Depositional and tectonic controls on architecture of the. The basin is located about 700 miles south of khartoum east of the river nile and despite the political. Gis and image processing techniques can be employed for the identification of morphological features and analyzing properties of basin. This tool shows maps of average monthly wind speed and direction for the contiguous united. The basin recorded a population of 4,416 at the 2016 census. Drainage basin morphometric analysis of galagu valley ahmed suleiman mustafa1, ummhani idris ahmed2 and nagi obaid naeem3 ahmed suleiman mustafa1 college of humanities, department of geography, university of bahri, khartoum bahri sudan corresponding author email. County recorded deeds, property and land records, oil and gas leases, probates and liens available online. Tectonic evolution control on hydrocarbon accumulation in.
The basin contains several hydrocarbon accumulations, although oil exploration, as elsewhere in sudan, has been hindered by conflict. Pdf oil development in northern upper nile, sudan business. Petroleum geology of the melut basin and the great palogue. The data selection and validation process for the mekong river basin study involved three steps. The basin morphometric parameters such as linear and aerial aspects of the river basin were determined and comput ed. The data base is from mainly proprietary exploration work consisting of more than. The average basin may be selected by clicking on the icon of the toolbar in the backcalculation window. This difference in evolution led to different accumulation conditions for basement reservoirs in terms of caprocks, hydrocarbon. These photos are in mrsid format and montana state plane coordinates. This article is published with open access at abstract the study indicates that.
Map of the basin, vic 3154 the basin is a suburb of melbourne, victoria, australia, 31 km east of melbournes central business district, located within the city of knox local government area. Some workers refer to this parameter as basin height. Basin basinscale analysis, synthesis, and integration the impact of basinscale oceanographic and climaterelated processes on the dynamics of key plankton and. The study was conducted by reclamation in collaboration with the seven basin states and a broad range of stakeholders including tribes, agricultural users, purveyors of municipal and industrial water, power users, and conservation and recreation groups. African continent developed central and western rift systems, with a large number of rift basins melut basin belongs to the cars,with an area of 33,000 km. By contrast, a range is a single line of mountains or hills forming a connected chain of land higher than the surrounding area. Morphometric analysis of gostani river basin in andhra.
Basement exploration in kg basin the untouched frontier ashutosh shandilya, and tarun kumar summary kgpg basin has been established as a polycyclic intracratonic rift basin which hosts petroleum systems ranging from permian to pliocene and offers a target for aggressive exploration. Pdf petroleum geology of the melut basin and the great palogue. Despite the political difficulties in the sudan during 20042007, namely the darfur crisis, the development has continued. Aapg and the brazilian association of petroleum geologists invite you to join us for gtw brazil 2019. This webmap gallery is part of an effort for local citizens, stakeholders and decisionmakers to.
Pdf origin of high acidity oils in the palogue oilfield, melut basin. The melut basin in the sudan is shaping up to be one of the major sources of crude oil in africa. Melut basin is a passive rift basin controlled by the central african shear zonecasz the casz was related to the expansion of atlantic ocean since late jurassic. Pdf study of the foundation problems at adar field. The first of john mcphees works in his series on geology and geologists, basin and range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern worlda history of. As subcrustal forces began to separate the fledgling continents, the rocks faulted and shattered.
Facies and porosity 3d models constrained by stochastic seismic. This report is divided into three main sections, the first two of which are the chapters in pdf format, described below. Pdf on jun 1, 2009, hussein elarabi and others published study of the foundation problems at adar field processing facilities, melut basin oil development find, read and cite all the research. Basin analysis and petroleum systems modeling of the.
Deflections must be available for at least two locations for the profile to be displayed. Melut basin oil field development major projects imra. Analysis of water use on a large river basin using mike. Some auxiliary info about the fort bragg headlands. The sirte basin also referred to as sirt basin is a. Analysis, integration, synthesis and modelling of north atlantic data sets. The melut basin oil project mbop, in the melut rift basin, covers the exploration and development of blocks 3d, 3e and 7e in south sudans upper nile state. The lithology of basement in melut basin is different from north to south.
