وثيقة

Structural of Greater Nimir area : insights into salt mini basin evolution.

الناشر
Sultan Qaboos University.
ميلادي
2019
اللغة
الأنجليزية
الملخص الإنجليزي
The South Oman Salt Basin is a major hydrocarbon producing basin that accounts for more than 60% of Petroleum Development of Oman (PDO) production. The seismic imaging has always been challenging in this area and therefore, many aspects of its structural evolution are not yet resolved. This study will utilize new well penetrations and newly acquired seismic data in the Greater Nimr area in the northern part of the South Oman Salt Basin to develop a structural model of the area, especially for the minibasins formed by halokinesis. Structural seismic interpretation, and calibration with well data summarizes the tectonic evolution of the South Oman Salt Basin to a major sequences, each have their own structural styles; 1) Pre-tectonic sequence which comprises the stratigraphic interval deposited before the precipitation of salt and these are the sedimentary packages of Nafun and Abu Mahara groups which have similarities in their structures 2) Syn-tectonic sequence, which comprises the units deposited during the precipitation of salt and the transformation of the area into a salt withdrawal basin which includes the units of Ara Salt, Nimr Group, and Haima Supergroup. These groups have the most influence of salt tectonics. 3) Post-tectonic sequence, which includes the units that blanketed the syn-tectonic units and show indirect salt Halokinesis features such as the salt dissolution synclines. These include the younger siliciclastic and carbonates of Haushi, Kahmah, Wasia groups and the more recent sedimentary groups which over-filled the depression of SOSB (formed during the syntectonic compressional phase) beyond its eastern and western margin. Four major unconformities played a significant role in the structural styles of the study area, Angudan unconformity forms a "break" in the minibasin development complicating the shapes and the stratigraphic relations between Haima Supergroup and Nimr Groups in the minibasins. In addition, due to its compressional nature, it may have facilitated the development of minibasins by active diaperism. The Hercynian unconformity which caused a non-deposition during the Devonian and the Carboniferous with the exception of Misfar Group which was deposited within this period in the north eastern extent of the study area possibly on localized salt withdrawal features. The multistaged Mesozoic unconformity depicts a major role in the syncline formation in the eastern flank of the study area. And last is the Base Tertiary unconformity, which formed another set of synclines around fault trends that modified the pre-existing synclines. The minibasins domain have experienced three stages of salt withdrawal minibasins, first one being the thickest with Haradh Formation depositing up to 6 km of sediments close to the Western Deformation Front, second stage is the Haima Supergroup depositing on top of salt walls being thickest at places where no Nimr Group is present. The third stage is by the deposition of the Misfar Formation, which is confined to depressions within the eastern margin of the South Oman Salt Basin, and Al Khlata Formation which not only it re-activated the minibasin development on top of Misfar Group, it also blanketed the full South Oman Salt Basins with deeper wide minibasins development on top of salt highs.
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