A field guidebook to the geology of sirt basin, libya. Nearshore marine and continental sediments of the sirte. Geochemical evaluation of campanian sirte shale source. It is widely distributed in the troughs of the sirt basin and the studied area as well. Two major sedimentary basins occur in eastern libya. During 1969, output from the sirte basin had even exceeded production from saudi arabia 3 mmbpd. Schamel thermal maturation history of the sirte basin, libya, j. Dr hallett then joined sirte oil company and spent ten years in libya, reaching the position of exploration superintendent. In essence, this is an attempt to evaluate the fixed mantle hotspot model as a possible explanation for intracratonic rifting see crough, 1979, p. Baird dw, aburawi rm, bailey njl 1996 geohistory and petroleum in the central sirte basin. Four oilfields have been discovered on this uplift amal, rakb, augila and naffora. Seventy six priority provinces exclusive of the united states. In addition to detecting normal faults, and strikeslip fault systems, a number of important fold. Also due to its development, it was the capital of libya.
Hydrogeology of the kufra and sirte basins, eastern libya. A structural models of a graben boundary fault system. The petroleum geology of these priority and boutique provinces is described in this series of reports. Geosoft, reference manual, 2009, software for earth sciences. P 447 processing of 2d seismic data from western sirte basin libya. Pdf over three years has been past since the first printing of the sirt basin field guidebook was published. Waha reservoir characterization and distribution in the. It is a basin characterized by a series of plat forms and deep troughs containing several oil and gas fields. Pdf the al aqaylah marada az zahrah excursion area is located in the central northern part of the sirt basin between the zaltan. Drilling on this high encountered hydrocarbon entrapment in over a dozen distinct stratigraphic units. Foreign operators reentered the basin over 2012 but security deteriorated in 2014 and we expect unrest to continue in the near to medium term. At the end of the cretaceous period the sirte basin developed in north africa between the tethyan foredeep and the sahara shield. Geology libya petroleum geology petroleum reservoir.
Infilling of the basin throughout the tertiary era resulted in the deposition of a thick sequence of clastic rocks and carbonates with minor evaporites. Structural and stratigraphic play fairways of sirte group eastern sirte basin libya a target exploration report structural and stratigraphic play fairways of sirte group eastern sirte basin libya. Abstract as the traditional exploration plays in the main productive basins of north africa and the middle east become more mature, attention is increasingly focusing on more challenging, older and deeper plays in the main producing basins and on highrisk, but more conventional, plays in underexplored frontier areas. Variations in the degree of catagenesis and hydrocarbon. The complex pattern of horsts and grabens in the sirte basin may have developed when mesozoic drift of the african plate put northcentral libya over a fixed mantle hotspot in early cretaceous time 140 to 100 m. View enhanced pdf access article on wiley online library html view download pdf.
Mresah postgraduate research institute for sedimentology, the university, p. The uppermost horizons in eachposteocene in the sirte and cretaceous nubian in the kufra basinconstitute regional hydrogeological systems. The sirte basin of libya has a history of faulting and differential subsidence brought about by lithospheric extension during a 25 mm million year period beginning in the late cretaceous. Libya started exporting oil in 1961 and by 1966 it was the 7th largest oilproducing nation in the world. Pdf structure of the ajdabiya trough, ne sirt basin. The sirte basin province of libya sirte zelten total petroleum system. Libya geolgy 04 21 petroleum geology in libya the sirte basin a report published by ahlbrandt 2003 ranks libya s sirte basin as the fifteenth largest hydrocarbon province in the world, with reserves of 43. A field guidebook to the geology of cyrenaica, libya by prof. Interpretation and analysis of landsat imagery, integrated with published geological maps, has provided the basis for a reexamination of the structural geology of the area, and has enabled a new interpretation of the tectonic development of the western part of the sirt basin to be made.
The sirte basin contains large quantities of oil and gas. The present work discusses the geochemistry and maturation history of the upper cretaceous source rock of sirte formation in the eastern side of sirte basin, libya. It extends into algeria in the west and the sirte basin to the east, and in both cases it is an important. Rath exploration and development department, oilindia ltd, noida, uttarpradesh. Sedimentary geology, 84 1993 149167 149 elsevier science publishers b. Pdf emerging exploration potential in a super basin. The messla oil field is the most recent addition to the list of 20 giant fields discovered within the prolific sirte basin of libya. New palynological evidence for the age of the beda. Aapg publications as well as journal of petroleum geology see selected. Sirte basin, central libya by salah a shaniba a thesis presented to the faculty of the graduate school of the missouri university of science and technology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree master of science in geology and geophysics 2012 approved by wan yang, advisor mohamed g. The sirte basin also referred to as sirt basin is a late mesozoic and tertiary continental rift, triple junction, in northern africa that borders a relatively stable paleo. View enhanced pdf access article on wiley online library html view download pdf for offline viewing. Thomas pawellek senior geologist rwe dea name libya branch.
