about 780 kms in the southwest of khartoum, the capital of sudan.
Muglad basin petroleum geology petroleum avaliacao. All data is provisional and may be revised at a later date. The filling up of the basins led to the interconnection of the hydrological regime and the development of the integrated river nile. Regional tectonic controls on basement architecture and. A large rift basin in southern sudan and south sudan.
Fula sub basin is situated in the nne part of muglad basin covers an area of 100 sq. 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. Readdownload file report abuse ectonostratigraphic development of the interior sudan rifts, central in the muglad, melut and blue nile rift basins of interior sudan three major. Each phase has resulted in the generation of source rock, reservoir and seal geology with structural traps often closely linked to basement highs. The colorado river basin study was released in december 2012. However, after gnpoc took over the project, the block had been confronted with poor and inadequate geological information. Impact of diagenesis on reservoir quality and heterogeneity. These limitations are often due to less obvious impedance differences. Palynozonation of the cretaceous to lower paleogene strata of.
The images are hyperlinks and will open up a separate window with a high resolution pdf image of the map. The integrated, analysis of the petrographic characteristics and the types and distribution of diagenetic alterations in the chang 8 sandstones from the zhenjing area using core, log, thinsection, sem, petrophysical and stable isotopic data provides insight into the factors responsible for variations in. These include an additional oil discovery in sharaf1 in the nw muglad basin and several appraisal wells in the unity area. This basin represents the northwestern extension of the northwestsoutheast striking depression. Seismic attributes are often used to identify lithology and evaluate reservoir properties. It contains a number of hydrocarbon accumulations of various sizes, the largest of which are. 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. Sedimentary basin are large subsiding depressions filled with thick sequence of sedimentary rocks.
Map showing the location of the muglad basin of sudan as a part of the central african rift system after omatsola, 1987 various aspects of the muglad rift basin, as part of the wcars, have been studied over the past 35 years. Aradeiba reservoir in the field consists of highly heterogeneous sandstone that is thinly bedded, unconsolidated, bearing typical heavy oil. There are around 600 sedimentary basins in the world, only 40% are producing. The study of sequence stratigraphy and sedimentary system in. 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. Sequence stratigraphy and sedimentary facies of fula subbasin. Structural geology is the study of the threedimensional distribution of rock units with respect to their deformational histories. Petroleum system modeling and exploration potential of abu. 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.
The first and the easiest one is to rightclick on the selected basin file. The muglad rift basin is up to 200 km wide and over 800 km long i. Wireline logging provide detailed information about borehole conditions and can be interpreted to understand faults and. Sudan muglad sudd rift exploration basin report summary despite the limited information released on upstream activity in sudan, wood mackenzie estimates that value has been created from ongoing exploration in the muglad sudd rift basin, where over 220 exploration wells have now been drilled. Outlines of the geology of sudan sudan geological study was focused on the surface geology mainly for surface mapping and limited shallow mining activities. Sedimentology and reservoir geology of the middle upper. The muglad basin, with an area of approximately 1500,000 km 2 fig. Tectonic inversion and petroleum system implications in.
Muglad basin is an important hydrocarbon sedimentary basins of north africa, in southern sudan, an area of about 120,000 square kilometers. This paper presents a first detailed study on and new zonation scheme for the kaikang trough, muglad basin of south sudan. Main map shows structural units in the muglad basin, smaller maps shows the regional location of the study area. Petroleum system of the fula depression at the muglad.
Aerdec 1234 station integrated sink system pdf 7261. Some geological and geotechnical properties of lateritic soils from muglad basin located in the southwestern part of sudan. Discoveries changing exploration focus paved way for. Explorationdevelopment opportunities in central and. Use filters to find rigged, animated, lowpoly or free 3d models.
Current data is updated each workday, normally by 11. The population of nile basin countries grew by over four fold in 50 years between. It is the only export route for the greater nile oil project gnop north in sudan and the block 5a and gnop south projects in south sudan. Formed in the early cretaceous period, it belongs to the cenozoic rift basin. Available in any file format including fbx, obj, max, 3ds, c4d. The benue trough of nigeria figure 1a is an intracontinental basin in central west africa that extends ne to sw. See notes below regarding data sources and file format.
Locations of the sud province, central african rifts assessment unit au, and approximate locations of cross sections shown in figures 2 and 4. The identification of the surface phenomena behind the bad. However, the muglad and melut basins may coalesce southeastward and link up with the anza rift in kenya. Pdf tectonosequence stratigraphic analysis of the lower. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. The drainage area of a basin is the area which contributes water to a particular channel or set of channels within a drainage basin. The dingomungaroobarrow and the lockermungaroobarrow. 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.
Maturity and petroleum generation have been modeled in a 120kmlong northeastsouthwest cross section of the southern muglad basin, sudan. Tanezzuftghadames structuralstratigraphic assessment unit. Mesozoic rift basins including muglad develop oblique to east african rift. This could have introduced an accuracy which is beyond the original data. A location of the muglad basin and the fula sub basin modified from genik, 1993. Seismic attributes for characterization of a heavyoil. Overview this page bundles the available data for the muglad basin in the africa. Apr 28, 2019 benue trough pdf april 28, 2019 posted by admin the lower benue trough is the southern portion of the benue trough that is believed to have originated as a failed arm of an aulacogen at the time of the. Petroleum potentials of the nigerian benue trough and anambra. In all countries, urban population is expected to continue growing accompanied by a relative shrinking of rural population.
Sep, 2019 the greater nile pipeline project is a 1,507 kilometre export line from the oil fields in the muglad sudd rift basin to the export terminals on the red sea coast. The present work is concerned with a study of the lithological and sedimentological aspects using log evaluation approaches of one of the wells in jordan, namely hamza9. It covers western niger and parts of algeria, mali and nigeria. Correlation of seismic, well logging and pyrolysis. The basin data is derived from a lower resolution grid which has been upsampled using gmt. Reservoir quality and heterogeneity are critical risk factors in tight oil exploration. Main map shows structural units in the muglad basin, which extends from the republic of sudan to the. It is named after the iullemmeden, a federation of tuareg people who live in the central region of niger. The major segment of the faulted strata in this basin lies beneath the late tertiary sediments. Pdf the fula subbasin of the muglad basin of southern sudan is an activefault bounded basin with an area of approximately 3300 km2. In this mini study we combined the wire line logging data with well testing and mud logging data for integrated analysis.
Since the 1970s, a number of oil fields have been found. Before 1997, 10 years of exploration resulted in discovery of only two small oilfields, with total annual production below one million tons. Pdf some geological and geotechnical properties of. Oiloil and oilsource rock correlations in the muglad. With the recent discovery of commercial hydrocarbon, extensive subsurface data has been acquired both offshore and onshore. The establishment of the stratigraphic column reflects three cycles of deposition in muglad basin. The muglad basin is the largest of these nw seoriented rift basins. Abu sufyan sub basin is located in the northwest of muglad basin, the republic of sudan, which is an intracraton rift basin related to the central africa shear zone. Fundamentals of basin and petroleum systems modeling. Muglad basin extends from western and southern kordofan in the southerncentral of sudan to the southern part of sudan, covering an area of 160,000 sq. Petroleum potentials of the nigerian benue trough and. At present, discoveries in this system are all largeduty oil fields.
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