Source rock potential of the phosphorite–bituminous chalk–marl sequence in Jordan

Depositional Environment and Source‐rock Characterisation of Organic‐matter Rich Upper Santonian – Upper Campanian Carbonates, Northern Lebanon

“…May, 1991); however little is known about source rock type and distribution. Upper Cretaceous chalks, marls and shales are prolific potential petroleum source rocks in the eastern Mediterranean region (Henson, 1951;Renouard, 1955;Ala and Moss, 1979;Beydoun, 1988;May, 1991;Sharland et al, 2001;Tannenbaum and Lewan, 2003;Abed et al, 2005;Nader, 2011), and are proven to be a source for oil in Adyaman province, SE Turkey (Inan et al, 2010) and in the Dead Sea basin (Tannenbaum and Aizenshtat, 1985). Previous studies have attributed these marine organicmatter (OM) rich deposits to a high productivity system associated with extensive coastal upwelling developed during the Late Cretaceous along the SE Tethys margin (Almogi-Labin et al, 1993Ashckenazi-Polivoda et al, 2010SchneiderMor et al, 2012).…”

“…Previous studies have attributed these marine organicmatter (OM) rich deposits to a high productivity system associated with extensive coastal upwelling developed during the Late Cretaceous along the SE Tethys margin (Almogi-Labin et al, 1993Ashckenazi-Polivoda et al, 2010SchneiderMor et al, 2012). The high flux of nutrients provided by upwelling currents led to the widespread deposition of OM-rich carbonates, cherts and phosphorites (Edelman-Furstenberg, 2008;Ashckenazi-Polivoda et al, 2010), which are interpreted to have been deposited over a folded topography resulting from the early pulses of the Afro-Arabia/Eurasia plate collision (Bein et al, 1990;Soudry, 2000;Abed et al, 2005;Almogi-Labin et al, 2012). The influence of palaeostructure and pre-existing basin architecture is expressed in lateral variations in thickness, lithofacies and OM content which are reported in Israel (Bein et al, 1990;Edelman-Furstenberg, 2009;Almogi-Labin et al, 2012) and Lebanon (Müller et al, 2010;Hawie et al, 2013a).…”

Recovery of shale oil condensate from different oil shales using a flow-through apparatus

“…The El-Lajjun and Yarmouk oil shales were marine oil shales of Maastrichtian age (72.1-66.0 Ma), laid down in the shallow continental shelf of the Tethys Ocean [18]. This shelf did not have a flat sea floor but consisted of a series of separate basins.…”

Relationship Between Organic Matter, Sulphur and Phosphate Contents in Upper Cretaceous Marine Carbonates (Karabogaz Formation, Se Turkey): Implications for Early Oil Generation

“…The study includes organic geochemical analyses based on detailed sampling of cores of the Karabogaz Formation. It is intended to contribute to a better understanding of the association of sulphur-, phosphate-, and organic-matter rich Cretaceous carbonates and oil (early oil) generation, which has been widely reported in the Eastern Mediterranean (Tannenbaum and Aizenshtat;Minster et al, 1986 andAbed and Kraishan, 1991;Abed et al, 2005).…”

“…Low-maturity carbonates have been widely reported to contain high amounts of Extractable Organic Matter (EOM) (e.g. Powell et al, 1975;Powell, 1984;Tannenbaum and Aizenshtat;di Primo and Horsfield, 1996;Abed et al, 2005). EOM is generally asphaltic and may be indigenous or result from migration.…”