الفهرس 
Exploration History of Faghur BasinOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
The Phiops oil field is located in Faghur Basin that is considered as a part of Khalda concession, in the northwestern part of the Western Desert of Egypt.It lies between latitudes 30o 32’ 48’’ N and 30o 35’ 12’’ N and longitudes 26o 02’30’’ E and 26o 06’ 00’’ E. The Lower Cretaceous Alam El Bueib and Jurassic Khatatba formations have become an important exploration target in the Phiops oil field and have helped to revitalize exploration in Faghur basin. Therefore, the main purpose of this research work is the study of petroleum system, guide future hydrocarbon exploration and development of the Lower Cretaceous Alam El Bueib and Jurassic Khatatba formations in Phiops oil field (Faghur basin)through integration of geochemical analyses, core analysis, 2D seismic lines and well log data.Due to unavailability of geochemical data from the wells drilled in the Phiops Field, evaluation of the present source rocks has been based on the geochemical data including (TOC, S1, S2, GP, HI, OI, Tmax and %Ro) from Neith S-2X well which belongs to the Neith Field and lies very close to Phiops field within Faghur Basin. The Alam El Bueib source rocks have been found to be a poor to very good source rock that is characterized by type (III) kerogen and mature zone within oil generation. The Khatatba and Paleozoic rocks, on the other hand, are considered fair to very good source rocks and are characterized by type (III) with inputs of type (II) kerogen. The Khatatba source rocks are mature and lie within oil to condensate/gas generation, while the Paleozoic source rock is mature to over mature lying within oil to condensate/gas generation. Neogene time recorded the maximum temperatures in the studied well. The Alam El Bueib source rocks had been able to generate oil during the Early/Late Cretaceous while the Khatatba source rocks might have generated oil during Early Cretaceous to Miocene and condensate/gas since the Miocene until now. The Paleozoic source rocks, on the other hand, seem to have generated oil during Early Cretaceous to Paleocene and generated condensate/gas from Paleocene onward.