The company and its partnerships are currently producing oil from three mega projects. Integrated fracture performance and formation damage. The distribution of sand lenses and shale breaks was modelled in a vertical crosssection see fig. Journal of petroleum science and engineering 1 23 2014 1 20 7 122. Located in the center of algeria, the hassi messaoud oil field, which was discovered in 1956, is the most ancient oil station in the country.
Hassi messaoud is an oil producing city in southeast algeria, where people from 159 different countries live and work for national and foreign drilling or extraction companies. Palaeozoic petroleum systems of north africa geological society. Magnetic susceptibility and its relation with fractures and. Hassi berkine is the largest iocoperated oil development in algeria. Known oilfield size and grown oilfield size versus field discovery year for central arch horstblock anticlinal oil and gas assessment unit 41. Then, in the mid sixties, the giant hassimessaoud field in algeria was the object of pioneering applications of quantitative reservoir description techniques. Sonatrach awards contract to boost output at hassi rmel. The hassi messaoud oilfield is an opec member but has been facing trouble maintaining its oil output. A brief history of the development of geostatistical. Major fields include the cambrian hassi messaoud field and the triassic hassi rmel field. In addition, eight smaller, satellite fields have been discovered.
Hassi berkine hbn, hassi berkine south hbns and ourhoud, which is the second largest oil field in algeria behind the giant hassi messaoud field. The hassi rmel field, which is the largest gas field in algeria, produces principally gas condensate. Probable reserves have been estimated at 2,7003,000 bcm, and algerias total gas reserves in place are said to exceed 5 tcm. Hassi messaoud oil field the hassi messaoud oil field in algeria fig. The ra is the principal reservoir within 100m of average thickness. After a bloody war, algeria gained its independence in 1962. Geology and hydrocarbon potential of the oued mya basin, algeria. Conducting integrated reservoir studies in the quartzite hamra reservoirtight oil, southern periphery of hassi messaoud field, algeria zoulikha aitali 1, maamar djarir 1, rafika zenkhri 1, abdallah sokhal 1, lounis elhadi 1, gholamreza zandkarimi 2, and philip e.
Hassi messaoud field has four 04 reservoirs r3, r2, ra, and ri. In this conservative metropolis, where many young people remain unemployed, social tension is often high. Hassi rmel is the first and by far the largest gas field in algeria. Phanerozoic geology of algeria geology of north africa. The top of the dome is marked by an unconformity at the base of the triassic, mesozoic sediments consisting of salt, anhydrite, shale, limestone, dolomite and marls, all overlain by mio. Production started at hassi messaoud in 1960 and at hassi rmel in 1961. The open geology journal, 2009, 3, 3957 39 1874262909 2009 bentham open open access facies analysis of triassic formations of the hassi rmel in southern algeria using well logs. Today, groupement berkines management is based in hassi messaoud. The hassi messaoud field, a very thick sandstone reservoir of cambrian age. The former was discovered in 1957 and the latter was discovered in 1956 and put on production in 1961.
As of 2008, hassi messaoud has an oil field with estimated reserves of 8 billion barrels. The primary reservoir is the cambrian ra unit and is thought to be charged from the silurian tanezzuft formation tissot et al. Three major oil discoveries have been made on block 404. Known gasfield size versus field discovery year and grown gasfield size versus cumulative number of newfield wildcat wells for central arch horstblock anticlinal oil and gas assessment unit 42. It ranks tenth in the worlds natural gas reserves and 14th in oil reserves eia, 2010. The hassi messaoud oil field is a cambrian sandstone reservoir 270 m thick in a dome 3300 m deep and 0 km 2 in area of the oued mya structural basin. Different oilwater contacts owc the geocellular model was upscaled and was exported to use in the simulator of nexus. The primaryrecovery mechanism at first was gas expansion in undersaturated oil. Recoverable reserves have been estimated at 2,415 bcm. Selected oil fields country province 3 field ultimate middle east abu dhabi rub al khali basin umm shaif field zakum field 20 billion bahrain greater ghawar uplift awali 1 billion iraq mesopotamian foredeep basin east baghdad field 11 billion kirkuk field 16 billion majnoon field 1120 billion rumaila field 20. It was discovered by the french in 1956 along with the giant hassi messaoud oil field see omt.
Horizontal well performances in hassimessaoud oil field. Pommiercambrian oilfield of hassi messaoud, algeria. The hassi messaoud field, a very thick sandstone reservoir of cambrian age covering an area of 2000 km 2 is a multibillion barrel oil field in the triassic basin of. Algerias biggest oilfield hassi messaoud is currently capping production at 430,000 barrels per day to keep it in line with opecs agreement to cut output, a sonatrach official said late on thursday. Geologic overview and petroleum systems of the greater. They are, in the most part, a braided fluvial system and the reservoir is subdivided into four. Lyzaflickr according to the deal, a 24mn cum per day gas compression unit with an 180km long pipe network will be built at the oilfield. This paper discusses the causes of performance failure of a well in the hassi messaoud field in algeria that was fracture stimulated but did not achieve the expected production increase, and it discusses alternative methods to increase well production by integrating geology and petrophysics with production and welltest data. The hassi messaoud oil field is operated jointly by s. Revamping consists in interventions on an industrial facility to modify and increase production capacity. Oil is produced from a cambrian sandstone reservoir in a large dome. The cambroordovician sandstones are one of the main oil reservoirs in algeria.
