Geophysical appraisal for the sandy levels within Abu Roash C and E members in Abu Gharadig Field, Western Desert, Egypt

Abstract

Abstract The present work concerns with the geophysical assessment for the sandstones of Abu Roash C and E members for being potential hydrocarbon reservoirs at Abu Gharadig Field, Western Desert, Egypt. The analysis of seismic data covers Abu Gharadig Field showing ENE–WSW anticline fragmented by NW–SE normal faults. The presence of these structures is due to the dextral wrench corridor that extensively deformed the north area of the Western Desert within Late Cretaceous episode. The examination of well-log data of Abu Gharadig-6 Well revealed that the favourable zone locates between depths 9665–9700 ft (zone I) within Abu Roash “C” Member. The second promising zone in Abu Gharadig-15 Well occurs between depths 9962–9973 ft (zone II) in Abu Roash “E” Member. The quantitative evaluation indicated that zone I has better reservoir quality than zone II since it is characterised by low shale volume (0.01), high effective porosity (0.22), low water saturation (0.14), low bulk volume of water (0.03), higher values of absolute permeability (113 mD), high relative permeability to oil and low water cut, whereas zone II has 0.13 shale volume, 0.16 effective porosity, 0.39 water saturation, 0.06 bulk volume of water, lower values of absolute permeability (27 mD), low relative permeability to oil and relatively high water cut. The obtained results recommended that the drilling efforts should be focused on the sandy levels within Abu Roash C Member (1st priority) and the sand levels within Abu Roash E Member (2nd priority) in Abu Gharadig Basin and its surroundings.

Keywords

• Seismic interpretation
• Well logging
• Abu Roash formation
• Abu Gharadig Field