Analysis of water use on a large river basin using mike basin. Basinresearch evolutionof the himalayanforelandbasin,nwindia. As the imprints of at least two major tectonic events are. New basin discovery page 4 of 4 may 2011 the basement structure based on the integra of aeromagnetics, gravity and the few seismic tion lines led to the development of several. The paleocene sandstones of the yabus and samma formations are the main oil reservoirs in the melut rift basin of interior sudan. This basin produced the regionally low topography there hawke and head. The data base is from mainly proprietary exploration work consisting of more than 20,000 km of seismic profiles, 2000 km 2 of 3d seismic, and more than 50 exploration wells. World petroleum resources project assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the sud province, northcentral africa printed on recycled paper introduction the main objective of the u. The basin is located about 700 miles south of khartoum. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate.
Thermal modelling of the melut basin sudan and south sudan. Pdf origin of high acidity oils in the palogue oilfield. Us dept of commerce national oceanic and atmospheric administration national weather service 25 east west highway silver spring, md 20910 page author. A external longitudinal view of endocarp showing fibrous texture, longitudinal fiber bundles running along the endocarp, and the location of one germination plug gp. When combined, the two make up basin and range topography. Basement exploration in kg basin the untouched frontier. New perspectives new plays in the douala basin of cameroon. American journal of botany botanical society of america. Deflection plots and selecting basins for backcalculation. The lake erie basin covers an area of approximately 2,300 square miles 1. C ts showing germination plug gp near the base of the endocarp. The study was conducted by reclamation in collaboration with the seven basin states and a broad range of stakeholders including.
Which description is not an accurate characterization of the amazon river basin. This paper overviews the framework, structural and petroleum geology aspects of the melut rift basin in sudan. The purposes of this association are to advance the science of geology. I will try to follow syntax of qbasic as close as i can. Gis and image processing techniques can be employed. Chevron discovered the adar and yale field in block 3d before it withdrew from sudan in the 1980s due to civil unrest. Recently, exploration has been revived in east africa and. For this lab, you will interpolate the elevation of the basin mouth to the. The stratigraphy in a sedimentary basin is the result of the interplay of the generation of space or accommodation and the influx of sediments sediment supply. However, the muglad and melut basins may coalesce southeastward and link up with the anza rift in.
The sirte basin province is characterized by one dominant petroleum system, the sirtezelten, which is subdi vided into four assessment units. The colorado river basin study was released in december 2012. Peripatetic journalist extraordinary mcphee takes a close, lucid, resonant look at the modern scenery of the western us from the perspective offered by an understanding of geological processes. Our experience we have litigated the following types of. Aqueduct metadata document mekong river basin study.
The sedimentology,stratigraphyandstructure ofaforelandbasin are,to a. Oil company managers have often rejected exploration programs for the. Jan 23, 2020 in geology, a basin is defined as a bounded area where the rock within the boundaries dips inward toward the center. Melut basin is one of the largest and most important oil producing areas in south sudan. Geology of the muglad rift basin of interior sudan iosr journal. By contrast, a range is a single line of mountains or hills forming a connected. Basin melut basin muglad basin doseo basin bongor basin figure 1. Implications for hydrocarbon generation and migration the thermal history of the melut rift basin was studied in a. Details about each data layer are in the descriptions. Deep basin gas american association of petroleum geologists. The basin is located about 700 miles south of khartoum east of the river nile. Morphometric analysis of gostani river basin in andhra pradesh state, india using spatial information technology nageswara rao. However, the muglad and melut basins may coalesce southeastward and link up with the anza rift in kenya. Drainage basin morphometric analysis of galagu valley.
The sirte basin province of libyasirtezelten total. Basin introduction the mahanadi basin, a product of rifting and break up of gondwana land, situated on the east coast of india figs. The well turned out to be a commercial failure, and a second dry hole further north marked the end of the exploration activities. The third part is the appendixes, which link to the ancillary. Ground gravity, which represents about 1251 points, has read using. The melut basin in south sudan is shaping up to be one of the major sources of crude oil in africa. Basin analysis is an uptodate overview of the essential processes of the formation and evolution of sedimentary basins, and their implications for the development of hydrocarbon resources. To better appreciate the usefulness of topographic maps as tools for investigating drainage basins and to master several morphometric variables used to characterize and analyze. B location map of the melut basin showing the location of the sub basins, the most important oil discoveries, the cross section aa 0 across the northern sub basin, well cross section xx 0 and. Sequence stratigraphic architecture of mut basin along ramp to reefal margin transition and its diagenetic imprint derman, h. Pdf oils produced from the palogue oilfield, melut basin, sudan are medium oils 20 find, read and cite all the research you need on. The phanerozoic of northern ogaden basin is formed on an exhumed riftrelated, nwto wnw trending basin that formed as a result of the nesw extension that began in paleozoic. The river system is represented in the model by a digitized river. Weigh ing only 4 ounces, the bog turtle is one of the rarest turtles in north america and is federally listed as a threat ened species.
