Exploration and Development Challenges of A Tight Carbonate Gas Play in The Middle Eocene Apollonia Formation, Western Desert of Egypt

T. Kamel¹ and H. Nagy¹

Abstract

Paleocene to Middle Eocene carbonates of the Apollonia Formation are present in the subsurface of a vast area of the Northern Egypt, Western Desert Basins. They also outcrop over large areas of Middle and Southern Egypt. In the Abu Gharadig Basin, Apollonia comprises typically tight micro-porous chalky carbonates that have been proven to contain movable hydrocarbons. Dry gas has been discovered and brought into production in the BED 9 and JD-T fields by Shell Egypt.

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90188 ©GEO-2014, 11th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition, 10-12 March 2014, Manama, Bahrain