Regional petroleum geology
| Article # 24_2025 | submitted on 04/23/2025 displayed on website on 06/24/2025 |
| 9 p. | Makhaman Abass A.K., Miloserdova L.V., Kurushina A.S., Goncharuk D.A. |
| Petroleum generation potential of the Yogu and Socor formations of the Termite basin (Bilma area, Eastern Niger) | |
| At present, one of the pressing issues is the study and establishment of oil and gas potential on the African continent, which has a high potential, but at the same time remains one of the most understudied. The article describes the main features of the geological structure of the Termite Basin, located in Eastern Niger (Bilma area), as well as the results of studies of the oil source rocks of the Yogu and Socor-1 Formations, which are elements of the Cretaceous and Paleogene hydrocarbon systems. It was established that the studied argillite samples are oil source rocks at high stages of catagenetic transformation, from which a significant number of hydrocarbons emigrated. Keywords: oil source rock, hydrocarbon system, Yogu Formation, Socor Formation, oil and gas potential, Termite basin, Eastern Niger. |
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| article citation | Makhaman Abass A.K., Miloserdova L.V., Kurushina A.S., Goncharuk D.A. Uglevodorodnyy generatsionnyy potentsial formatsiy Yogu i Sokor basseyna Termit (rayon Bilma, vostochnyy Niger) [Petroleum generation potential of the Yogu and Socor formations of the Termite basin (Bilma area, Eastern Niger)]. Neftegazovaya Geologiya. Teoriya I Praktika, 2025, vol. 20, no. 2, available at: https://www.ngtp.ru/rub/2025/24_2025.html EDN: TXOOPK |
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