Open Blocks: KAMOUR BLOCK

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GEOGRAPHICAL SETTING

The Kamour block is situated in southern onshore Tunisia, near the northern edge of Ghadames basin.

ACREAGE

992 km². 

PREVIOUS EXPLORATION

About 185 Km of 2D seismic have been shot since 1779 by different operators but any well drilled; however several wells have been drilled in the surrounding area.

GEOLOGICAL SETTING

The Kamour Block comprises part of the subcropping Telemzane Arch and the northern edge of the Ghadames sag basin. The Telemzane east-west trending Arch was uplifted during Mid-Late Paleozoic and affected by strong erosion and associated Late Hercynian unconformity. In the southern part of the block, the subcropping Cambro-Ordovician clastics are unconformably overlain by Upper Triassic fluvial sandstone. This evolution is some what similar to that of Hassi R’mel and Hassi Messaoud ridges in Algeria.

HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL

Reservoirs :
The main Triassic TAGI fluvial plain is considered as a primary target in the southern part of the block. This reservoir is an oil and gas proven reservoir in Sanhar and Jebel Grouz fields, immediately at the south corner of the block. Shales and anhydrites above the Tagi reservoir provide excellent seal capacity.
The Ordovician and Cambrian sandstone, widely developed within the block, were regarded as a secondary targets. The Lower Ordovician Hamra quartzite is fractured reservoir producing in El Franing and Sabria fields located further to the north-west of the block. The Hamra Quartzite also tested about 600BCPD from the Chaabat El Markanti -1 well discovery, 100Km to the south-east of the Block.
 

Source Rocks :
The Lower Silurian Tannezuft source rock subcrops the Paleozoic angular unconformity. All the timing elements within the block such migration and trapping appear favorable.

Traps :
The trap types are dominated by faulted blocks and combined stratigraphic and structural. timing of trap within this block is similar to Hassi R’mel in Algeria.
In addition, the southern Tagi braided fluvial plain combining with northern sourced alluvial/fluvial system within a series of fault blocks should resulted in a high probability of trapping.
 

SEISMIC

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