The maverick basin is a small carbonate basin geographically associated with the large sand and shalerich gulf coast basin. The average basin is computed by averaging the deflections measured by. The american association of petroleum geologists is an international organization with over 38,000 members in 100plus countries. Map showing the location of the muglad basin of sudan as a part of the central african rift system after omatsola, 1987 various aspects of the muglad rift basin, as part of the wcars, have been studied over the past 35 years. In geology, a basin is defined as a bounded area where the rock within the boundaries dips inward toward the center.
Tectonic inversion and petroleum system implications in the rifts of central africa marian jenner warren jenner geoconsulting, suite 208, 1235 17th ave sw, calgary, alberta, canada, t2t 0c2 marian. Inthiswork,weplaceconstraintsonhimalayan foreland basin evolution from an integrated. Destruc tion of hab itat and illegal collec tion of turtles for the pet trade have caused pop ula tions to dwindle. Which description is not an accurate characterization of. The mineral of basement in north is mainly composed of feldspar, mica, and quartz, with minor hornblende and pyroxene.
A gisbased approach in drainage morphometric analysis of. Taken together, the muglad and melut rift basins account for the majority of sudans known oil reserves. Oilrich areas in the melut basin have suffered the same pattern of oilrelated death, destruction and displacement as the muglad basin fields. The sirte basin also referred to as sirt basin is a late mesozoic and tertiary continental rift, triple junction, in northern africa that borders a relati vely stable p aleo. When deflection measurements are read from an fwd file or input manually, a deflection profile is displayed. Locations of the sud province, central african rifts assessment unit au, and approximate locations of cross sections shown in. Sirte basin, central libya by salah a shaniba a thesis presented to the faculty of the graduate school of the missouri university of science and technology in partial fulfillment of the. Origin of high acidity oils in the palogue oilfield, melut basin, sudan article pdf available in shiyou kantan yu kaifapetroleum exploration and development 375. Pdf petroleum geology of the melut basin and the great. Mike basin is a network model in which the rivers and their main tributaries are represented by a network of branches and nodes. Teoman norman december 2003, 81 pages the whole mediterranean was a site of carbonate deposition during miocene. A gisbased approach in drainage morphometric analysis of kanhar river basin, india praveen kumar rai kshitij mohan sameer mishra aariz ahmad varun narayan mishra received.
Deflection plots various types of deflection plots are available in mfpds. World petroleum resources project assessment of undiscovered. The melut rift basin extends across at least 33,000 km 2, is up to 100 km wide, over 310 km long and locally contains up to 10 km of cretaceoustertiary sediments. The entire lake erie basin includes portions of ontario, new york, pennsylvania, ohio, and michigan, but in this report the basin is the section of the lake erie basin in new york state. The area is occupied by 96% khondalite group quartzfeldspargarnetsillimanitegneiss of rocks. I am developing this interpreter for selflearning purposes,dont take it serious.
Geological surveys usgs world petroleum resources project is to assess the potential for undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and natural gas. Request pdf thermal modelling of the melut basin sudan and south sudan. The large basin centered near copernicus wilhelms and mccauley, 1971 is the oldest major feature detected in that area. Morphometric analysis of a drainage basin using geographical. This webmap gallery is part of an effort for local citizens, stakeholders and decisionmakers to access publicly available spatial data e. Location of the black warrior basin province in northwestern alabama and northeastern mississippi, published in the usgs report entitled, geologic assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the black warrior basin province of alabama and mississippi. Photographs of the flathead basin were taken between september 23 and september 25, 2009. It is situated in the states of upper nile and jonglei, south of the capital of sudan, khartoum and east of the river nile.
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