The Formation of Hydrocarbon Deposits in the North African Basins Geological and Geochemical Conditions /

• Main Author: Makhous, Monzer (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2001.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, 89
• Subjects: Geology.; Geochemistry.; Sedimentology.; Mineralogy.; Geophysics.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

This book reveals the main trends of the formation of petroleum pools in major parts of North African basins. It deals with the regional geology of this important oil- and gas-producing area. Emphasis is laid on paleoenvironmental and provenance reconstructions, trap formation, diagenesis, compactio...

Table of Contents:

• Methods of investigation
• Characteristic features of the region: geological structure, lithofacies, paleogeography and genetic framework of non-structural traps
• Main factors of reservoir compaction
• Reservoir decompaction and formation of accumulation capacity (in secondary porosity) of reservoir rocks
• General geochemical features of generation, migration and accumulation of hydrocarbons
• Burial history and kinetic modeling for hydrocarbon generation
• Degree of preservation of hydrocarbon accumulation as indicated by carbon isotope analysis
• Reconstruction of temperatures from organic and mineral diagenetic criteria
• General conclusions
• Analytical methods and equipment.