Ramadan oil field

Conference · Fri Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1991 · AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists); (United States)

OSTI ID:5685985

El Shazly, S ^[1]; Garossino, G A ^[2]

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1. Gulf of Suez Petroleum Co., Cairo (Egypt)
2. Amoco Production Co., Tulsa, OK (United States)

Ramadan oil field, located in the central Gulf of Suez, is one of the giant oil fields of Egypt. It is named for the Islamic month of Ramadan during which it was discovered through the drilling of the well GS303-1 in September of 1974. Production comes primarily from within the massive sandstone reservoir of the Nubia 'C' Formation which covers some 2,850 ac with an oil column in excess of 1,000 ft. Secondary production occurs within both the Nubia 'A' Formation and Nezzazat Group. The northeasterly dipping Nubia 'C' reservoir is bounded to the west by two northwest-southeasterly oriented fault systems which are of similar throw but have significantly different ages. Northern Ramadan field is bounded by a late Miocene age fault, which transfers 75% of its throw through a series of southwest-northeasterly trending faults to a preexisting Oligo-Miocene age fault to the south. The latter bounds the southern half of the field and is typified by a heavily eroded scarp present at the pre-Miocene unconformity. The recent discovery of this scarp has allowed the westward repositioning of the updip limit of the Nubia 'C' reservoir resulting in a significant increase in recoverable reserves.

• OSTI ID: 5685985
• Report Number(s): CONF-910403--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists); (United States) Journal Volume: 75:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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