ABSTRACTS
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AAPG Hedberg Conference
"Paleozoic and Triassic Petroleum Systems in North Africa"
February 18-20, 2003 - Algiers, Algeria
Search and Discovery Article #90016 (2003).
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A B C D E F G H I JK L M N O P Q R S T UV W X YZ
Seismic Indications of Deep-Seated Faults and Their Impact on Trapping System
(Hassi-Messaoud area)
by S. Agounizera
Couvinian Reservoir Characterization of Ahnet-Timimoun Basin
by Farida Aissani and Kamel Bennamane
Petroleum Exploration and Sandbody Prediction, Triassic Paleosols of the
Saharan Platform: Example of the Rhourde Nouss Region
by Hamid Ait Salem, Berrached Fekirine, and Fatma Ouaichouche
*Natural Fracturing of Rocks in the Southwestern Basins of the Algerian Sahara
by M. Badsi, D. Bekouche, F. Braik, T. Tenkhi, and M.C. Cacas
*Charge Modeling in the Ahnet-Timmimoun Basin, Algeria - Timing of Gas
Generation and Migration
by A.J.G. Barwise, P.N. Clarke, C.D. Bishop, and B. Malek
Avo Case Study in the Illizi Basin - Algeria
by Bellahcene Amin, Mouggari Ali
Tin Fouyé Tabankort (TFT) Ordovician Field Case Development
by Aida Benaicha, Terbah Amar
Giant Hassi R’Mel Gas Field
by D. Bencherif
*Hydrocarbon discoveries and remaining potential of the Paleozoic play of the
Murzuk Basin, Libya
by Francesco Bertello, Alessandro Fattorini, and Claudio Visentin
*An Overview of the Evolution and the Petroleum Systems of the Eastern
Ghadames (Hamra) Basin - Libya
by Francesco Bertello, Claudio Visentin, and Walter Ziza
*Magnetic Properties of Oil Sand at El Borma; Paleomagnetic Dating of Oil
Emplacement
by Claus Beyer
*The Use of Structural Modelling in the Simulation of Naturally Fractured
Reservoirs: An Example from the Tarija Basin, South American Andes as an
Analogue for Algerian Atlas Uplift Reservoirs
by Stuart Bland, Carlo Sanders, Massimo Bonora, and Alan Gibbs
*North Africa – Mediterranean Present-day Stress Field Transition:
Implications for Fractured Reservoir Production
by William Bosworth
Hydrocarbon Potential of Petroleum System, Oued Mya Basin, Algeria
by H. Bouabdallah, A. Hameg
Structural Evolution 3D Seimic Approach on Sif Fatima
by A. Boucetta, C. Hellal
Structural Evolution of Ahnet Basin, Algeria
by Saad Boukhallat, Athmane Rahmani, and Ouassila Tahir
Salt Structures from Different Structural Domains in Algeria
by R. Bracene, H. Koyi, J.C. Guezou, and D. Frizon de Lamotte
*Basin Modeling: Results Obtained and New Trends
by Jean Burrus
*Petroleum Geology Overview of the North Africa Sahara
Platform
by Lorenzo Casati, Jonathan Craig
Siluro-Devonian (F6 Interval) Reservoir Characterisation from
the Ohanet and Dimeta West Fields, Algeria
by Anthony J. C. Cave, Guy Philippe, Hocine Khemissa, and Bruno Murat
Petroleum System of Southeastern Sahara Platform (Illizi-Berkine)
by Ahmed Chaouche, Harry Dembicki Jr.
The Use of Acoustic Impedance in Evaluating the Tournaisian
Reservoirs in Block 405a - Algeria.
by S. Cherry, I. Mcneil, and A. Hughes
*The Petroleum Systems of the Berkine and Illizi Basins, Their
Potential Based on Geochemistry and Basin Modelling
by G.A. Cole, J. Binnie, J. Exton, A. Yu, M. Arab, and M. Jones
*Fractured, Tight Gas Reservoirs- Impact of Uncertainties on
the Development Plan
by R. Courtial, J.M. Daniel, L. Escaré, and E. Portier
Critical Events in the Geology of Algeria
by Robin Crawford
*Sequence Stratigraphy and Reservoir Quality Prediction in the Ahnet-Timimoun Basin,
Central Sahara, South-West, Algeria
by Mohamed Daoudi
Core Poster. Algerian Triassic Reservoirs
by G. Desaubliaux, R. Eschard, C. Ravenne, A. Hamel, D. Bekkouche, M. Benhamouda,
S. Belhaouas, M. Djemal, and D. Henniche
Core Poster. Siluro-Devonian Reservoirs of The Illizi-Berkine
Basin
by G. Desaubliaux, R. Eschard, R. Deschamps, L. Montadert, D. Bekkouche, F.
