Thermal maturity history and petroleum generation modelling for the Lower Cretaceous Abu Gabra Formation in the Fula Sub-basin, Muglad Basin, Sudan

Makeen, Yousif M.; Abdullah, Wan Hasiah; Pearson, Michael J.; Hakimi, Mohammed Hail; Elhassan, Osman M.A.; Hadad, Yousif Taha

doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.04.023

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“…To represent the natural conditions in the basin, thermal modeling was carried out by reference to the vitrinite reflectance, present-day surface heat flow (Duchkov et al 2013), and present-day reservoir temperatures (Alipour et al 2019;Hantschel and Kauerauf 2009;Higley et al 2006;Makeen et al 2016b;Osli et al 2019). The heat flow calibration illustrated in Fig.…”

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“…To solve the problems associated with the evolution of a sedimentary basin and the prediction of oil and gas occurrence, modern technologies such as basin and petroleum system modeling are widely used (Baur et al 2011;Hakimi et al 2010;Kerimov et al 2011;Makeen et al 2016a;Makeen et al 2016b). Comprehensive interpretation of geophysical, geological, and geochemical information can be essential theoretical background for the further identifying of burial and thermal histories of a basin (Al-Hajeri et al 2009).…”

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Basin and petroleum system modeling in conjunction zone of the Alexander and Srednevasyugan anticlines and Ust-Tym depression, southeastern part of the West Siberian hydrocarbon province (Russia)

Kosmacheva

Fedorovich

2020

J Petrol Explor Prod Technol

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The paper is aimed at the basin and petroleum system modeling in the conjunction zone of the Alexander and Srednevasyugan anticlines and Ust-Tym depression during the Mesozoic-Cenozoic time. The exploration area is located in the southeastern part of the West Siberian hydrocarbon province. The present research primarily identifies the oil-window-entry time, maturity, generation points, generation power, and remaining potential of the Togur and Bazhenov source rocks. The Togur oil-window-entry time is 139.5 Ma. The Bazhenov oil-window-entry time is 99 Ma. Liquid hydrocarbons are extensively generated by the source rocks at the present time, since the Togur and Bazhenov Formations are found to be in the oil window. The significant amount of generated hydrocarbons is lost in migration processes. The source rock generation power and remaining potential are 1.1 and 1.5 billion tons of hydrocarbons, respectively.

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Basin and petroleum system modeling in conjunction zone of the Alexander and Srednevasyugan anticlines and Ust-Tym depression, southeastern part of the West Siberian hydrocarbon province (Russia)

Kosmacheva

Fedorovich

2020

J Petrol Explor Prod Technol

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“…Immature source rocks have transformation ratios less than 10% (no generation). Peak oil generation occur at a transformation ratio of 50% when the main phase of oil generation is reached [49]. The modeled hydrocarbon generation and expulsion of the studied well shows that the Madbi source rocks were generating hydrocarbon with oil as the main product ( Figure 12).…”

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“…Heat-flow model (Figure 10b) is used to calculate maturity, which is generally calibrated with a thermal maturity parameter such as vitrinite reflectance, e.g. [31,[47][48][49]. In the Sayun-Masilah basin, paleo-heat flow was affected Figure 9.…”

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Petroleum Source Rocks Characterization and Hydrocarbon Generation

Al‐Areeq¹

2018

Recent Insights in Petroleum Science and Engineering

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This chapter is proposed to give the principal learning on the application of the formation of petroleum source rocks and hydrocarbon generation to exploration activities. The evaluation of petroleum source rocks and hydrocarbon generation is a very important skill for explorationists todefinethelocationandtypeofpetroleum prospects in a region. In this chapter, subsurface samples from case study (Sayun-Masilah basin) were used to determine the source rock characteristics and petroleum generative potentials of prospective source rocks. Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the source rock in this basin was done by means of geochemical and geophysical approaches for four rock units. It is clear that Madbi Formation is considered the main source, in which the organic carbon content reached up to more than 5.2 wt%. The types of organic matter from rock-eval pyrolysis data indicated that type I kerogen is the main type, in association with type II, and a mixture of types II and III kerogens. The study of the different maturation parameters obtained from rock-eval pyrolysis, such as T max and vitrinite reflectance, reflects that the considered rock units are occurred in different maturation stages, ranging from immature to mature sources. One-dimensional basin modeling was performed to analyze the hydrocarbon generation and expulsion history of the source rocks in the study area based on the reconstruction of the burial and thermal maturity histories in order to improve our understanding of the hydrocarbon generation potential. Calibration of the model with measured vitrinite reflectance (%Ro) and borehole temperature (BHT) data indicates that the paleo-heat flow was high at Late Jurassic. The models also indicate that the early hydrocarbon generation in the Madbi source rock occurred during late Cretaceous and the main hydrocarbon generation has been reached approximately at Early Eocene. Therefore, the Madbi source rock can be considered as generative potentials of prospective source rock horizons in the Sayun-Masilah basin.

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“…The hydrocarbon generation and expulsion history of the source rocks in the Dongpu Depression were simulated using the basin modeling method (Makeen et al 2016). The simulation parameters include stratigraphic ages, formation depth/thickness, erosion thickness, lithology, boundary conditions and source rock properties.…”

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Hydrocarbon charge history of the Paleogene reservoir in the northern Dongpu Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, China

Jiang

Fang²,

Liu

et al. 2016

Pet. Sci.

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The hydrocarbon charge history of the Paleogene in the northern Dongpu Depression was analyzed in detail based on a comprehensive analysis of the generation and expulsion history of the major hydrocarbon source rocks, fluorescence microscopic features and fluid inclusion petrography. There were two main stages of hydrocarbon generation and expulsion of oil from the major hydrocarbon source rocks. The first stage was the main hydrocarbon expulsion stage. The fluorescence microscopic features also indicated two stages of hydrocarbon accumulation. Carbonaceous bitumen, asphaltene bitumen and colloidal bitumen reflected an early hydrocarbon charge, whereas the oil bitumen reflected a second hydrocarbon charge. Hydrocarbon inclusions also indicate two distinct charges according to the diagenetic evolution sequence, inclusion petrography features combined with the homogenization temperature and reservoir burial history analysis. According to these comprehensive analysis results, the hydrocarbon charge history of the Paleogene reservoir in the northern Dongpu Depression was divided into two phases. The first phase was from the late Dongying depositional period of the Oligocene to the early uplift stages of the late Paleogene. The second phase was from the late Minghuazhen period of the Pliocene to the Quaternary. Reservoirs formed during the first period were widely distributed covering the entire area. In contrast, reservoirs formed during the second period were mainly distributed near the hydrocarbon generation sags. Vertically, it was characterized by a single phase in the upper layers and two phases in the lower layers of the Paleogene.

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Thermal maturity history and petroleum generation modelling for the Lower Cretaceous Abu Gabra Formation in the Fula Sub-basin, Muglad Basin, Sudan

Cited by 52 publications

References 23 publications

Basin and petroleum system modeling in conjunction zone of the Alexander and Srednevasyugan anticlines and Ust-Tym depression, southeastern part of the West Siberian hydrocarbon province (Russia)

Basin and petroleum system modeling in conjunction zone of the Alexander and Srednevasyugan anticlines and Ust-Tym depression, southeastern part of the West Siberian hydrocarbon province (Russia)

Petroleum Source Rocks Characterization and Hydrocarbon Generation

Hydrocarbon charge history of the Paleogene reservoir in the northern Dongpu Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, China

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