The geology of murzuq basin pdf

Physicochemical quality of murzuq groundwater sabha. It covers an area of about 350,000 square km in southwest libya davidson et al. This chapter attempts to integrate all the studies into a regional synthesis, with emphasis given to factors controlling the hydrocarbon habitat, based on past exploration experience and on dry hole analyses. The murzuq basin is a large intracratonic sag basin located in southwestern libya. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. The history of burial, temperature variations, and organic maturation in the sedimentary rocks of the murzuq basin in southwestern libya was numerically reconstructed for eight wells and one pseudowell along northeastsouthwest and northwestsoutheast profiles across the basin. The galo computer programme was used to model the thermal and burial histories of the murzuq and ghadames basins, libya. Geological exploration in murzuq basin 1st edition elsevier. Despite our everexpanding electronic world, many original sources of real data and information seem to be overlooked, resulting in much redundant activity, especially unfortunate in an extreme area that will always demand original thinking. Pdf petroleum system of the murzuq basin researchgate. Exploration efforts started in this vast and remote saharan region already in. The murzuq basin covers an area of about 350,000 km 2 and is located in the southwest of libya, and continues into northwestern chad, northern niger and eastern algeria e. The murzuq basin is one of the largest palaeozoic intracratonic basins in the north african sahara. Satellite image showing the sedimentary basins in libya.

Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Geological exploration in murzuq basin sciencedirect. The main goal of this work is to explore gas in the bir tlacsin shale in well e1nc58, murzuq basin, sw libya. Libyan murzuq basin source rocks search and discovery. The reconstruction was performed using the galo system for basin modeling taking into account that the basin. Exploration efforts started in this vast and remote saharan region already in 1957 and 60 exploratory wells have been drilled to date, resulting in over 20 discoveries with around 4,000 million barrels of oil in place. Exploration efforts started in this vast and remote saharan.

Generalized correlation chart for the ghadamis and murzuq basins, showing lithology, source rock, and reservoir from rusk, 2001, 2002. Hallet, petroleum geology of libya elsevier, amsterdam, 2002. Murzuq and kufra basins, southern libya geoscienceworld. Thermal history of the murzuq basin, libya, and generation of. The structure, stratigraphy and petroleum geology of the murzuq basin, southwest libya. Sola isbn 9780080532462 online kaufen sofortdownload. Request pdf the structure, stratigraphy and petroleum geology of the murzuq basin, southwest libya this chapter discusses that the principal hydrocarbon. The structure, stratigraphy and petroleum geology of the murzuq. Geological exploration in murzuq basin 1st edition. Some geologic reports have been published that cover part of the area adjacent to, or near, the basin, and following is a selected list of publications that give data pertinent to the area studied. The second chapter, geological setting, gives brief information concerning the geomorphology, geology and climate of murzuq basin. Geology and ore deposits of the sultan basin, snohomish. Eastern tripolitania basin this offshore basin, which is a highly faulted, deep trough, extends from the gulf of gabes to the northwestern margin of the sirte basin. In the murzuq basin four potential palaeozoic source.