Braike, H. Hussein, S. Belhaouas, M. Benkouider, N. Maache, R. Mouaici, and D.
Henniche
New Evidences on the Specific Character of the Late
Ordovician Striated Surfaces and Implication for Ice-Sheet Dynamics
by Max Deynoux, Jean-François Ghienne
*Challenges of Sequence Stratigraphy in the Siluro-Devonian
Succession of the Sahara Craton
by R. Eschard, F. Braik, D. Bekkouche, G. Desaubliaux, and A. Hussein
*Stratigraphic Architecture of the Triassic Basins in Algeria
by R. Eschard, A. Hamel
Cambro-Ordovician Sequence Stratigraphy of the Saharan
Platform, Algeria
by Berrached Fekirine, Dokka A. N. Murty
*Depositional Environments of the Upper Ordovician Mamuniyat
Formation, NW Murzuq Basin, Libya
by Nuri M. Fello, Abdulmageed M. Litha
Seismic Meeting the Exploration and Development Challenges in
North Africa
by Malcolm Francis, M. Ait Messaoud, M.Z. Boulegroun, A. Gribi, R. Kasmi, M.
Touami, J. Ebbern, R. Lounis, D. Lowden, J. Quigley, M. Robinson
*Full Field Fracture Modeling: an Integrated Approach with Application to
Three Carbonate Fractured Reservoirs
by B.D.M. Gauthier
*Architecture Of A Late Ordovician Ice-Proximal Multistorey Palaeovalley in
the Murzuq Basin (Libya): Implication for Sequence Stratigraphy
by Jean-François Ghienne, Julien Moreau, Max Deynoux, Jean-Loup Rubino
*Contribution to the Stratigraphy of Murzuq Basin, SW Libya from the View of
NC-115 Data
by S. Ghnia, A. Alshaibi
Prediction of Reservoir Fracture Potential and its Distribution in Three
Dimensions in an Ordovician Reservoir in Algeria
by Ali Gholipour, Ramin Haftbaradaran
*3D Seismic Attributes and Geostatistical Techniques Designed to Enhance
Interpretation. An Experience in the Illizi Basin
by Cándido Gómez Nacarino, María Rodrigo Viñuela
Hercynian Compressional Deformations of the Ahnet-Mouydir Basin, Algerian
Saharan Platform: Far-Field Stress Effects of the Late Paleozoic Orogeny
by Hamid Haddoum, René Guiraud, and Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine
Hassi R’Mel Triassic Reservoirs-Tectonic and Differential Subsidence Control
on Sand Body Architecture
by A. Hamel, O. Mokaddem, and M. Benlacheheb
The Structural and Tectonic Evolution of the Saharan Platform in Algeria
by Richard J. Hedley, Stephen McKenna, Francois Gauthier, and Van Mount
*Depositional Models and Reservoir Architecture of the Siluro-Devonian Series
in Outcrops and Subsurface of Illizi Basin (Algeria)
by Messaouda Henniche, Rémi Eschard, Jean Noël Proust, Aïcha Hamel, and
Florentin Paris
Paleozoic and Triassic Sandstones of North Africa and the Middle East:
Diagenetic Controls on Reservoir Quality
by S.J. Hill, N.E. James-Rutledge, A.C. Canham, and J. Franques-Faixa
Continental Sequence Stratigraphy and its Application to the Trias
Argilo-Gréseux Inférieur (TAGI), Berkine Basin: A Critical Review
by C. Howells, N. Lee, and A.J. Scott
The Trias Argilo-Gréseux Inferieur, Berkine Basin, Algeria: Lithologies,
Interpretation and Application from Core
by Chris Howells, Al Scott, and Nick Lee
A Fully
Integrated Approach to Understanding Complex Triassic Tag-I
Reservoirs: Block 405A, Berkine Basin, Algeria.
by A. Hughes, S. Cherry, and I. McNeil
Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Tournaisian F1 and F2 Sands
Block 405a , Berkine Basin
by Andrew Hughes, Andy Lever, and Nick Miles
*Diagenesis of Ordovician Sandstones from the Ahnet Basin, Algeria
by Mohamed Kaced
Sedimentology and Stratal Geometry of the Strunian-Carboniferous Sandstone
Beds, Berkine Basin, Algerian Sahara
by M. Kaced.
