Timing of structural development of oil traps in Gulf of Suez, Egypt

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6689611

Chowdhary, L R; Shaheen, S

To date, more than 40 oil fields with an estimated 25billion bbl of oil in place have been discovered in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt. These oil accumulations are present both in the pre-graben and graben-fill cycles which are separated by Oligocene tectonic phase, hitherto considered to be responsible for differentiation and formation of oil traps. In the present study, the structural development of many oil traps is related to intra-Rudeis tectonic phase of late early Miocene age. Presence of an a

• OSTI ID: 6689611
• Report Number(s): CONF-880301-
• Resource Relation: Conference: Annual meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Houston, TX, USA, 20 Mar 1988
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
GEOLOGIC TRAPS
TECTONICS
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
GEOLOGY
SUEZ CANAL
BASEMENT ROCK
EXPLORATION
PRECAMBRIAN ERA
RESERVOIR ROCK
SANDSTONES
TERTIARY PERIOD
AFRICA
CENOZOIC ERA
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
EGYPTIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
GEOLOGIC AGES
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
MINERAL RESOURCES
RESOURCES
ROCKS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
SURFACE WATERS
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