TY - GEN
T1 - Thermal history and hydrocarbon potentiality of Khadari Sub-basin, Northwest Muglad Basin, Sudan
AU - Abdelkarim, A.
AU - Yassin, M.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - One dimensional basin modeling was applied to Khadari Sub-basin in the Northwestern flank of the giant Muglad Basin, Southwest of Sudan. Muglad Basin is an extensional rift regime that regionally linked to the Central and West African Rift Systems, and represents the most prolific oil basin in Sudan. Khadari Sub-basin is one of the three sub-basins of Block-C, Southwest Sudan. The lacustrine, organic rich shale of Aptian-Albian Abu-Gabra Formation represents the Hydrocarbon source rock in Muglad Basin. The aim of this study is to reconstruct the thermal history, and to evaluate the petroleum potentiality of Khadari Sub-basin, GENEX 4.0.3TM was used to fulfill this purpose. The study revealed that the first rift stage was the most tectonically and thermally active. Regarding Hydrocarbon potentiality, the study showed availability of good source rock in Khadari Sub-basin with kerogen type II and average total organic carbon (TOC) of 2.4%. The non-expulsion status corresponds with the kerogen transformation ratio of Abu-Gabra source rock at Khadari-1 Well, both results correspond with the inadequate thickness of overburden.
AB - One dimensional basin modeling was applied to Khadari Sub-basin in the Northwestern flank of the giant Muglad Basin, Southwest of Sudan. Muglad Basin is an extensional rift regime that regionally linked to the Central and West African Rift Systems, and represents the most prolific oil basin in Sudan. Khadari Sub-basin is one of the three sub-basins of Block-C, Southwest Sudan. The lacustrine, organic rich shale of Aptian-Albian Abu-Gabra Formation represents the Hydrocarbon source rock in Muglad Basin. The aim of this study is to reconstruct the thermal history, and to evaluate the petroleum potentiality of Khadari Sub-basin, GENEX 4.0.3TM was used to fulfill this purpose. The study revealed that the first rift stage was the most tectonically and thermally active. Regarding Hydrocarbon potentiality, the study showed availability of good source rock in Khadari Sub-basin with kerogen type II and average total organic carbon (TOC) of 2.4%. The non-expulsion status corresponds with the kerogen transformation ratio of Abu-Gabra source rock at Khadari-1 Well, both results correspond with the inadequate thickness of overburden.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85037543182
U2 - 10.3997/2214-4609.201413143
DO - 10.3997/2214-4609.201413143
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85037543182
T3 - 77th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2015: Earth Science for Energy and Environment
SP - 2196
EP - 2200
BT - 77th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2015
PB - European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE
ER -