Jun 29, 2008 selected oil fields country province 3 field ultimate middle east abu dhabi rub al khali basin umm shaif field zakum field 20 billion bahrain greater ghawar uplift awali 1 billion iraq mesopotamian foredeep basin east baghdad field 11 billion kirkuk field 16 billion majnoon field 1120 billion rumaila field 20. According to energy minister youcef yousfi, sonatrach would have to use nonconventional methods to extract 50% of the reserves from the new field, adding an extra 10% to costs. Algeria was first known as the kingdom of numidia, whose most famous kings were syphax, massinissa and jugurta. Cambrian oil field of hassi messaoud, algeria1 geology of. The hassi messaoud field, a very thick sandstone reservoir of cambrian age covering an area of 2000 km 2 is a multibillion barrel oil field in the triassic basin of algeria fig. The hassi rmel field was discovered in 1956, along with algerias largest oilfield, hassi messaoud. Sonatrach hassi messaoud refinery algeria is located at hassi messaoud, ouargla, algeria.
Cambrian oil field of hassi messaoud, algeria aapg bulletin. Sedimentological evolution of the lower series formation in. Oct 11, 2016 algerias state energy company sonatrach has awarded japanese firm jgc corp. Resume built for oil and gas job opportunities by a jobseeker with experience in electrical instrument quantity surveyor petrofac international hassi messaoud algeria would you like to offer this candidate a jobcontract employment. Jun 30, 2014 the hassi messaoud oilfield is an opec member but has been facing trouble maintaining its oil output. Algerias hassi messaoud field caps output in line with opec. The total proven reserves of the hassi messaoud oil field are around 6. The hassi messaoud oilfield, discovered in 1956, has a generally northsouth axis, and the reservoirs are sandstones of the paleozoic era. The study area is situated in the southwest of the hassi messaoud oil field. Given the two fields age, an increasing amount of investment just to maintain production at current levels is required. Open access facies analysis of triassic formations of the. The field lies in the grand erg sand dunes oriental of the sahara.
Sonatrach awards gjc deal at hassi messaoud oilfield. It is part of the triassic province located in the northeast of the saharan platform. Then, in the mid sixties, the giant hassi messaoud field in algeria was the object of pioneering applications of quantitative reservoir description techniques. The facility operations and engineering departments, maintenance, logistics and health, safety and environment hse employees are located at the field site in hassi berkine. Please contact us or search for another relevant oil cvresume in our impressive oil industry database. An overview of predevonian petroleum systems unique. It also gives practical guidelines as to how a production geologist can analyze the reservoir geology and fluid flow characteristics of an oil field with the aim of improving hydrocarbon recovery. Saharan fields hassi messaoud 10 gb reserves, discovered in 1956 and hassi rmel 100 tcf gas plus 2. Different oil water contacts owc the geocellular model was upscaled and was exported to use in the simulator of nexus.
Conducting integrated reservoir studies in the quartzite. Algerias first commercial oil discovery was edjelleh in 1956, followed immediately by the hassi messaoud oil field the same year. Regional geology and petroleum systems of the illiziberkine area. The hassimessaoud periphery field has the structure of a monocline, dipping south from the main anticlinal dome.
Hassi messaoud, major oilfield, eastcentral algeria. It explains the background to production geology in the context of oil field subsurface operations. Algerias sonatrach signs deal with japanese jgc corporation. The hassi messaoud periphery field has the structure of a monocline, dipping south from the main anticlinal dome. All the previous studies in this field focused only on the upper reservoirs a, b, and c, which have shown an excellent petrophysical properties. Hassi messaoud is an oilproducing city in southeast algeria, where people from 159 different countries live and work for national and foreign drilling or extraction companies. The produced gas and oil comes from four reservoirs of triassic age reservoir a, reservoir b, reservoir c, and the lower series.
The giant hassi messaoud oilfield and the hassi rmel gasfield, a supergiant, were found in 1956. The cutout of ra is made in many zones that are limitted by the sectors of low characteristics. Conducting integrated reservoir studies in the quartzite hamra reservoirtight oil, southern periphery of hassimessaoud field, algeria zoulikha aitali 1, maamar djarir 1, rafika zenkhri 1, abdallah sokhal 1, lounis elhadi 1, gholamreza zandkarimi 2, and philip e. Sonatrach to increase oil output at hassi messaoud oilfield. Many geologists have been interested in the cambrian subsurface study of the saharan. Pdf magnetic susceptibility and its relation with fractures. Hassi messaoud is in algeria and has about 53,000 residents. Hassi messaoud field, in the eastern part of the algerian sahara desert and 350 mi 560 km from the mediterranean, produces 375,000 bblday, or about 40 percent of algerias production. Hassimessaoud field has four 04 reservoirs r3, r2, ra, and ri. Algerias state energy company sonatrach has awarded japanese firm jgc corp. It was developed and is currently operated by the algerian stateowned company sonatrach and is also the largest oil field in algeria.
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