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Assessment of undiscovered conventionally recoverable petroleum resources of North Africa (including Egypt, Libya, eastern Tunisia, Pelagian shelf, and central Algeria) By James A. Peterson
This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards 'and stratigraphic nomenclature. 1982
Assessment of undiscovered conventionally recoverable petroleum resources of North Africa (including Egypt, Libya, eastern Tunisia, Pelagian shelf, and central Algeria)
By
James A. Peterson ASSESSMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES This report was prepared as part of the World Energy Resources Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The objective of the study is to assess the undiscovered conventionally recoverable resources remaining within the petroleum producing provinces. The study utilizes geological and petroleum engineering data, in conjunction with statistical techniques, to estimate undiscovered resources by a process involving a team of geologists and statisticians. The estimates represent the views of the U.S. Geological Survey estimation team and should not be regarded as an official Department of the Interior position. Other U.S. Geological Survey publications relating to the assessment of undiscovered conventionally recoverable petroleum resources include the following: Open-File Reports 81-0986 - Persian Gulf basin and Zagros fold belt (Arabian-Iranian basin) 81-1027 - Volga-Ural basin 81-1142 - Indonesia 81-1143 - Northeastern Mexico 81-1144 - Southeastern Mexico, northern Guatemala, and Belize 81-1145 - Trinidad 81-1146 - Venezuela 81-1147 - West Siberia and Kara Sea basins 82-0296 - Middle Caspian basin 82-1027 - East Siberian basin
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The resource assessment for this report was prepared in collaboration with the Resource Appraisal Group of the Branch of Oil and Gas Resources. INTRODUCTION The locations of the North Africa provinces are shown in figure 1. Estimates by the USGS of oil and gas resources in these basins are given in table 1 and figures 2-15. Data supplementary to these estimates are supplied in table 2.
ASSESSMENT AREAS:
II. East Tunisia-Pelagian Shelf-Northwest Libya province V. Nile Delta-Nile basin
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EXPLANATION Names of fields numbered on figure 1 Erg Occidental basin, Algeria 1. Hassi R 1 Mel Nile Delta, Egypt 30. 31. 32. 33. East Mubarak Abu Qir Abu Madi El Temsah
Suez-Sinai province, Egypt 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. Asl Abu Rudeis - Sidri Belaiyra Morgan July
Sirte basin, Libya 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Mabruk Bahi Dahra-Hofra Hateiba Raguba Ed Dib Sabah Beda, Samah, and Bel Hedan Nasser Waha Defa Intisar - "A" Amal Aguila Abu Tiffel Gialo Messla Sarir
Western Desert basin, Egypt 26, 27 28, 29. Umbarka Meleiha El Alaraein Abu al Gharadig
Table 1. Assessment of undiscovered conventionally recoverable petroleum resources of North Africa (Egypt, Libya, eastern Tunisia, Pelagian shelf, and central Algeria) Resource assessment by USGS as of 7/29/82; see also figures 2 to 15. Crude oil in billions of barrels (BB) Region Low (F95 )i/ High (?5 )-f Mean Natural gas in trillions of cubic feet (Tcf) and billions of barrels of oil equivalent (BBOE) @ 6,000 cuft/bbl, Low (F95 )i/ High (F5 )i/ Mean
I. Erg Occidental, Erg Oriental, and Hamada basins of central Algeria northwest Libya 2.3 II. Eastern Tunisia - Pelagian shelf - northwestern Libya III. Sirte basin, Libya IV. Cyrenaica shelf, Libya - Western Desert basin, Egypt V, Nile Delta Nile basin, Egypt
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Table 2. Supplementary and comparative data supporting the resource assessment for North Africa A' Crude Oil (BB) Cumulative production to 7/81 Erg Occidental, Erg Oriental, and Hamada basins Eastern Tunisia - Pelagian shelf- northwestern Libya province Sirte basin Cyrenaica shelf - Western Desert basin Nile Delta - Nile basin Suez-Sinai province Total Measured reserves to 7/81 Erg Occidental, Erg Oriental, and Haraada basins Eastern Tunisia - Pelagian shelf - northwestern Libya province Sirte basin Cyrenaica shelf - Western Desert basin Nile Delta - Nile basin Suez-Sinai province Total 7.5 0.6? 23.3 0.25 + !' 3.5 35.15 50 + + + + _+ JJ I/ ?J !/ ~J 5.5 0.4 13.7 0.15 0 2.5 22.25 5 + + + + + _' I/ ' !/ ./ Natural gas (Tcf)
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COMMENTS
Erg Occidental, Erg Oriental, and Hamada basins Estimate of gas resources is uncertain because of disagreement in published figures on size of the supergiant Hassi R'Mel gas field, which range between 35 and 75 Tcf ultimate recovery. The Erg Occidental basin tends to be gas prone; most of the oil fields occur in the Erg Oriental basin. Widespread Triassic-Jurassic evaporite section is the major seal for most of the important oil and gas fields. A major share (75-85 percent) of the cumulative production and identified oil and gas reserves is from the supergiant Hassi Messaoud oil field (11 BB) and the supergiant Hassi R'Mel gas field (35-75 Tcf). Source rocks for both oil and gas are primarily the Silurian (Gotlandian) graptolite shale beds. However, deeply buried post-Silurian gas source rocks may be present in the western part of the Erg Occidental basin adjacent to the Saharan Atlas flexure. Eastern Tunisia - Pelagian shelf - northwestern Libya province The sedimentary section is very thick, but few pre-Upper Cretaceous tests have been drilled. Available information indicates that no large fields have been discovered as yet, but a large part of the offshore area is not adequately tested. Resource assessment is difficult because of the relatively unknown character of the pre-Tertiary stratigraphic section and the deeper structure. Salt structures are important in the offshore area. Sirte basin Except for the offshore area, the basin is relatively well explored. Indications are that reservoirs will be absent or poorer in offshore area. Potential extists for downdip stratigraphic traps on large structures, including horst blocks. Tertiary reef or carbonate mounds are targets for further exploration.
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Cyrenalca shelf - Western Desert basin Lack of an evaporite section and other adequate regional seals are unfavorable factors* Lack of widespread mature source rocks may be unfavorable, although Silurian graptolite shale may be present at depth in northwestern Egypt, northeastern Libya, and in the offshore area* Structural history has resulted in many small Mesozoic and Cenozoic basins with irregular and localized distribution of source rocks, seals, and reservoirs. Area is not well known and potential is present for unusual and anomalous petroleum accumulations* Nile Delta - Nile basin The Nile Delta appears to be gas prone, but deeper source rocks may be post-mature because of the high geothermal gradient offshore. Success ratio is relatively high, but field development is minimal, and little information is available on reserve estimates* Suez-Sinai province Potential for stratigraphic traps beneath the salt section is relatively untested. Some difficulty is reported in getting good seismic records beneath the Miocene salt section. Thermal gradient is high, but production so far is almost exclusively oil. Explanations may be related to sapropelic nature of source rocks and insufficient depth of burial for gas. General Offshore area to 1,000 m depth is included in assessments of Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia. Southern Egypt, southern Libya, and southern Algeria are not included in the assessments. These regions are considered to have minimum potential for petroleum resources because of insufficient depth of burial, absence of cap rocks, proximity to extensive outcrops of Paleozoic and Mesozoic rocks, and relatively continuous emergence and erosion of the region since middle to late Paleozoic time.
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