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7th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition
Manama, Bahrain
March 27-29, 2006
Migration
in the Persian Gulf Area
Manager Exploration, Tehran Iran, phone: 8874 0702, [email protected]
Petroleum
migration
, sometimes long distance creates new reservoirs with less refining cost. Seventy percent of oil reserve
in the Persian Gulf synclinorium is accumulated on the platform area, in Persian Gulf and Arabian peninsula by primary
migration
before late Alpine Orogenic movement, in the pillow type huge structures, which they were built up by Hormoz salt
movement. The Kazhdumi shaly formation is very good source rock. The Kazhdumi shaly farcies change gradually to
Burgan sandstone, with very good porosity. The oil was moved by overburden pressure
from
Kazhdomi shale
from
north -
east to south-west to the Sorush, Azadegan and Burgan fields and build up the second largest reserve (Burgan field) in the
world. The Gadvan shale also gradually change to Zubair sandstone
from
north-east to south-west, and made the reservoir
rock of Zubair, Rumaila and Azadegan giant fields. In the Arab formation the oil is migrated
from
Sargelu shale in the North
to Arab zone reservoir in the giant oil fields on the platform area in the Persian Gulf and Arabia Peninsula in the south. The
prodeigious giant gas fields in the Dalan (Khuff) formation of Permian limestone and dolomite, in the Kangan area north of
Persian Gulf to South Pars ïz½ Qatar super giant gas field. All gas fields are situated in the area where the isopach map of
Cretaceous period shows the minimum thickness 600 metres. The pillow structures in this area were formed by Hormoz
Salt movement in the Dalan formation reservoir. The Dalan limestone reservoir in these structures were filled up by primary
migration
of gas
from
centre of basin to the platform area into the Dalan reservoir rock, before Alpine Orogenic movement.