Fracture Processes in Sandstone: Insights to Guide Prediction and
Characterization
by Stephen E. Laubach, Jon E. Olson, Robert H. Lander, Linda M. Bonnell, Randy
Marrett, and Robert M. Reed
Outcrops Sedimentological Model for the Late Ordovician Stratigraphic
Interval, Algeria
by Alain Laval, Guy Philippe
Palaeozoic Reservoirs and Depositional Environments from the Algerian Berkine
Basin
by Nick Lee, Neil Mountford, Chris Howells, and Lewis Gilhespy
*Palynological Tracers of Sea-Ice Cover Extent During the Latest Ordovician on
the North African Margin
by A. Le Herisse, A. Bourahrouh, M. Vecoli, F. Paris
*Late Ordovician Palaeovalleys and Glacitectonics on the Gargaf Arch, Libya:
Reservoir Heterogeneities and Implications for Development in the Murzuq Basin
by D.P. Le Heron, K. Bourgig, J. Craig, O.E. Sutcliffe, and R.J. Whittington
Structural Analysis and Evolution of the Rhourde Nouss Area During Mesozoic
and Cenozoic Times
by Thierry Lorin, Fatima Bouchenak, Malik Ait Messaoud, Mourad Boucherat,
Virginie Picornell
*A Third-Order Sequence Stratigraphic Framework for the Devonian of Morocco:
Its Implications for Enhanced Regional Correlation of the Devonian in North
Africa
by Stefan Lubeseder, Ian D. Carr, and Jonathan Redfern
*Silurian 'Hot Shales' in North Africa: Mapping Anoxia in Time and Space
by Sebastian Lüning
Petroleum System in Ahnet and Timimoun Basins
by Ibrahim Maarouf, Nadir Abdelouahab, and Hafida Berguellah
Petroleum System in Reggane Basin
by Ibrahim Maarouf, Hussein Abdallah, Fettouma Hadjilah, and Mohamed Arab
Thermal and Maturation Histories in the Saharan Basins
by M. Makhous, Y. Galushkin
Study Sequence Stratigraphy of Lower Member of the Tagnana Formation of Upper
Serpukhovian in the Chebket-Mennouna-Djihani of Basin Of Béchar (Western Of
Algerian Sahara)
by Fatima Zohra Malti, Larbi Mekahli
*Applications and Implications of High Resolution Gravity Data in the Block
NC190, Murzuq Basin, Libya
by Jose Joaquin Martin, Ali Bengheit, and Didier Wloszczowski
*The Upper Ordovician of the Illizi Basin, Algeria: a Core-Based Study of Unit
IV Palaeovalleys
by N.D McDougall, F. Braik, P. Clarke, and M. Kaced
Glaciers and Grabens: The Origin of Palaeovalleys in the Tamadjert Formation
(Unit IV) of the Algerian Sahara
by N.D. McDougall, P. Clarke, W.R. Fitches, A. McDonnell, N. Mokhtari, and
A.Hussein
*Effect of Gas Cycling on Oil Recovery “Algerian Field Case Study”
B. Medjani, D. Chaussumier
Detection of the Subtle Traps in the Bechar Basin by Using The Seismic
Reflexion
by Lamara Mehenni, Madjid Badsi
Fault-Plane Analysis in Seal Studies. Gourara and Oued Namous Case Study
by Lamara Mehenni, Madjid Badsi, and Mohammed Lounis
Associated Gas Potential to Low Resistivity Reservoir in the Northern Ahnet
Gedinnian
by Abdenour Merabet
Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Strunian Tournaisian Reservoir
in Sbaa Basin (Southwestern, Algeria)
by Souhir Merabet, Nora Hamiham
Algeria - Exploration in the Berkine Basin: Optimization of 3D Seismic
Acquisition Parameters
by François Mercier, Marc Girard, and Thierry Parisot
*The Ordovician Tight Gas Reservoir of the Ahnet-Timimoun Basin
by Nasser Mokhtari
Sequence Stratigraphy, Depositional Environment and Diagenesis of the
Silurian sandstone Reservoirs, South-East Triassic province and Berkine Basin,
Algeria
by R. Mouaïci, B. Kadi
Ourhoud Field Case History in Preparation for First Oil Production
by John Myres, Juan Antonio Vera, Sid Ali Boucedra, and Ahmed Hadbi
Structural Studies of Fault Behaviour and Trap Integrity in the Ahnet and
Berkine Basins, Algeria
by D.T. Needham, R.J. Knipe, J. Craig, J. Warburton, J.R. Porter, Q.J.
Fisher,and G. Jones
Subcrop Mapping "Ante-Mesozoique" Using Seismic Attribute Analysis.
