Publications

The effects of reservoir heterogeneity on the development of submarine-channel fields are still poorly understood because of lack of direct evidence for fluid flow.

The availability of onshore and offshore 3D seismic surveys facilitated detailed seismic sequence stratigraphic interpretation of a large swath of the western Nile Delta evolution since late Oligocene times. The resulting sequence stratigraphic framework is calibratedagainstmore than sixtywells.

The porosity exponent m represents an important parameter in Archie’s equation; it is routinely used in well logging interpretation and formation evaluation. It reflects some petrophysical rock properties; such as the petro- and pore-fabrics, and the overburden pressure OBP.

Bongor Basin in the south of Chad is a Cretaceous-Paleogene rift basin developed on Precambrian crystalline basement; and is part of the central african rift system (CARS). High oil flows have been tested from five basement buried-hills, indicating that the Precambrian basement is a good reservoir for hydrocarbon accumulation.