Palynofacies and Paleoenvironment investigation of the Hauterivian – Early Aptian Ratawi and Zubair formations, Balad oilfield, Central Iraq

This work depends on a detailed optical observation study of sedimentary organic facies from the Hauterivian – early Aptian Ratawi and Zubair formations from the Ba-1 well, Balad oilfield, Central Iraq. This study has manifested the advantages of palynofacies analysis methods for source rock evalua...

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Main Authors: Adnan Q. Mahdi, Fawzi M. Al-Beyati, A. M. Al Tarif, El-Arabi H. Shendi, Mohamed I.Abdel-fattah
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Published: Tikrit University 2019-11-01
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Online Access:https://tjpsj.org/index.php/tjps/article/view/440
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author Adnan Q. Mahdi
Fawzi M. Al-Beyati
A. M. Al Tarif
El-Arabi H. Shendi
Mohamed I.Abdel-fattah
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Fawzi M. Al-Beyati
A. M. Al Tarif
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description This work depends on a detailed optical observation study of sedimentary organic facies from the Hauterivian – early Aptian Ratawi and Zubair formations from the Ba-1 well, Balad oilfield, Central Iraq. This study has manifested the advantages of palynofacies analysis methods for source rock evaluation of the studied formations, twenty five cutting rock samples organic facies data indicate a wide variation of source richness, quality and thermal maturity, the Ratawi Formation samples has the Type-II< I kerogen indicates marine environment in immature stage, while Zubair Formation has the Type-II<<  I kerogen (oil-gas prone) reflect the marine environment with  terrigenous influx in early mature to mature stage (early oil window).
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spelling doaj-art-64f24f75204a4c1c8dc17483c6c9cee72025-08-20T03:50:00ZengTikrit UniversityTikrit Journal of Pure Science1813-16622415-17262019-11-0124610.25130/tjps.v24i6.440Palynofacies and Paleoenvironment investigation of the Hauterivian – Early Aptian Ratawi and Zubair formations, Balad oilfield, Central IraqAdnan Q. MahdiFawzi M. Al-BeyatiA. M. Al TarifEl-Arabi H. ShendiMohamed I.Abdel-fattah This work depends on a detailed optical observation study of sedimentary organic facies from the Hauterivian – early Aptian Ratawi and Zubair formations from the Ba-1 well, Balad oilfield, Central Iraq. This study has manifested the advantages of palynofacies analysis methods for source rock evaluation of the studied formations, twenty five cutting rock samples organic facies data indicate a wide variation of source richness, quality and thermal maturity, the Ratawi Formation samples has the Type-II< I kerogen indicates marine environment in immature stage, while Zubair Formation has the Type-II<<  I kerogen (oil-gas prone) reflect the marine environment with  terrigenous influx in early mature to mature stage (early oil window). https://tjpsj.org/index.php/tjps/article/view/440HauterivianAptianRatawi FormationZubair FormationBalad oilfield
spellingShingle Adnan Q. Mahdi
Fawzi M. Al-Beyati
A. M. Al Tarif
El-Arabi H. Shendi
Mohamed I.Abdel-fattah
Palynofacies and Paleoenvironment investigation of the Hauterivian – Early Aptian Ratawi and Zubair formations, Balad oilfield, Central Iraq
Tikrit Journal of Pure Science
Hauterivian
Aptian
Ratawi Formation
Zubair Formation
Balad oilfield
title Palynofacies and Paleoenvironment investigation of the Hauterivian – Early Aptian Ratawi and Zubair formations, Balad oilfield, Central Iraq
title_full Palynofacies and Paleoenvironment investigation of the Hauterivian – Early Aptian Ratawi and Zubair formations, Balad oilfield, Central Iraq
title_fullStr Palynofacies and Paleoenvironment investigation of the Hauterivian – Early Aptian Ratawi and Zubair formations, Balad oilfield, Central Iraq
title_full_unstemmed Palynofacies and Paleoenvironment investigation of the Hauterivian – Early Aptian Ratawi and Zubair formations, Balad oilfield, Central Iraq
title_short Palynofacies and Paleoenvironment investigation of the Hauterivian – Early Aptian Ratawi and Zubair formations, Balad oilfield, Central Iraq
title_sort palynofacies and paleoenvironment investigation of the hauterivian early aptian ratawi and zubair formations balad oilfield central iraq
topic Hauterivian
Aptian
Ratawi Formation
Zubair Formation
Balad oilfield
url https://tjpsj.org/index.php/tjps/article/view/440
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