Application on the Block 423
by Abdelkader Ouazar
Geologically Oriented Reservoir Modeling of a Fluvio-Deltaic Reservoir: The
Tagi of the Ourhoud Field, Berkine Basin, Algeria
by Aziz Oudjida
*Chitinozoans: A Powerful Tool for High-Resolution Biostratigraphy of Early
Ordovician to Latest Devonian Marine Strata from Northern Gondwana Regions
by Florentin Paris, Kheira Boumendjel
In Situ Stress State – Tiguentourine Field, Southeastern Algeria
by T. L. Patton, A. S. Batchelor, K. A. Foxford, T. J. Hellman, and N. Maache
Surface and Subsurface Structural Expression of a Major Saharan Crustal
Lineament: the Fadnoun Fault
by T. L. Patton, B. Taylor, and N. Maache
Late Ordovician (Unit IV Interval) Reservoir Characterisation from the Ohanet/In
Adaoui Fields, Algeria
by Guy Philippe, Anthony J C Cave, Hocine Khemissa, and Bruno Murat
Evaluation of the Hydrocarbon System of the Sbaa Basin (Western Algeria) by
Basin Modeling
by G. Philippe, M. Pernelle, M. Achache, and D. Bekkouche
Alluvial Sequence Stratigraphy and Reservoir Architecture of the TAG-I
by D. Pilling, P.Turner, D. Lawton
*A Comparative Analysis of Paleozoic Petroleum Systems of Illizi and Murzuq
Basins (Algeria and Libya)
by Santiago Quesada, Eduardo Figari, Nestor Bolatti, David Craik, Roberto Arnez,
Mark Jones, Jose Maria Jauregui, Ana Serrano, and Juan Arregui
*Late Ordovician Glaciation in Northern Gondwana, Reappraisal and Petroleum
Implications
by J-L. Rubino, M. Deynoux, J-F. Ghienne, J. Moreau, C. Blanpied, F. Lafont, R.
Andres-Calatrava, S. Galeazzi, T. Mynth, F. Sommer
Basin Modeling: Fluid Distibution Arounding Hassi-Messaoud
by Rachid Soulali, Arezki Lassal
*NC-186 Seismic Interpretation (2D), a Case Studies in Murzuq Basin, Western
Libya
by Monsef Swedan
*Exploration in Algeria – The Success Will Continue
Djilali Takherist, Kamel Eddine Chikhi, and Fadhila Braik
Reservoir Detection from Seismic - Krechba Field, Central Algeria
by Brian Taylor
Enhanced Resolution in the Tiguentourine 3D Dataset Through Q Compensation
by B. Taylor, R. Crider
Impact of Chlorite Cement on Reservoir Quality of the Lower Devonian
Sandstones in the Gas Field of Teguentour, Algeria
by Tayeb Tenkhi, Madjid Badsi, and Lounes Addour
Exploration Opportunity in the Bechar Forland Basin and its Margins in the
Western Sahara, Algeria
by Tayeb Tenkhi, Madjid Badsi, and Lounes Addour
*Development of the Hassi Berkine South (HBNS) Field – Case Study
by Joel Thilliez, Abdessalem Hadjaz, Djamel Guergour, and Mike Vickers
Field Case, Hassi Messaoud
by M. Touami, A. Gribi
Optimising The Development of a Multi-field Gas Resource: The In Salah Gas
Project, Algeria
by A. Tourqui, C.D Bishop
*Reservoir Characterisation Using Fmi and Cores of an Ordovician Play, Illizi
Basin
by José A. Varela, Israel Polonio, Marc Jones, Alan Chambers, and Jesús E.
Sotomayor
2D and 3D Modeling the Petroleum System of the Berkine and Illizi Basin,
Eastern Algeria
by J. Wendebourg, N. Yahi, M. Pernelle, M. Vandenbroucke, F. Braik, M. Arab, B.
Carpentier, S. Sciamanna, and M. Abdelhouahab
New Remote Sensing Data and Techniques in North African Frontier Zones
by J.P. Xavier
Sequence Stratigraphy of Mesdar Field (Cambro-Ordovician, Algerian Sahara).
Influence of Diagenesis and Fracturing on the Petrophysic Properties of
Reservoirs
by Khemissi Zellouf, Hamid Ait Salem, Sihem Diguer, and Faîza Dekdouk
Paleozoic Depositional System in Morocco: Geology and Play Concepts
by Mahmoud Zizi, Mustapha Belarbi, Ouazzaba Mouloud, Abdelmajid El Ouatatoui,
Jaboubker Azzedine, and Mustapha El Ktam