Petroleum Geology of Libya / Don Hallett & Daniel Clark-Lowes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hallett, Don, author.

Clark-Lowes, D. D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum--Geology--Libya.

Petroleum.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 392 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2016.

Summary:

Petroleum Geology of Libya, Second Edition, systematically reviews the exploration history, plate tectonics, structural evolution, stratigraphy, geochemistry and petroleum systems of Libya, and includes valuable new chapters on oil and gas fields, production, and reserves.

Contents:

Front Cover

Petroleum Geology of Libya

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures

Preface to the Second Edition

Chapter 1: History of Oil and Gas Exploration

1.1 Introduction

1.2 The Decade 1950-59

1.3 The Decade 1960-69

1.4 The Decade 1970-79

1.5 The Decade 1980-89

1.6 The Decade 1990-99

1.7 The Decade 2000-09

1.8 The Period 2010-15

Endnotes

Chapter 2: Plate Tectonic History

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Present-Day Africa

2.3 Rodinia

2.4 The Pan-African Orogeny and the Assembly of Pannotia

2.5 The Saharan Metacraton

2.6 Gondwana

2.7 Pangaea

2.8 Tethys

2.9 Tethys to Mediterranean

Chapter 3: Stratigraphy

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Kufrah Basin and Surrounding Areas

