The role of Late Cretaceous wrench tectonics in hydrocarbon endowment in El-Gindi Basin, northern Western Desert, Egypt

Ghamry, M. Naguib El; Amawy, Maher El; Hagag, Wael

doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.104093

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“…Moreover, strike-slip faults may cut deep below the surface to form petroleum migration pathways. Therefore, strike-slipping structures are of important significance in petroleum exploration (Lowell, 1985;Allen and Allen, 2013;Chen et al, 2018;El Ghamry et al, 2020).…”

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Composite Strike-Slip Deformation Belts and Their Control on Oil and Gas Reservoirs: A Case Study of the Northern Part of the Shunbei 5 Strike-Slip Deformation Belt in Tarim Basin, Northwestern China

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Strike-slip deformation belts are interesting structures in the crust and are of significance in petroleum exploration. The Shunbei 5 fault belt (SB5), a long strike-slip deformation belt in the Tarim Basin, played an important role in the formation of a recently discovered major oilfield known as the Shunbei oilfield. In this study, models of plan view and vertical profile were established to interpret SB5 with multi-cycled tectonic activities. To this end, its structural framework, tectonic evolution, and associated plate tectonics were investigated using 2D and 3D seismic data. SB5 was formed as a dextral simple shear belt at the end of the Middle Ordovician. In the plan view, R-shears and P-shears with local transpressional and transtensional structures were observed. Along the vertical profiles, various structural styles occurred at various depths and strata in response to various stratigraphy mechanisms. Although these structures show clear boundaries between them, they correspond to the same formation time, indicating that they underwent deformation simultaneously. The second activity of SB5 occurred at the end of the late Ordovician, during which it was a dextral transtensional strike-slip deformation belt consisting of left-stepping en echelon R-shears. The R-shears were transtensional during the progressive deformation. Subsequently, SB5 underwent several strike slips of weak strength. Notably, SB5 cut through a deep Middle Cambrian gypsum salt layer and connected the deep Lower Cambrian source rock with deep Lower and Middle Ordovician carbonates to form the oil and gas reservoirs. The established models are of reference value in the interpretation of other subsurface strike-slip deformation belts.

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Composite Strike-Slip Deformation Belts and Their Control on Oil and Gas Reservoirs: A Case Study of the Northern Part of the Shunbei 5 Strike-Slip Deformation Belt in Tarim Basin, Northwestern China

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“…Wrench zones and their related structures were common both in outcrops and in oil-bearing areas [1]- [11]. They are of significance in exploration of oil and gas [12] [13] [14] [15].…”

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On the Orientation of Fractures with Transpressional and Transtensional Wrenches in Pre-Existing Faults

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2020

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Tertiary monogenetic volcanism in the Gabal Marssous, Bahariya Depression, Western Desert, Egypt: implication for multi-phases, mafic scoria cone suite related to Red Sea rift in the Afro-Arabian realm

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Maged

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Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch)

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The role of Late Cretaceous wrench tectonics in hydrocarbon endowment in El-Gindi Basin, northern Western Desert, Egypt

Cited by 7 publications

References 20 publications

Composite Strike-Slip Deformation Belts and Their Control on Oil and Gas Reservoirs: A Case Study of the Northern Part of the Shunbei 5 Strike-Slip Deformation Belt in Tarim Basin, Northwestern China

Composite Strike-Slip Deformation Belts and Their Control on Oil and Gas Reservoirs: A Case Study of the Northern Part of the Shunbei 5 Strike-Slip Deformation Belt in Tarim Basin, Northwestern China

On the Orientation of Fractures with Transpressional and Transtensional Wrenches in Pre-Existing Faults

Tertiary monogenetic volcanism in the Gabal Marssous, Bahariya Depression, Western Desert, Egypt: implication for multi-phases, mafic scoria cone suite related to Red Sea rift in the Afro-Arabian realm

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