Lithofacies and paleoenvironments of cored deposits of the albian reservoirs in the abidjan margin (offshore of Côte D’Ivoire Basin)

International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
13
Article ID: 
26499
10 pages
Research Article

Lithofacies and paleoenvironments of cored deposits of the albian reservoirs in the abidjan margin (offshore of Côte D’Ivoire Basin)

M’BRAH René, SAMASSY Rokyatou Yéo, MONDÉ Sylvain, KPLOHI Luc Hervé, FÉA Isaac and KAMAGATÉ Maria

Abstract: 

Sedimentary reservoirs describe facies that characterise architectural segments of the basin. For example, channels and alluvial fans are the main silicoclastic depositional environments. Thus to some extent these sites have hydrocarbon potential. The analysis of the hydrodynamic mechanisms behind their emplacement and their potential was carried out using oil drill cores. They were exhumed between 6500 and 10000 feet, i.e. between 1981 and 3048 m deep in the Abidjan Margin, Gulf of Guinea province in Côte d'Ivoire. The facies is based on lithological, ichnological and mechanical criteria. Their interpretations reveal emplacement initiated by turbidites, hyperpycnites, and hemipelagites within channels and deltaic cones in majority.

DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.37118/ijdr.26499.04.2023
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