Geology and petroleum resources of central and east-central Africa

Peterson, J.A.

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“…In the 1980s, following the discovery of large hydrocarbon accumulations in the Cretaceous-Paleogene rifts of southern Sudan (Schull, 1984(Schull, , 1988Peterson, 1986;Genik, 1993;Mohammed et al, 1999;Mohamed et al, 2002;Obaje et al, 2004), a phase of aggressive exploration was developed by Amoco Kenya Petroleum Company (AKPC), and later by Shell Exploration & Production Kenya B.V. (SEPK) in the western part of the Turkana depression. An initial seismic acquisition campaign was conducted in 1984 under the auspices of the Project PROBE (''Proto-Rifts and Ocean Basin Evolution'') (Rosendahl et al, 1986(Rosendahl et al, , 1992Rosendahl, 1987) covering the offshore areas of Lake Turkana (Dunkelman et al, 1988(Dunkelman et al, , 1989.…”

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Stratigraphy, sedimentology and diagenetic evolution of the Lapur Sandstone in northern Kenya: Implications for oil exploration of the Meso-Cenozoic Turkana depression

Tiercelin

Potdevin

Thuo

et al. 2012

Journal of African Earth Sciences

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Stratigraphy, sedimentology and diagenetic evolution of the Lapur Sandstone in northern Kenya: Implications for oil exploration of the Meso-Cenozoic Turkana depression

Tiercelin

Potdevin

Thuo

et al. 2012

Journal of African Earth Sciences

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“…In the southeastern Iullemmeden Basin Maastrichtian deposits have been reported in the Taloka Formation (Petters, 1979). Coalbearing sedimentary rocks have been reported in the Chad and Iullemmeden Basins by Peterson (1985a). The coal deposits in Mali are found in the Gao Trough region (Fig.…”

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“…These transgressions became more widespread with time, and reached as far south as northern Sudan and southern Libya (Fig. 4) in Cenomanian time (Peterson, 1985b).…”

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Paleogeography and stratigraphy of Cretaceous coal deposits of North Africa

Brownfield

Weaver

1992

Controls on the Distribution and Quality of Cretaceous Coals

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The Cretaceous coal-bearing facies of North and West Africa are directly related to the breakup of Africa and North and South America, global sea-level fluctuations, and the resulting marine transgressive and regressive cycles. In the Cretaceous, the coals of North Africa formed near the equator in a warm and humid climate, in contrast to the North American temperate coals. Lower Cretaceous coal-bearing facies have been reported in North Africa in Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Mauritania, and Senegal. Upper Cretaceous coal has been reported in Benin, Egypt, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sudan. A better understanding of Cretaceous facies relationships and shoreline trends should lead to the discovery of more coal deposits within North Africa. Major marine transgressions and regressions associated with rifting, the breakup of Gondwana and Laurasia, and eustatic sea level cycles developed during Cretaceous time in North and West Africa. During the Mesozoic Era, most of Africa was above sea level and marine deposition took place only in the marginal basins associated with the rifting of the continents. The opening of the South Atlantic and the breakup of Africa and south America occurred along a north-south rift system that began in the south during the latest Jurassic and migrated northward in the Early Cretaceous, reaching Nigeria by mid-Cretaceous time. The first marine connection between the North and South Atlantic occurred during late Albian time. Final separation of the continents occurred during the Santonian, and the permanent seaway developed in early Turanian time. The Tethys sea advanced across the Saharan Platform during the late Cenomanian-Turonian, Coniacian, late Campanian-Maastrichtian, and the Paleocene. Concurrently, the South Atlantic transgressed through the Benue Trough and Nupe Basin and linked with the Tethys sea in the Chad and lullemmeden Basins, forming the four trans-Saharan epeiric seaways.

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“…Benue Trough (Nigeria) -A graben with a thick sedimentary section is of interest anywhere in the world. Exploration has been limited to date; the potential for hundreds of millions of barrels of oil to a few billion barrels is clearly there (Peterson, 1985a).…”

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Global oil assessments and the search for non-OPEC oil

Masters¹

1986

Open-File Report

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Geology and petroleum resources of central and east-central Africa

Cited by 11 publications

References 12 publications

Stratigraphy, sedimentology and diagenetic evolution of the Lapur Sandstone in northern Kenya: Implications for oil exploration of the Meso-Cenozoic Turkana depression

Stratigraphy, sedimentology and diagenetic evolution of the Lapur Sandstone in northern Kenya: Implications for oil exploration of the Meso-Cenozoic Turkana depression

Paleogeography and stratigraphy of Cretaceous coal deposits of North Africa

Global oil assessments and the search for non-OPEC oil

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