The field, discovered in 1971, lies in the southeastern part of the sirte basin approximately 40 km north of the supergiant sarir oil field. Pdf exploration history of messla oil field, sirt basin. Libya nationalized its oil industry in 1973, and some american oil companies began withdrawing in 1982, following a 1981 us trade embargo. Sirte formationlate cretaceous in general, the drilled sirte formation section is dominantly a shale sequence alternating with thin limestone interbeds.
This paper presents an interpretation of integrated potential field dataset from ajdabiya trough, northeast sirt basin libya. Biostratigraphy and paleoecology of the miocene sequence. Cairo university, faculty of science, geology department, giza, egypt. First symposium on the sedimentary basins of libya, geology of the sirte basin 3. The sirte basin province of libya sirtezelten total. The deposits of the sirte basin include mainly fluviatile sands and clays in the s with marine carbonates and sandy carbonates with some evaporites progressively increasing to the north. The origins and evolution of isis in libya given the rich history of jihadist activities in libya over the past six years, retracing and investigating the origins and trajectory of the islamic state of iraq and alsham isis and other extremist actors presents actionable. The sirte basin province of libya sirte zelten total petroleum system by thomas s. Review of the petroleum geology of the western part of the sirt basin, libya. The civil uprising of 2011 interrupted exploration activity in the basin. Libya sirte exploration basin report wood mackenzie. Read pdf the sirte basin province of libya, sirtezelten. The sirte basin province of libyasirtezelten total petroleum. Processing of 2d seismic data from western sirte,libya.
The study involves details on the evaluation of the. The sirte basin province is characterized by one dominant petroleum system, the sirte zelten, which is subdivided into four assessment units. Exploration history of messla oil field, sirt basin, north central libya. Since 1999 he has worked as a consultant, advising companies and conducting workshops in several countries, and producing the first edition of petroleum geology of libya in 2002. The deposits of the sirte basin include mainly fluviatile sands and clays in the s with marine carbonates and sandy carbonates with some evaporites progressively.
Depositional history of the sirte basin started in the early cretaceous time, which has been related to the tectonic evo. The asset report for the libya sirte exploration basin has been archived. Tectonic subsidence of the sirte basin, libya gumati. Pdf a field guidebook to the geology of sirt basin, libya.
Ahlbrandt foreword this report w as prepared as part of the world ener gy project. Iosr journal of applied geology and geophysics iosrjagg. Tectonics and subsidence evolution of the sirt basin, libya. Skuce the agehhia tmugh is,hc tcepesl,i,hc scicral riftdcrivcd lhtm\ii ihal form the sirte basi, ill libya. The miocene carbonate siliciclastic deposits are widely exposed along the stretch of qabilt ash shurfah to wadi zaqlum sections, sirte basin, nw libya. The sirte basin of libya has a history of faulting and differential subsidence brought about by lithospheric extension during a 25 mm million year period. Pdf the sirte basin is the most prolific hydrocarbon basin in north. To read the sirte basin province of libya, sirte zelten total petroleum system. Duronio p, colombi l 1983 mesozoic rocks of libya, spec. One cd containing 35 pages of msw text file, and pdf files of all of the above listed maps, logs, section, figures, plots. It is famously known for its battles, ethnic groups, and loyalism to muammar gaddafi. Since the previous edition, published in 2002, there have been numerous developments in libya, including the. Box 227, whiteknights, reading rg6 2,4b, uk received. Satellite imagery for structural geological interpretation.
Depositional and tectonic controls on architecture of the. Geology department, uae university, po box 1555, al ain, uae. Regional geological and tectonic structures of the sirt. The sirte basin province of libyasirtezelten total. The sirte basin is located in the northcentral part of libya fig. Variations in the degree of catagenesis and hydrocarbon generation in the source rocks of the sirt basin, libya. The study aimed to assess the role of basement structures in the development of the ajdabiya. New palynological evidence for the age of the beda formation, sirte basin, libya arun kumar abstract the beda formation represents the subsurface sequence of interbedded limestone with subordinate dolomites, which are major hydrocarbon reservoirs in the western sirte basin of libya.
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