Geological Exploration in Murzuq Basin. The Geological Conference on Exploration in the Murzuq Basin held in Sabha September 20–22, 1998 Organised by the National Oil Corporation and Sabha University

For the first time important new data has been released on an economically important area of Libya. This is an excellent publication which contains a wealth of new data and which will be invaluable to geologists working on the Murzuq Basin. (D. Hallett, Consultant), Earth Science Reviews , 2001 The book provides an excellent overview of the geology of this relatively under-explored area.(...)the book is highly recommended to both those interested in this particular frontier exploration area and those dealing with the various specializations. (T.E. Wong, Institute of Applied Geoscience, The Netherlands), Journal of Sedimentary Research , 2001 Content: Preface , Page ix Acknowledgements , Page x , E.A. El Hamyouni Glossary of arabic and local names , Page xi Chapter 1 - Groundwater Salinity Variations in the Cambro-Ordovician Aquifer of Eastern Jabal al Hasawnah, the Great Man-made River Project, Libya , Pages 1-16 , A. Binsariti, Fawzi S. Saeed Chapter 2 - Magnetostratigraphy as a Potential tool for Correlation in the Murzuq Basin Illustrated by an Example from the Triassic Snorre Reservoir in the Northern North Sea , Pages 17-29 , Claus Beyer, Bjørn A. Lundschien Chapter 3 - Possible Structural Influence on the Genesis of Bir Nagaza (Al Awayanat) Radioactive Meneralisation , Pages 31-39 , Bashir M. Youshah, Najb El Hatimi Chapter 4 - A Palaeontological Review of the Devonian and Carboniferous Succession of the Murzuq Basin and the Djado Sub-Basin , Pages 41-88 , Michal Mergl, Dominique Massa Chapter 5 - The Absolute Age of the Quaternary Lacustrine Limestone of the Al Mahrúqah Formation—Murzuq Basin, Libya , Pages 89-116 , Friedhelm Thiedig, Deniz Oezen, Mehimed El-Chair, Mebus A. Geyh Chapter 6 - Carboniferous and Devonian Stratigraphy—the M'rar and Tadrart Reservoirs, Ghadames Basin, Libya , Pages 117-142 , F. Belhaj Chapter 7 - The structural development of the Murzuq and Kufra basins—significance for oil and mineral exploration , Pages 143-150 , Eberhard H. Klitzsch Chapter 8 - Petroleum source and reservoir rock re-evaluation in the Kufra Basin (SE Libya, NE Chad, NW Sudan) , Pages 151-173 , S. Lüning, J. Craig, B. Fitches, J. Mayouf, A. Busrewil, M. El Dieb, A. Gammudi, D.K. Loydell Chapter 9 - Geology and Hydrocarbon Occurrences in the Murzuq Basin, SW Libya , Pages 175-222 , K. Echikh, M.A. Sola Chapter 10 - Facies models and sequence stratigraphy of Upper Ordovician outcrops in the Murzuq Basin, SW Libya , Pages 223-236 , N. McDougall, M. Martin Chapter 11 - Ordovician and Silurian Arthrophycid Ichnostratigraphy , Pages 237-258 , Adolf Seilacher Chapter 12 - Seismic signature of the lower member of the Akakus Formation, Concession NC2, Ghadames Basin, Libya , Pages 259-272 , Abdu-Elhamed Shahlol Chapter 13 - Palynology of the upper Tahara Formation in Concession NC7A, Ghadames Basin , Pages 273-294 , Ali Daw El-Mehdawi Chapter 14 - The structure, stratigraphy and petroleum geology of the Murzuq Basin, Southwest Libya , Pages 295-320 , Lindsay Davidson, Simon Beswetherick, Jonathan Craig, Martin Eales, Andy Fisher, Ali Himmali, Jhoon Jho, Bashir Mejrab, Jerry Smart Chapter 15 - Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the Devonian to lowermost Carboniferous succession on the Gargaf Uplift (Murzuq Basin, Libya) , Pages 321-348 , Jean-Loup Rubino, Chritisan Blanpied Chapter 16 - Stratigraphy and hydrocarbon potential of the Lower Palaeozoic succession of License NC-115, Murzuq Basin, SW Libya , Pages 349-368 , A. Aziz Chapter 17 - Sedimentology and Cu-U mineralisation of the Upper Cretaceous Bin Affin Member, Dur Waddan, Southwestern El Haruj, Murzuq Basin, Libya , Pages 369-378 , A. El-Haddad, A. El-Hodairi, M. El-Chair Chapter 18 - The rubidium-strontium geochronology of the Pan-African post-orogenic granites of the eastern Tibisti orogenic belt, Tibisti Massif, South-central Libya: Application to origin and tectonic evolution , Pages 379-395 , Ali A. El-Makhrouf, P.D. Fullagar Chapter 19 - Seismic expressions of depositional processes in the upper Ordovician succession of the Murzuq Basin, SW Libya , Pages 397-415 , Jerry Smart Chapter 20 - Evidence for soft-sediment deformation—the Duwaysah Slide of the Gargaf Arch, central Libya , Pages 417-430 , Tim Glover, Keith Adamson, Robert Whittington, Bill Fitches, Jonathan Craig Chapter 21 - The Lower Devonian succession of the Murzuq Basinossible indicators of eustatic and tectonic controls on sedimentation , Pages 431-447 , K. Adamson, T. Glover, R. Whittington, J. Craig Chapter 22 - Palaeostress reconstruction and tectonic evolution of the Tataouine Basin (southern Tunisia) , Pages 449-461 , Samir Bouaziz Chapter 23 - Mud-mounds on divergent extensional and transform margins: Devonian and Cretaceous examples from southern France , Pages 463-483 , Robert Bourrouilh Chapter 24 - Late Ordovician glacially related depositional systems of the Gargaf Uplift (Libya) and comparisons with correlative deposits in the Taoudeni Basin (Mauritania) , Pages 485-507 , C. Blanpied, M. Deynoux, J.