Sbaa basin: A new oil-producing regino in Algeria

Conference · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · AAPG Bull.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5862570

Baghdadli, S M

Discovery of a paraffinic oil in 1980 in the Adrar area, the west part of the Algerian Sahara within the Sbaa half-graben depression, opens a new oil- and gas-bearing region in Algeria. The oil and gas fields are located on highly faulted structures generated by differential movements of basement blocks. Oil deposits are connected with tidal sandy sediments of Strunian and Tournaisian age and occur at depths of 500 to 1,000 m (1,640 to 3,280 ft). Gas and wet gas deposits are related to sandstone reservoirs of Cambrian-Ordovician age at depths of 1,500 to 2,000 m (4,920 to 6,562 ft).

• Research Organization: Sonatrach Exploration, Hussein-Day, Alger (Algeria)
• OSTI ID: 5862570
• Report Number(s): CONF-8809346-
• Journal Information: AAPG Bull.; (United States), Vol. 72:8; Conference: Mediterranean Basins conference and exhibition, Nice, France, 25-28 Sep 1988
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
03 NATURAL GAS
ALGERIA
NATURAL GAS FIELDS
OIL FIELDS
GEOLOGY
CAMBRIAN PERIOD
GEOLOGIC FAULTS
GEOLOGIC TRAPS
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD
RESERVOIR ROCK
SANDSTONES
SEDIMENTARY BASINS
AFRICA
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
GEOLOGIC AGES
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GEOLOGIC FRACTURES
GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
MINERAL RESOURCES
NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS
PALEOZOIC ERA
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
RESOURCES
ROCKS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
020200* - Petroleum- Reserves
Geology
& Exploration
030200 - Natural Gas- Reserves
Geology
& Exploration