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Abstract: Qarun Oil Fields - Western Desert, Egypt

NEMEC, MICHAEL

Qarun oil field lies on the southeast flank of the Kattaniya uplift, and the northwest flank of the Cenozoic Gindi basin 80 k southwest of Cairo. The Kattaniya uplift is an inverted Mesozoic basin containing thick middle Jurassic Khatatba oil prone source rocks which generated oil which migrated southeastward to charge Qarun field along a NE-SW trending intra-basinal paleoarch separating the Kattaniya inverted basin from the Gindi basin.

Qarun (A lobe ) field was discovered in October 1994 by Phoenix Resources Company and partners Apache Corporation & Global Natural Resources with the drilling of the El - Sagha 1A wildcat, which encountered oil pay in both Cenomanian- Bahariya and Albian Kharita Sandstones. The updip El - Sagha ^sharp 3X confirmation well encountered over 285 feet of net oil pay in Bahariya and Kharita sands in a continuous gross oil column, exceeding 500 feet. The well tested at an aggregate rate of 11957 BOPD of 42-degree gravity oil. Primary reservoirs are found at depths between 8700 and 9400 feet.

The Qarun oil field complex (A, B & C lobes) consists of two faulted, en echelon compressional folds trending NE - SW. During September 1996, the C - 1X well opened up Qarun Southwest field, (C lobe) logging 275 feet of net oil sand in the Bahariya and Kharita. The well tested at a combined rate of 4600 BOPD. Also during September 1996, the Wadi Rayan - 1X wildcat situated 55 kms south of Qarun field, on the south flank of the Gindi Basin tested 950 BOPD of 25 degree gravity oil from Cenomanian Abu Roash " G " sandstones at 5500 feet. This discovery opens up a new exploration trend in the southern portion of the Qarun concession.

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90942©1997 AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, Vienna, Austria