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This study investigates reservoir quality for the Middle–Late Eocene Pila Spi Formation in Shaqlawa (Sarkand) and Gulley Keer (Shekhan) areas in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Lithologically, the Pila Spi Formation in the studied sections is composed of limestone, dolomite, dolomitic limestone, chalky limestone, and marl. The thickness of the formation...
This study reports on the petroleum potential of the Upper Triassic Baluti Formation in Bekhme-1 and Gulak-1 Wells from Akri¬-Bijeel Block within the Bekhme Anticline area, North of Erbil City. The area is a part of the Zagros Fold and Thrust Belt, and is locally situated within the High Folded Zone. Typically, the Baluti Formation is composed of g...
The studied section is located in the core of the Gara Anticline, about 12 km southeast of Amedi Town. The Baluti Formation is generally composed of grey and green shale, calcareous, dolostone with intercalations of thinly bedded dolostones, dolomitic limestones, and silicified limestones which are occasionally brecciated. The petrographic study sh...
The present study focuses on source rock evaluation of the Sargelu Formation by using core chips of rocks collected from well Atrush-2, Duhok, Kurdistan Region-Iraq. The Rock-Eval pyrolysis and vitrinite reflectance were executed. Subsequently, the selected parameters were used for source rock evaluation and 1-D Basin Modelling calibration. The upp...
Petrophysical properties of the Early Cretaceous Sarmord and Garagu formations from the Atrush and Sarsang Blocks in the Kurdistan Region are studied. These formations are generally composed of limestones and dolomitic
limestones interbedded with thin to medium layers of yellowish-gray marl
(calcareous mudstone). The current study shows that the av...
The impact of tectonic activities from different tectonic zones on hydrocarbon generation in the Upper Jurassic Naokelekan Formation was addressed in this study. The Upper Jurassic Naokelekan Formation is an important potential of source rocks for hydrocarbon generation that charges most of the Cretaceous and younger reservoirs in the Kurdistan Reg...
Palynofacies analysis was carried out on 28 outcrop samples from the Upper Triassic Baluti Formation from Zewa and Sararu Sections in south and northwestern of Amediya District respectively, Kurdistan Region-Iraq. Based on the studied palynofacies, both sections are quite different in terms of depositional environment. Four types of palynofacies we...
The Sarmord Formation is underlain by the most important source rocks and overlain by several major reservoirs in the Kurdistan Region. Two sections including a subsurface (well from Kirkuk oilfield) and a surface (outcrop at Bekhme Gorge) of the Sarmord Formation were studied to identify and describe the role of the Sarmord Formation within petrol...
Basin models can simulate geological, geochemical and geophysical processes and potentially also the deep biosphere, starting from a burial curve, assuming a thermal history and utilising other experimentally obtained data. Here we apply basin modelling techniques to model cell abundances within the deep coalbed biosphere off Shimokita Peninsula, J...
This work reports on the source rock potential and 1D-basin modeling of the Kurra Chine Formation (Late Triassic) in Northern Iraq, northeast of Duhok province. Tectonically, the area is a part of the Zagros Fold and Thrust Belt, and within the High Folded Zone of Iraqi tectonic division. The Total Organic Carbon (TOC%) values for the shale interva...
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The depositional environment of Chia Gara Formation (Upper Jurassic – Lower
Cretaceous) in Northern Iraq is studied. The formation is exposed in the High Folded Zone, and Imbricated Zone of Iraq. The selected sections for this study are Banik (outcrop), Barsarin, (outcrop) and well Aj-12; located in the High Folded, Imbricated, and Foothil...
The petrographic characteristics and petroleum potential of Chia Gara Formation (Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous; Tithonian-Berriasian) in Northern Iraq are studied. In order to find out the disparity of Chia Gara Formation in different tectonic zones, two outcrops (Banik and Barsarin sections) and well-Aj-12 were used for this study. In general, th...
In this study, source rock characteristics and lateral changes in thermal maturity of the Sargelu Formation (Middle Jurassic) in three outcrops were studied. The formation’s outcrops can be found in the High Folded, and Imbricated Zones of Iraqi Tectonic Division. In order to achieve the main goals of this study, the Gas chromatography mass spectro...
The sedimentology and petroleum potential of Chia Gara Formation (Late Jurassic – Early Cretaceous; Tithonian – Berriasian) in Northern Iraq are studied. The formation is exposed in the High Folded and Imbricated Zones of Iraq. Two outcrops and one well located in three different tectonic zones were chosen for current study. The selected sections a...
Here, we report that a lithostratigraphic unit that outcrops at Sararu village, 6 km northeast of Qumri village that had previously been assigned to the Baluti Formation is not Triassic in age and therefore can not be a correlative equivalent of the Baluti Formation. The outcropping unit at Sararu comprises intercalation of calcareous mudstones and...
The direct detection of trace quantities of asphaltene (the solid component of petroleum) is complicated because these compounds are non-fluorescing, involatile, poorly soluble and chemically unreactive. Despite this asphaltene is important, and the ability to detect trace quantities sought after. Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) can achi...
