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PETROLEUM GEOLOGY OF EAST-NORTHEAST AFRICAN SEDIMENTARY BASINS

PART ONE: GEOLOGY OF EAST-NORTHEAST AFRICAN SEDIMENTARY BASIN

1. An Introductory Overview
2. Lithostratigraphy and Paleogeography
3. Tectonics and Structural Evolution
4. References
5. List of Figures
6. List of Tables

PART TWO: GULF OF SUEZ

1. Introduction
2. Lithostratigraphy
3. Pre-rift Lithostratigraphic Units
4. Syn-rift Lithostratigraphic Units
5. Post-rift Lithostratigraphic Units
6. Structure and Tectonism
7. Hydrocarbon Habitat

a) Source rock potential
b) Source rock maturity
c) Oil groups

8. Reservoir Potential

a) Pre-rift reservoirs
- Fractured and weathered basement
- Nubia sandstone
- Nezzazat Group
- Thebes Formation
b) Syn-rift reservoirs
- Nukhul Formation
- Rudeis Formation
- Kareem Formation
- Belayim Formation
- Zeit and south Gharib Formations
c) Post-Rift Reservoirs

9. Seals
10. Hydrocarbon Entrapment

a) Structural traps
b) Stratigraphic traps
c) Combination traps

11. Hydrocarbon Entrapment

a) Structural traps
b) Combination Traps

12. Summary Factors Responsible for the Hydrocarbon Potential
13. Potential Plays
14. Oil and Gas Fields Descriptions
15. References
16. List of Figures
17. List of Tables

PART THREE: EGYPTIAN RED SEA

1. An Introductory Overview
2. Structural Interpretation
3. Salt Flowage Mechanisms and their Impacts on Hydrocarbon Generation
4. Basin Development and Geometry
5. Stages of Phanerozoic Sedimentary Deposits
6. Petroleum Systems

a) History of hydrocarbon exploration
b) Reservoir rocks
c) Hydrocarbon generation
d) Hydrocarbon sealing and trapping mechanisms
e) Source rock richness
f) Kerogen type
g) Maturity regime
h) Oil/oil correlation
i) Comparison of source rocks
j) Oil/source correlation
k) Formation temperature and geothermal gradients
l) Structural prospects and lands identified
m) Summary

7. References
8. List of Figures
9. List of Tables

PART FOUR: SUDANESE RED SEA

1. Physiography
2. An Overview Introductory
3. Evolutionary Stages and Sedimentary Sequences

a) Pre-rift succession
b) Syn-rift succession
c) Post-rift succession

4. Structural Setting
5. Tectonic Evolution
6. Petroleum System

a) History of exploration
b) Reservoir rocks
c) Hydrocarbon sealing and trapping mechanisms
d) Source rock richness
e) Source rock maturity
f) Kerogen types
g) Geothermal gradients and thermal maturation

7. Oil and Gas Shows and Occurrences
8. Prospective Areas
9. References
10. List of Figures
11. List of Tables

PART FIVE: ETHIOPIAN RED SEA

1. An Introductory Overview
2. Tectonic and Structural Evolution
3. Stage of Sedimentation
4. Petroleum Systems

a) Reservoirs
b) Seals and traps
c) Source rock richness and potential
d) Geothermal gradients and maturation
e) Hydrocarbon potential

5. References
6. List of Figures
7. List of Tables

PART SIX: ETHIOPIAN OGADEN BASIN

1. An Introductory Overview
2. Tectono-stratigraphic Province
3. Exploration History
4. Petroleum Geology
5. Hydrocarbon Potential and Prospective
6. References
7. List of Figures
8. List of Tables

PART SEVEN: YEMEN AND SOMALIA GULF OF ADEN

1. An Introductory Overview
2. Tectonic Evolution
3. Sequence Stratigraphy and Paleogeography
4. History of Hydrocarbon Exploration
5. Reservoir Rocks: Types and Characteristics
6. Traps and Potential Play Types
7. Source Rocks Quality and Potentials
8. Heat Flow and Thermal Maturations
9. Hydrocarbon Potential and Prospects
10. References
11. List of Figures
12. List of Tables

PART EIGHT: SUDANESE SEDIMENTARY BASINS

1. An Introductory Overview
2. Tectonic Evolution
3. Sequence Stratigraphy and Paleogeography
4. Sedimentary Basins
5. Petroleum Systems

a) History of exploration
b) Trap and trapping mechanisms
c) Reservoirs types and characteristics
d) Source rocks and oil chemistry
e) Heat flow and maturations
f) Hydrocarbon generation time of expulsion
g) Case studies of oil and gas fields

6. Hydrocarbon Potentials and Prospects
7. References
8. List of Figures
9. List of Tables

PART NINE: SAUDI ARABIAN RED SEA

1. Introduction
2. Structural Setting
3. Tectonic Evolution
4. Lithostratigraphy and Depositional Setting
5. History of Exploration
6. Reservoir Rocks
7. Source Rock Interpretation
8. Burial History and Maturation
9. Hydrocarbon Prospects
10. References
11. List of Figures
12. List of Tables

PART TEN: AN OVERVIEW ON THE HYDROCABRON EXPLORATION
VENTURES IN RED SEA/GULF OF ADEN BASIN

1. Location and Physiography
2. Geologic History
3. Tectonics and Structures
4. Pre-rift Succession
5. Syn- and Post-rift Succession
6. Heat Flow and Thermal Gradients
7. Exploration Activities
8. References
9. List of Figures
10. List of Tables