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Title: Sedimentology of the Sbaa oil reservoir in the Timimoun basin (S. Algeria)

Abstract

In 1980 oil was discovered in the Timimoun portion of the Sbaa depression in Southern Algeria. Until that time this basin had produced only dry gas. Since the 1980 oil discovery, several wells have been drilled. Data acquired from these wells were analyzed and are presented in this study. The oil reservoir is located within a sandstone interval of the Sbaa formation which has an average thickness of 75 m. The Sbaa lies between the Tournaisian (Lower Carboniferous) silts and the Strunian (uppermost Devonian) shales and sandstones. The sedimentological study reveals that the Sbaa formation contains bimodal facies consisting of coarse siltstones and fine sandstones. The sequence has been attributed to a deltaic environment developed in the central part of the Ahnet basin. The sources of the associated fluvial system are from the surrounding In-Semmen, Tinessourine, and Arak-Foum-Belrem paleohighs. Thermoluminescence indicates the provenance for the Sbaa sands was the crystalline basement Cambrian and Ordovician sections.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Institute des Hydrocarbures et de la Chimique, Boumerdes (Algeria)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
6682539
Report Number(s):
CONF-900605-
Journal ID: ISSN 0149-1423; CODEN: AABUD
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists); (USA)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 74:5; Conference: Annual convention and exposition of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, San Francisco, CA (USA), 3-6 Jun 1990; Journal ID: ISSN 0149-1423
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; 58 GEOSCIENCES; ALGERIA; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; RESERVOIR ROCK; CAMBRIAN PERIOD; GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS; ORDOVICIAN PERIOD; SANDSTONES; SEDIMENTARY BASINS; SEDIMENTATION; SILTSTONES; AFRICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOLOGIC AGES; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; MINERAL RESOURCES; PALEOZOIC ERA; RESOURCES; ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; 020200* - Petroleum- Reserves, Geology, & Exploration; 580000 - Geosciences

Citation Formats

Mehadi, Z. Sedimentology of the Sbaa oil reservoir in the Timimoun basin (S. Algeria). United States: N. p., 1990. Web.
Mehadi, Z. Sedimentology of the Sbaa oil reservoir in the Timimoun basin (S. Algeria). United States.
Mehadi, Z. 1990. "Sedimentology of the Sbaa oil reservoir in the Timimoun basin (S. Algeria)". United States.
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abstractNote = {In 1980 oil was discovered in the Timimoun portion of the Sbaa depression in Southern Algeria. Until that time this basin had produced only dry gas. Since the 1980 oil discovery, several wells have been drilled. Data acquired from these wells were analyzed and are presented in this study. The oil reservoir is located within a sandstone interval of the Sbaa formation which has an average thickness of 75 m. The Sbaa lies between the Tournaisian (Lower Carboniferous) silts and the Strunian (uppermost Devonian) shales and sandstones. The sedimentological study reveals that the Sbaa formation contains bimodal facies consisting of coarse siltstones and fine sandstones. The sequence has been attributed to a deltaic environment developed in the central part of the Ahnet basin. The sources of the associated fluvial system are from the surrounding In-Semmen, Tinessourine, and Arak-Foum-Belrem paleohighs. Thermoluminescence indicates the provenance for the Sbaa sands was the crystalline basement Cambrian and Ordovician sections.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6682539}, journal = {AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists); (USA)},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990},
month = {Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990}
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