3.2.1 Kufrah Basin Precambrian and Infra-Cambrian

3.2.2 Kufrah Basin Cambro-Ordovician

3.2.2.1 Kufrah Basin Cambro-Ordovician Eastern Outcrops

3.2.2.2 Kufrah Basin Cambro-Ordovician Northern Outcrops

3.2.2.3 Kufrah Basin Cambro-Ordovician Western Outcrops

3.2.2.4 Kufrah Basin Cambro-Ordovician Subsurface

3.2.3 Kufrah Basin Silurian

3.2.3.1 Kufrah Basin Silurian Eastern Outcrops

3.2.3.2 Kufrah Basin Silurian Western Outcrops

3.2.3.3 Kufrah Basin Silurian Subsurface

3.2.4 Kufrah Basin Devonian, Carboniferous and Mesozoic

3.3 Tibisti Arch

3.4 Murzuq Basin

3.4.1 Murzuq Basin Precambrian

3.4.2 Murzuq Basin Cambro-Ordovician

3.4.2.1 Murzuq Basin Cambro-Ordovician Eastern Outcrops

3.4.2.2 Murzuq Basin Cambro-Ordovician Northern Outcrops

3.4.2.3 Murzuq Basin Cambro-Ordovician Western Outcrops

3.4.2.4 Murzuq Basin Cambro-Ordovician Subsurface

3.4.3 Murzuq Basin Silurian

3.4.3.1 Murzuq Basin Silurian Eastern Outcrops

3.4.3.2 Murzuq Basin Silurian Northern Outcrops

3.4.3.3 Murzuq Basin Silurian Western Outcrops

3.4.3.4 Murzuq Basin Silurian Subsurface.

3.4.4 Murzuq Basin Devonian

3.4.4.1 Murzuq Basin Devonian Eastern Outcrops

3.4.4.2 Murzuq Basin Devonian Northern Outcrops

3.4.4.3 Murzuq Basin Devonian Western Outcrops

3.4.4.4 Murzuq Basin Devonian Subsurface

3.4.5 Murzuq Basin Carboniferous

3.4.5.1 Murzuq Basin Carboniferous Outcrops

3.4.5.2 Murzuq Basin Carboniferous Subsurface

3.4.6 Murzuq Basin Post-Carboniferous

3.5 Al Qarqaf Arch

3.6 Ghadamis Basin

3.6.1 Ghadamis Basin Southern Outcrops

3.6.2 Ghadamis Basin Subsurface

3.6.2.1 Ghadamis Basin Subsurface, Basement to Ordovician

3.6.2.2 Ghadamis Basin Subsurface, Silurian and Devonian

3.6.2.3 Ghadamis Basin Subsurface, Carboniferous

3.7 Hamadah Basin, Nafusah Arch, Jifarah Terrace and NW Offshore

3.7.1 Hamadah Basin, Nafusah Arch, Jifarah Terrace and NW Offshore, Permian and Triassic

3.7.2 Hamadah Basin, Nafusah Arch and NW Offshore, Early Jurassic to Mid-Jurassic

3.7.3 Hamadah Basin, Nafusah Arch and NW Offshore, Late-Jurassic to Mid-Cretaceous

3.7.4 Hamadah Basin, Nafusah Arch and NW Offshore, Late Cretaceous

3.7.5 Hamadah Basin and NW Offshore Palaeocene

3.7.6 North-Western Offshore Post-Palaeocene

3.8 Sirt Basin and Adjacent Offshore

3.8.1 Introduction

3.8.2 Sirt Basin Pre-Mesozoic

3.8.3 Sirt Basin Nubian

3.8.4 Sirt Basin and Central Offshore, Marine Cretaceous

3.8.5 Sirt Basin and Central Offshore, Palaeocene

3.8.6 Sirt Basin and Central Offshore, Eocene

3.8.7 Sirt Basin and Central Offshore, Post-Eocene

3.9 Cyrenaica and Adjacent Offshore

3.9.1 Cyrenaica Precambrian to Carboniferous

3.9.2 Cyrenaica and Adjacent Offshore Permian to Mid-Cretaceous

3.9.3 Cyrenaica and Adjacent Offshore, Late Cretaceous and Tertiary

Chapter 4: Structure

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Southern Libya

4.2.1 Al Kufrah Basin.

4.2.1.1 Kufrah Basin Eastern Outcrops

4.2.1.2 Kufrah Basin Northern and Western Outcrops

4.2.1.3 Kufrah Basin Subsurface

4.2.1.4 Kufrah Basin Summary

4.2.2 Tibisti Arch

4.2.2.1 Tibisti Arch Summary

4.2.3 Murzuq Basin

4.2.3.1 Murzuq Basin Eastern Outcrops

4.2.3.2 Murzuq Basin, Northern Outcrops

4.2.3.3 Murzuq Basin Western Outcrops

4.2.3.4 Murzuq Basin Subsurface

Al Awaynat Trough

Tiririne High

Awbari Trough

Idhan Depression

Brak-Bin Ghanimah Uplift

Dur al Qussah Trough

4.2.3.5 Comparison Between the Murzuq and Kufrah Basins

4.2.4 Tihimboka Arch

4.2.4.1 Summary

4.2.5 Al Qarqaf Arch

4.2.5.1 Al Qarqaf Arch Outcrops

4.2.5.2 Al Qarqaf Arch Subsurface

4.3 Northern Libya

4.3.1 Ghadamis Basin

4.3.2 The Nafusah Arch

4.3.3 The Jifarah Terrace

4.3.4 The Sirt Basin

4.3.4.1 Sirt Basin, Introduction

4.3.4.2 Hun Graben

4.3.4.3 Waddan Platform

4.3.4.4 Dur al Abd Trough

4.3.4.5 Zallah Trough

4.3.4.6 Abu Tumayam Trough

4.3.4.7 Az Zahrah-Al Hufrah Platform

4.3.4.8 Al Kotlah Graben

4.3.4.9 Al Bayda Platform

4.3.4.10 Southern Shelf

4.3.4.11 Maradah Trough

4.3.4.12 Zaltan Platform Complex

An Nuwfaliyah High

Al Jahamah Platform

Assumud Ridge

Wadayat Trough

Zaltan Platform

4.3.4.13 Ajdabiya Trough

Ash Shulaydimah Trough

4.3.4.14 Eastern Embayment

4.3.4.15 Maragh Trough

4.3.4.16 Amal Platform

4.3.5 Cyrenaica

4.3.5.1 The Cyrenaica Platform

4.3.5.2 The Jabal al Akhdar Uplift

4.4 Offshore

4.4.1 Western Libyan Offshore

4.4.1.1 Sabratah Basin

4.4.1.2 Jarrafa Platform

4.4.1.3 Melita-Medina Platforms

4.4.1.4 Misratah Trough

4.4.2 Central Libyan Offshore

4.4.2.1 Sirt Embayment

4.4.2.2 Sirt Trough

4.4.3 Eastern Libyan Offshore

4.4.3.1 Binghazi Basin

4.4.3.2 Cyrenaica Ridge.

4.4.3.3 North Coast of Cyrenaica

4.4.3.4 Darnah Ridge

4.4.3.5 Darnah Trough

4.4.3.6 Marmarica Ridge

4.4.3.7 Marmarica Trough

4.5 Structural Summary

Chapter 5: Petroleum Geochemistry

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Murzuq Basin

5.3 Greater Ghadamis Basin

5.4 Al Kufrah Basin

5.5 Sirt Basin

5.6 Offshore

5.7 Cyrenaica

Chapter 6: Petroleum Systems and Play Fairways

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Petroleum Systems of the Sirt Basin

