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7th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition
Manama, Bahrain
March 27-29, 2006
1 Département Etudes et synthèses DES, Sonatrach Exploration, Algeria, Immeuble IAP, BT C,
Avenue du 1 Novembre, Boumerdes, 35000, Algeria,
phone: 00-213-24819171, [email protected]
2 Direction Est, Sonatrach Exploration Algeria, Immeuble IAP, BT C, Avenue du 1 Novembre, Boumerdes, Algeria
The Algerian offshore domain represents the main southern part of the occidental Mediterranean deep water sea. It is part
of the unexplored algero-provencal basin where more than 10 000Km of spec seismic data have been recently acquired
and interpreted to establish the architecture of this basin.
Structural
interpretation
of most prominent seismic markers,
referred to the base of Miocene, the base of Messinian salt and the Messinian unconformity associated to seismic
stratigraphy and facies geometry studies, led to the subdivision of the
stratigraphic
units in this domain. The observation of
the derived seismic configurations provides improved understanding of both
stratigraphic
and
structural
evolution of the
Algerian offshore basin. The detailed seismic
interpretation
and mapping of all types of structures within the associated
stratigraphic
units were correlated to the gravity, magnetic and geological maps, through a planned
interpretation
workflow.
The derived results have been the establishment of the main mechanisms for the formation of the Algerian offshore sub
basins. The proposed
structural
model, kinematics and the geometry of these sub basins suggest similar architecture with
pull Apart basins. The seismic derived
stratigraphic
chart shows both hypothetical pre-Messinian and Pliocene total
petroleum systems with the presence of some direct hydrocarbon seismic indicators (HRDZ, Bright spot, Etc). The deep
sea basin located north of Bejaia-Jijel bays (DSB2) is considered as the most prospective basin where its southern bordure
is recommended to explore in priority.