Petrographical and Petrophysical Features of the Jeribe Formation at the Khabaz Oil Field, Kirkuk, Northern Iraq
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The present study deals with the Jeribe
Formation (Middle Miocene) in well Khabaz-17 (Long. 44° 11' 27" E ; Lat.
35° 25' 16" N) belonging to Khabaz oil field in Kirkuk area, northern
Iraq. Generally, the lithology of Jeribe Formation is homogeneous and it
consists of limestone, dolomite, dolomitic limestone, gypsum, and nodules of
chert with a thickness of about 36 m at depth 645-681 m. Petrographically, 50
thin sections have been prepared and studied under polarized microscope. Based
on this, they appeared to consists mainly of genus benthonic foraminifera (Borelis
melo curdica, Miliolids, Peneroplis, Nummulites and Rotalids) where they
characterized by the good keeping, large volume and the thickness of the wall.
On the other hand, less common fauna included Gastropods, Pelecypods,
Echinodermata fragments, Algae, Ostracods and many of bioclasts, as well as
non-skeletal grains intraclasts and pisoids, while the ground mass mainly
compose of a micrite and micro-sparite. Several diagentic processes affected
the Jeribe formation which include mainly of dolomitization, cementation, micritization,
dissolution, compaction, fracturing and other types of diagenetic such as
neomorphism and bioturbation. Through the petrographic study the types of
porosity were identified. While, the porosity ratios was determined from the density
and the neutron logs. According to the results of these analyses, the porosity
of Jeribe formation changes from 11.4% and 25.6%, with an average rate of
17.3%. These values are described as good porosity, and had probably been
enhanced by some diagenetic processes by dolomitization and dissolution
followed by secondary effects from tectonics activities.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Mühendislik
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
20 Eylül 2018
Gönderilme Tarihi
17 Mart 2018
Kabul Tarihi
7 Kasım 2018
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2018 Cilt: 22 Sayı: 3