PETROLEUM GEOLOGY OF THE OLIGOCENE-MIOCENE CARBONATES (ASMARI FORMATION AND KIRKUK GROUP) IN IRAQ-IRAN AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: IMPLICATIONS FOR HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION
PART ONE: Asmari Formation in Iran
- Introduction
- Asmari Formation
- Definition
- Type locality
- Thickness and distribution
- Lithologies
- Contacts
- Fossil contents
- Age
- Depositional setting
- Hydrocarbon habitat of the Asmari Formation
- Reservoir characteristics of the Asmari Formation
- Major fields produced from the Asmari Formation
- Potential plays
- References
PART TWO: Microfacies Analysis and Diagenetic Interpretation of Asmari Formation in Iran
Total of 181 thin sections described as follows:
- Well and sample depth
- Reservoir zone
- Rock type
- Depositional texture
- Framework grains
- Bioclasts
- Matrix
- Carbonate mud
- Composition
- Sequence of diagenesis
- Petrophysical characteristics
- Deposition setting
- Color photomicrographs from each thin sections illustrating relevant diagnetic and environmental features.
PART THREE: Kirkuk Group in Iraq
- Introduction
- Kirkuk Group
- Definition
- Type locality
- Thickness and distribution
- Lithologies
- Contacts
- Fossil contents
- Age
- Depositional setting
- Hydrocarbon habitat of the Kirkuk Group
- Reservoir characteristics of the Kirkuk Group
- Major fields produced from the Kirkuk Group
- Potential plays
- References
PART FOUR: Asmari Formation in United Arab Emirates
- Asmari distribution and interpretation in subsurface
- Facies distribution and their setting in outcrops
- Depositional model
- Asmari carbonate hydrocarbon prospects
- Case studies References