6.2.1 Sarir Sandstone Play Fairway

6.2.1.1 Reservoir and Seal Characteristics and Trap Type

6.2.1.2 Source Rock and Source Kitchens

6.2.1.3 Migration Drainage, Critical Period and Preservation Time

6.2.2 Play Fairways With Maastrichtian Reservoirs

6.2.2.1 Reservoir and Seal Characteristics and Trap Type

6.2.2.2 Source Rock and Source Kitchens

6.2.2.3 Migration Drainage, Critical Period and Preservation Time

6.2.3 Zaltan/Upper Sabil Limestone Play Fairway

6.2.3.1 Reservoir and Seal Characteristics and Trap Type

6.2.3.2 Source Rock and Source Kitchens

6.2.3.3 Migration Drainage, Critical Period and Preservation Time

6.2.4 Jalu Play Fairway

6.2.4.1 Reservoir and Seal Characteristics and Trap Type

6.2.4.2 Source Rock and Source Kitchens

6.2.4.3 Migration Drainage, Critical Period and Preservation Time

6.2.5 Other Petroleum Systems in the Sirt Basin

6.2.5.1 Petroleum Systems of the Zallah Trough

6.2.5.2 Petroleum Systems of the Kotlah Graben/Abu Tumayam Trough

6.2.5.3 Petroleum Systems of the Zahrah Hufrah Platform

6.3 Petroleum Systems of Western Libya

6.3.1 Murzuq and Greater Ghadamis Late Ordovician Play Fairway

6.3.1.1 Reservoir and Seal Characteristics and Trap Type

6.3.1.2 Source Rock and Source Kitchens

6.3.1.3 Migration Drainage, Critical Period and Preservation Time.

6.3.2 Greater Ghadamis Akakus Play Fairway

6.3.2.1 Reservoir and Seal Characteristics and Trap Type

6.3.2.2 Source Rock and Source Kitchens

6.3.2.3 Migration Drainage, Critical Period and Preservation Time

6.3.3 Other Petroleum Systems in Western Libya

6.3.3.1 Petroleum Systems of the Southern Flank of the Ghadamis Basin

6.3.3.2 Tanzuft-Charged Petroleum Systems of the Main Part of the Ghadamis Basin

6.3.3.3 Frasnian-Charged Petroleum Systems

6.4 Petroleum Systems of the Sabratah Basin

6.4.1 Jdeir Play Fairway (Oil and Gas)

6.4.2 Makhbaz/Bahloul Gas Play

6.4.3 Other Petroleum Potential in the Greater Sabratah Basin

6.5 Offshore Sirt Proven and Potential Plays

6.5.1 Sirual Formation (Kimmeridgian) to Cretaceous Carbonates

6.5.2 Sirt Shale to Bahi Formation (Cenomanian-Turonian)

6.5.3 Sirt Shale to Lidam Formation (Cenomanian-Turonian)

6.5.4 Jalu-Equivalent Shale to Eocene Deep Water Reservoirs

6.5.5 Other Possible Plays

6.5.6 Conclusions

Chapter 7: Oil and Gas Fields of Libya

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Sarir Main

7.3 Messlah

7.4 Jalu

7.5 Nasser (Zaltan)

7.6 Awjilah-Nafurah

7.7 Intisar D

7.8 Raqubah

7.9 Zahrah-Hufrah

7.10 Sabah

7.11 Shararah A

7.12 El Feel (Elephant)

7.13 Al Wafaa

7.14 Hamra

7.15 Bouri

7.16 Bahr Essalam

Chapter 8: Future Exploration and Exploitation Potential

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Oil and Gas Already Discovered

8.3 Exploration Potential

8.3.1 Kufrah Basin

8.3.2 Murzuq Basin

8.3.3 Ghadamis Basin

8.3.4 Jifarah Arch and Terrace

8.3.5 The North-Western Offshore

8.3.6 Sirt Basin and Adjacent Offshore

8.3.7 Cyrenaica and Adjacent Offshore Areas

8.3.8 Yet-to-Find

8.4 Exploitation Potential

8.4.1 Remaining Ultimately Recoverable Oil Reserves

8.4.2 Production Rates.

8.4.3 Gas Reserves.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-444-63519-X