-F. Ghienne, J.-L. Rubino Chapter 25 - A bibliography of the geology of the Murzuq Basin , Pages 509-518 , David Worsley Author Index , Page 519 The Murzuq Basin is a large intracratonic sag basin located in southwestern Libya. Exploration efforts started in this vast and remote Saharan region already in 1957 and 60 exploratory wells have been drilled to date, resulting in over 20 discoveries with around 4,000 million barrels of oil in place. Most discoveries have been made in Ordovician sandstone reservoirs sourced by hot shales of the Lower Silurian Tanezzuft Formation. Oil is already being produced and exported from the area, but the basin's total hydrocarbon potential is still poorly understood. Recent exploration - especially the major discovery and initial development of the Giant "Elephant" Field - has greatly increased interest for the area's potential. Many petroleum geologists and companies now believe that the basin may well develop into a new major hydrocarbon province which will significantly contribute to Europe's energy needs in the next decades.

This book presents papers from a conference held at Sebha University - on the eastern margins of the Murzug Basin - in September 1998.
The book continues an ongoing series of presentations of the geology of Libya, but the 25 contributions herein mostly centre on the Murzuq Basin itself and on nearby areas. There are still many unresolved questions in terms of geological and hydrocarbon exploration in these difficult desert areas, but the papers herein will hopefully present a first comprehensive overview of an exciting frontier exploration region. About half of the papers are directly related to hydrocarbon exploration, and to source rock and reservoir development, but a wide variety of other features are also described, ranging from palaeontology and biostratigraphy to ore geology and water resources, covering the entire geological column from the Precambrian to the Holocene. The book concludes with a bibliography covering all geological aspects of this challenging but very promising frontier area.
The Murzuq Basin is a large intracratonic sag basin located in southwestern Libya. Exploration efforts started in this vast and remote Saharan region already in 1957 and 60 exploratory wells have been drilled to date, resulting in over 20 discoveries with around 4,000 million barrels of oil in place. Most discoveries have been made in Ordovician sandstone reservoirs sourced by hot shales of the Lower Silurian Tanezzuft Formation. Oil is already being produced and exported from the area, but the basin's total hydrocarbon potential is still poorly understood. Recent exploration - especially the major discovery and initial development of the Giant "Elephant" Field - has greatly increased interest for the area's potential. Many petroleum geologists and companies now believe that the basin may well develop into a new major hydrocarbon province which will significantly contribute to Europe's energy needs in the next decades. P This book presents papers from a conference held at Sebha University - on the eastern margins of the Murzug Basin - in September 1998. The book continues an ongoing series of presentations of the geology of Libya, but the 25 contributions herein mostly centre on the Murzuq Basin itself and on nearby areas. There are still many unresolved questions in terms of geological and hydrocarbon exploration in these difficult desert areas, but the papers herein will hopefully present a first comprehensive overview of an exciting frontier exploration region. About half of the papers are directly related to hydrocarbon exploration, and to source rock and reservoir development, but a wide variety of other features are also described, ranging from palaeontology and biostratigraphy to ore geology and water resources, covering the entire geological column from the Precambrian to the Holocene. The book concludes with a bibliography covering all geological aspects of this challenging but very promising frontier area * For the first time important new data has been released on an economically important area of Libya. This is an excellent publication which contains a wealth of new data and which will be invaluable to geologists working on the Murzuq Basin. (D. Hallett, Consultant), Earth Science Reviews, 2001 The book provides an excellent overview of the geology of this relatively under-explored area.(...)the book is highly recommended to both those interested in this particular frontier exploration area and those dealing with the various specializations. (T.E. Wong, Institute of Applied Geoscience, The Netherlands), Journal of Sedimentary Research, 2001