These activities are all bolstered by a steady stream of highpro. Palmitate is the precursor of stearate and longerchain saturated fatty acids as well as palmitoleate and oleate pollard and stumpf, 1980. Recent marine and petroleum geology articles elsevier. Petroleum geology of the melut basin and the great palogue. Media in category basins of the united states the following 200 files are in this category, out of 322 total. The melut basin exhibits typical rift extensional tectonic feature with strikeslip effects. Aug, 2017 this presentation slides shed a light on the elements and processes of oil accumulation in the melut basin in south sudan. Ethiopia made gas discoveries in the ogaden basin, still considered the most promising in the country. Upper hudson basin description of the basin the upper hudson basin is the largest in new york state nys in terms of size, covering all or part of 20 counties and about 7.
The palmitic acid gets modified further and lengthened to form stearate 18. Petrophysical evaluation of shaly sand reservoirs in palouge. Integrated well log and 2d seismic data interpretation to. The environmental and social impacts of oil exploration. Pore evolution characteristics of chinese marine shale in. Almost pulsation free pumping installation in any position efficient transport medium with high content of gas neartono shear rate lowest. The basin contains several hydrocarbon accumulations, although oil exploration, as. The melut basin in the sudan is shaping up to be one of the major sources of crude oil in africa. Although export volumes were tiny compared to the fields potential, it was the first sudanese crude to be exported and therefore had symbolic significance. Seven business trends to watch in ethiopia font size decrease font size increase font size. The basement rock of most of africa was formed during the precambrian supereon and is much older than the atlas mountains lying on the continent. Geological surveys usgs world petroleum resources project is to assess the potential for undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and natural gas. Oilrich areas in the melut basin have suffered the same pattern of. The melut basin is a rift basin in the interior sudan linked to the mesozoiccenozoic central and western african rift system.
The location of the project is in sudan republic which began in the year 2004 and. It was the aim of this study to reveal a sequence stratigraphic framework of the melut rift basin to obtain better understanding of the petroleum system origination and to substantiate plays delineation in different areas of the basin. It is bounded by the nagar parkar fault in the north, radhanpurbarmer. The melut basin in south sudan is shaping up to be one of the major sources of crude oil in africa. Geochemical characteristics of the crude oil of melut basin and its. Read integrated well log and 2d seismic data interpretation to image the subsurface stratigraphy and structure in northeastern bornu chad basin, 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 oil development in blocks 3 and 7 falls under melut basin and has so far not been publicly scrutinized due to it being marginalized by the civil wars and the current conflict in the country. Sand production is the initiative of various problems related to the oil and gas industry that adversely affect the completion process. This initiative, which is being peddled in the united nations security council is directed against the the chinese, indian and russian oil interests in the sudan. The islands, which span the equator, have tropical climates and are home to many unique plant and.
Saturated fatty acids an overview sciencedirect topics. The cameroon line is a 1,600 km 990 mi chain of volcanoes. Oilrich areas in the melut basin have suffered the same pattern of oilrelated death. Melut basin is a passive rift basin controlled by the central african shear zonecasz the casz was related to the expansion of atlantic ocean since late jurassic. World petroleum resources project assessment of undiscovered. African continent developed central and western rift systems, with a large number of rift basins melut basin belongs to the cars,with an area of 33,000 km. It is situated in the states of upper nile and jonglei, south of the capital of sudan, khartoum and east of the river nile. The primary field in the melut basin is the great palogue field which has estimated recoverable reserves of. Pdf origin of high acidity oils in the palogue oilfield. Free cash flow from south sudan under different scenarios 20182021. Crustal structure of the khartoum basin, sudan africaarray penn mesozoic rift basins in sudan associated with the central african rift system. The kalahari craton is a craton, an old and stable part of the continental lithosphere, that occupies large portions of south africa, botswana, namibia and zimbabwe. Pdf oil development in northern upper nile, sudan business.
Recent marine and petroleum geology articles recently published articles from marine and petroleum geology. None of the wells drilled in the melut basin, has encountered the source rocks, however, based on the crude oil biomarker distributions and characteristics, it is believed that the source rock in melut basin is equivalent to the abu gabra formation fount in the muglad basin. Summary the melut basin is a mesocenozoic rift basin accompanied by formation and development of central african shear zone. Apr 27, 2011 none of the wells drilled in the melut basin, has encountered the source rocks, however, based on the crude oil biomarker distributions and characteristics, it is believed that the source rock in melut basin is equivalent to the abu gabra formation fount in the muglad basin. Cdr report samples cdr reports cdr examples for engineers. Melut basin is one of the largest and most important oil producing areas in south.
