Source rock potential and paleoenvironment of the Miocene Rudeis and Kareem formations, Gulf of Suez, Egypt: An integrated palynofacies and organic geochemical approach

Atfy, Haytham El; Brocke, Rainer; Uhl, Dieter; Ghassal, Bandar I.; Stock, Alexander T.; Littke, Ralf

doi:10.1016/j.coal.2014.06.022

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“…rifting of the Gulf of Suez, extension of the Red Sea, etc. see for example, Schlumberger, 1984;Young et al, 2000, Bosworth and McClay, 2001, Sehim et al, 2003and El Atfy et al, 2014.…”

Section: Thickness Distribution Description Interpretationmentioning

confidence: 96%

Metre-scale cyclicity in Middle Eocene platform carbonates in northern Egypt: Implications for facies development and sequence stratigraphy

Tawfik

El‐Sorogy

Moussa

2016

Journal of African Earth Sciences

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“…rifting of the Gulf of Suez, extension of the Red Sea, etc. see for example, Schlumberger, 1984;Young et al, 2000, Bosworth and McClay, 2001, Sehim et al, 2003and El Atfy et al, 2014.…”

Section: Thickness Distribution Description Interpretationmentioning

confidence: 96%

Metre-scale cyclicity in Middle Eocene platform carbonates in northern Egypt: Implications for facies development and sequence stratigraphy

Tawfik

El‐Sorogy

Moussa

2016

Journal of African Earth Sciences

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“…Many studies are published [e.g. Atia, 2014;El Atfy et al, 2014;Afife et al, 2016] about the values of the total organic matter and hydrogen index of each source rock in different wells. The average value for each formation is calculated and used in the building of the petroleum system model as shown in…”

Section: Total Organic Carbon and Hydrogen Indexmentioning

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Petroleum system modelling and identification of promising oil and gas bearing objects in the eastern part of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt

Tarshan¹,

Shimanskiy²

2019

Russ. J. Earth Sci.

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The present study aims to identify promising oil and gas bearing objects in the eastern part of the Gulf of Suez. Three-dimensional (3D) modelling of the study area using Petrel software was carried out. The basement layer was created using airborne magnetic data through 3D modelling using GM-SYS-3D software. The sedimentary succession was generated using interpreted seismic sections and well data, and then the data was localised and digitised using Petrel software to be used in the building of the model. The lithology and age of each layer were accurately determined to be used in building the petroleum system model. Data about the temperature gradient and thermal conductivity were obtained for different wells along the Gulf of Suez and the eastern shoulder of the Gulf. In addition to that, heat flow values of the study area have been computed and the heat flow map was created to be used in predicting oil and gas accumulation in the study area. Information about hydrocarbon masses and volumes generated and expelled from the source rocks as well as the amount that has migrated and accumulated in reservoirs were computed through running forward simulation using PetroMod software. Accumulations of oil and gas are modelled in the different reservoir layers in the study area. New accumulations of oil and gas were generated within the study area; these accumulations have not been discovered yet. The study area needs more detailed 2D and 3D investigation in the predicted promising locations, where the probability of the existence of hydrocarbon is high. In the southeastern part of the area no activity has been done and according to the results of the petroleum system model, hydrocarbon accumulation area could be discovered in this area in different reservoirs.

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“…Previously, the palynofacies analysis was only confined to the marine settings solely for the petroleum sectors. It has not only played a substantial role in the palaeoenvironmental settings in the marine succession (Götz et al 2003;Oboh-lkuenobe et al 2005;Hermann et al 2012;Carvalho et al 2013;El Atfy et al 2014) but also has been applied on the continental successions of different sedimentary horizons, including coal/lignite (Singh et al 1992;Closas et al 2005;Cazzulo-Klepzig et al 2009;Götz 2016, 2017;Cornamusini et al 2017;Götz et al 2017;Aggarwal et al 2019a, b, c). The palynofacies study has now been expanded in various types of lacustrine (Aggarwal et al 2019b) and fluvial systems delineating its importance to coal deposits (Aggarwal et al 2019a, b, c), understanding the processes and factors responsible for the sediment deposition.…”

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Sedimentary organic matter as a proficient tool for the palaeoenvironmental and palaeodepositional settings on Gondwana coal deposits

Aggarwal

2021

J Petrol Explor Prod Technol

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Palynofacies is based on the different types of the dispersed/sedimentary organic matter (DOM/SOM) and has been used as a proficient proxy for the palaeoclimatic reconstructions in sedimentary deposits of various time spans. It has also been acknowledged as an effective tool in the different domains like sequence biostratigraphy, palyno-biostratigraphy, palaeodepositional history, identification for depositional processes, oxic–anoxic environment, and variations in the water depth. It has been emerged as an analytical tool in palaeoclimatic reconstruction, which could complement geophysical and geochemical datasets. Since long palynofacies analysis has been exclusively applied in the marine sediments, it has recently dragged the attention of many researchers as a significant parameter for palaeoclimatic interpretation in continental deposits. In the last few decades, more consideration was focused on palynofacies that have become an essential proxy in the biostratigraphic and other non-biostratigraphic fields due to its requirement in the petroleum industries. The present study provides a basic idea of dispersed organic matter characterization, methodology, interpretations, and its application with special emphasis on the Gondwana deposits. The study also includes the summary of the worldwide distribution of the Gondwana sediments, especially for palaeodepositional settings through palynofacies along with other parameters.

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Source rock potential and paleoenvironment of the Miocene Rudeis and Kareem formations, Gulf of Suez, Egypt: An integrated palynofacies and organic geochemical approach

Cited by 45 publications

References 46 publications

Metre-scale cyclicity in Middle Eocene platform carbonates in northern Egypt: Implications for facies development and sequence stratigraphy

Metre-scale cyclicity in Middle Eocene platform carbonates in northern Egypt: Implications for facies development and sequence stratigraphy

Petroleum system modelling and identification of promising oil and gas bearing objects in the eastern part of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt

Sedimentary organic matter as a proficient tool for the palaeoenvironmental and palaeodepositional settings on Gondwana coal deposits

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