Regional In-Situ Stress Mapping: An Initiative for Exploration &amp; Development of Deep Gas Reservoirs in Kuwait

Perumalla, Satya; Singh, Hemant; Naeimi, R. Al; Prasad, Umesh; Scheele, E.; Barton, Colleen A.; Al-Fares, Abdulaziz; Husain, R.; Mulyono, R.; Ammar, N. Al; Al-Kandary, A.

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“…The pore pressure is best measured using downhole pressure measuring tools or estimated using Eaton's method. Using these techniques, the stress magnitudes have been calculated over Kuwait and it shows a general strike-slip stress regime (Al-Kandary et al, 2012;Perumalla et al, 2014). However over specific zones along the stratigraphy of Kuwait this stress regime can change to normal or reverse depending on the proximity to the major fault plane and mechanical layering that can alter the stress regime and direction (Amer et al, 2013) (Fig.…”

Section: Present Day In-situ Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Several geomechanical studies have been commissioned by Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) to study the in-situ horizontal stresses over Kuwait (Al-Kandary et al, 2012;Amer et al, 2013;Carman, 1996;Dey et al, 2009;Perumalla et al, 2014;Richard et al, 2014). Carman (1996) studied the structural elements of onshore Kuwait and identified the in-situ stress over the Cretaceous successes.…”

Section: Present Day In-situ Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…5.13). This evolved to a transtensional stress regime during the Cretaceous that was associated with a NW-SE maximum horizontal stress direction (Al-Kandary et al, 2012;Perumalla et al, 2014;Richard et al, 2014;Verma et al, 2007). The final stress rotation event in Kuwait occurred during the Tertiary.…”

Section: Kuwait Paleostressesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Structures and Tectonics of Kuwait

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Despite the surface geology of Kuwait appears to be scarce and most of the country is covered with Quaternary deposits except for a few outcrops of Oligo-Miocene to Pleistocene age, the subsurface geology of Kuwait is quite unique and astonishing. The discovery of hydrocarbon in Kuwait at the beginning of the last century helped geologists to better understand the structural geology of Kuwait especially by utilizing geophysical methods such as potential field methods (e.g., gravity and magnetic) and seismic reflection. Being part of the Arabian Peninsula, the structural geology of Kuwait shares many of the Arabian Peninsula structural trends. The dominant N-S trending structures of the Arabian Plate are manifested in the Kuwait Arch which is one of the major structures of the country where many of the oil and gas oil fields are associated with. Other dominant structural trends of the Arabian Plate such as NE-SW and NW–SE are resembled in Kuwait as Jal Az-Zor and Dibdibah Trough, respectively. Paleo- and in-situ stress analysis is an important subject for oil and gas exploration, and many studies have been commissioned to better understand them in most of the Kuwaiti fields. The present-day in-situ stress in Kuwait is oriented NE-SW resembling the current tectonic setting of the region due to the collision of the Arabian Plate with the Eurasia Plate since the Oligocene. This chapter will present a thorough review of the previous studies discussing the surface and subsurface structural geology of Kuwait.

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Section: Present Day In-situ Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Present Day In-situ Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%