This free service is available to anyone who has published and whose publication is in scopus. Miospores recovered from the sediments of a section of bog1 well in the niger delta basin are assigned a late oligocenemid miocene age, based on the cooccurrence of pantropical stratigraphic markers such as zonocostites ramonae, retimonocolpites pluribaculatus, retibrevitricolporites protrudens, psilatricolporites crassus, circatricosisporites dorogensis. Terrestrial heat flow and geothermal field characteristics. However, the muglad and melut basins may coalesce southeastward and link up with the anza rift in kenya. Despite the political difficulties in the sudan during 20042007, namely the darfur crisis, the development has continued. Read thermal modelling of the melut basin sudan and south sudan. The primary field in the melut basin is the great palogue field which has estimated recoverable reserves of over 900 million barrels of goodquality light crude 61.
Tcc general awareness training module free download as powerpoint presentation. The basin contains several hydrocarbon accumulations, although oil exploration, as elsewhere in sudan, has been hindered by conflict. The basin data is derived from a lower resolution grid which has been upsampled using gmt. Heat flow and incipient rifting in the central african. Nov 01, 2016 read thermal modelling of the melut basin sudan and south sudan. The namaqua belt is the southern margin of the kaapvaal craton.
It was presented in petroleum geology class at the universiti teknologi petronas as a partial fulfillment of the coursework requirement and as such all the information in the slides are solely form the references listed at the end of the presentation slides. Oil development in northern upper nile is concentrated in melut. About basin at basin, we invite you to discover the fresh, fragrant, and fun way to pamper yourself with our diverse collection of allnatural bath and beauty products. The chevron corporation discovered the adar yale field in 1981, shortly before the start of the second sudanese civil war 19832005. In 2007, the output from the basin was in excess of 500,000bpd and has the potential to increase to 800,000bpd in the near future. Delineation of channel sandstone from shale is a challenge in reservoir exploration and development. Basin introduction kutch basin forms the northwestern part of the western continental margin of india and is situated at the southern edge of the indus shelf at right angles to the southern indus fossil rift zaigham and mallick, 2000. Melut basin oil development projec design, fabrication of 7 x 52166 m3. Melut and blue nile rift basins of interior sudan three major. The adar oilfield, also known as the adar yale, adar yeil or adaril field, is an oilfield situated in the melut basin in south sudan estimated to contain about 276moilbbl of oil. From the results, we have found that the occurrence and compositional characteristics of isomericnitrogen compounds in crude oil precisely manifest the fractionation effect of oil migration. This page bundles the available data for the melut basin in the africa. The melut basin is a continental rift basin, which experienced three phases of extension from late cretaceous to oligocene times.
Will south sudan return to being a major oil producer. The images are hyperlinks and will open up a separate window with a high resolution pdf image of the map. There have been more than 15 oil and oil and gas discoveries. It includes islands in the gulf of guinea and mountains that extend along the border region of eastern nigeria and western cameroon, from mount cameroon on the gulf of guinea north and east towards lake chad. Eight new heat flow measurements from precambrian sites in the republic of zambia fig.
It lives right where you do your workin the web browser itself. Implications for hydrocarbon generation and migration, marine and petroleum geology on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. 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. Pdf this paper overviews the framework, structural and petroleum geology aspects of the melut rift basin in sudan. This paper overviews the framework, structural and petroleum geology aspects of the melut rift basin in sudan. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. This report documents the impact of oil exploitation in the melut basin in upper nile state, sudan, as told by inhabitants of the area and. In march 2000 fosters resources, a canadian company, signed an agreement with the government of sudan to develop the concession that covered most of the melut basin, including the adar yeil. I am developing this interpreter for selflearning purposes,dont take it serious. The data base is from mainly proprietary exploration work consisting of more than.
Good maintenance and robust netzsch pump skid solutions are still. Based on these sources a coniacianmaastrichtian range is given for p. Geothermal fields in coalbearing strata significantly influence coal mining and coalbed methane accumulation and development. Seismic inversion as a predictive tool for porosity and. Tectonics, seismic and sequence stratigraphy of melut rift. Another example is the pipeline from the oil fields in the melut basin via khartoum to port sudan. Further, the gambela region in south western ethiopia is an extension of south sudans highly prospective melut basin. Surface expression of the syrian arc kattaniya inverted basin in the abu roash area, northeast western desert, egypt. Zotero is a free, easytouse firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. The melut basin is remote and it lies on the northernmost edge of south sudan. It is approximately centered on the island of madagascar and includes about half of the east coast of africa, from the gulf of aden in the north through the east african rift valley. Continental rift basin petroleum geology and exploration. 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. The atlas was formed during three subsequent phases of earths geology.
Geo 2010 abstracts part iii geoarabia geoscienceworld. Asset report south sudan melut rift exploration basin. The data base is from mainly proprietary exploration work consisting of more than 20,000 km of seismic profiles, 2000 km 2 of 3d seismic, and more than 50 exploration wells. Editors note washington wants to impose an oil embargo on the sudan which would prevent it from selling its oil. The first tectonic deformation phase involves only the antiatlas, which was formed in the paleozoic era 300 million years ago as the result of. Petrophysical evaluation of shaly sand reservoirs in. Recently published articles from marine and petroleum geology. Sep 20, 2018 free cash flow from south sudan under different scenarios 20182021. World petroleum resources project assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the sud province, northcentral africa printed on recycled paper introduction the main objective of the u. The data base is from mainly proprietary exploration work consisting of. Jun 27, 2019 in order to reveal the causes, the black shale of upper proterozoic xiamaling formation in north china, which is similar to the marine source rock in sichuan basin, was selected for the thermal simulation experiment, and the pore size and volume of the samples before and after the experiment were acquired by scanning electron microscopy sem. Compared with the mean for precambrian provinces elsewhere, these.
Produced water treatment project profile project name. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The paleocene yabus formation is the main reservoir deposited in heterogeneous fluviallacustrine environment. Clicking the image will open a highres pdf of the map. Pore evolution characteristics of chinese marine shale in the. Crude oil transfer and multiphase boosting solutions. Origin of high acidity oils in the palogue oilfield, melut basin, sudan article pdf available in shiyou kantan yu kaifapetroleum exploration and development 375. This could have introduced an accuracy which is beyond the original data. The basin is located about 700 miles south of khartoum east of the river nile. Pdf free download ebook continental rift basin petroleum geology and exploration volume 1. The basin is located about 700 miles south of khartoum.
I will try to follow syntax of qbasic as close as i can. Melut basin oil field development major projects imra. Based on temperature data from 5 coalfield exploration boreholes and thermophysical tests of 43 rock and coal samples from the upper permian coalbearing strata of the bidesantang basin in western guizhou, south china, the. Petrophysical evaluation of shaly sand reservoirs in palougefal oilfield, melut basin, south east of sudan rashid a. It consists of two cratons separated by the limpopo belt. This page bundles the available data for the salamat basin in the africa. The basin is located about 700 miles south of khartoum east of the river nile and despite the political difficulties in the area, the development has continued with a number of companies actively participating in the construction of marine export. Pdf petroleum geology of the melut basin and the great palogue. Pdf petroleum geology of the melut basin and the great. Soon after chevron had suspended operations in 1984. New perspectives new plays in the douala basin of cameroon. Satellite image around melut basin superimposed over sudan map. This paper discussed the direction of secondary migration of oil in the no. Terrestrial palynology and age assessment of the gedaref.
All of our offeringsfrom our popular bath bombs to our unique shampoo and conditioner barsare chemical free and specially formulated for our customers. In order to reveal the causes, the black shale of upper proterozoic xiamaling formation in north china, which is similar to the marine source rock in sichuan basin, was selected for the thermal simulation experiment, and the pore size and volume of the samples before and after the experiment were acquired by scanning electron microscopy sem. Almost pulsation free pumping installation in any position efficient transport medium with high content of gas neartono shear rate lowest shear of any pump design. Lower colorado region southern california area office. Palynology of bog1 well, southeastern niger delta basin. Each phase of extension is associated with thermal subsidence stages and possibly with important episodes of nondeposition andor erosion. Yabous formation is the main reservoir in melut basin.
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