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North Africa Research Group

Research Publications

We present a list of all research titles that we have been involved with. Use the title link to view the research page. You can also view abstracts and papers associated with some projects by following the links and viewing the table at the bottom of each research page.

 

Proposed work:

Project title

 

Region of study

Status of work

  • Characterisation of the Nubian sandstones, Sirte trough, Libya
  • Sirte basin, Libya
    Proposed
  • Depositional settings of submarine channels and mass-transport-complexes within a geometrical and stratigraphic framework, offshore Nile Delta (link)
  • Offshore Nile Delta

    Proposed

     

    Current work:

    Project title

     

    Region of study

    Status of work

  • Sedimentology and reservoir characterisation; the Elephant field, Libya.
  • Murzq basin, Libya
    Current
  • Sedimentology and Reservoir Potential of the Carboniferous Assedjefar and Dembaba Formations in western Libya.
  • Ghadames basin, Western Libya
    Current
  • Architecture of Early and Middle Cretaceous deposits in the Ghadames Basin (North West Libya - South East Tunisia).
  • Ghadames Basin, Libya, Tunisia
    Current
  • Reservoir characterisation of the Marar Formation, Libya
  • Thiemboka Arch, Libya
    Current
  • Submarine channel bedforms and internal architecture on seismic: a quantitative analysis of the geophysical variables based on detailed outcrop/ experimental rock analysis. A case study of channels in the Numidian Flysch, Sicily. (link)
  • Sicily and Offshore Tunisia
    Current
  • 3D seismic interpretation of Mass transport complexes: Nile Delta (link)
  • Offshore Nile Delta
    Current
  • Evolution and Quantification of Submarine Slope Systems: offshore Nile Delta (link)
  • Offshore Nile Delta

    Current

  • Basin evolution of, and igneous activities within the Sirt Basin of Libya (link)
  • Sirte basin, Libya

    Current

  • An Integrated Basin Modelling Study of the Ghadames Basin, North Africa (link)
  • Ghadames basin, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya
    Current
  • Regional AFTA (Apatite fission track) Study (link)
  • Regional
    Current
  • Mesozoic source rocks (link)
  • Regional
    Current
  • Paleozoic source rocks (link)
  • Regional
    Current
  • Sedimentology, third order sequence stratigraphy and controlling factors on facies distribution in the Triassic of North Africa (link)
  • Regional, Morocco

    Current

  • 3D Modelling of (upper Triassic) Continental mixed fluvial systems integrating LIDAR digital outcrop images with high resolution sedimentology of fluvial facies: High Atlas, Morocco (link)
  • High Atlas, Morocco

    Current

  • Ordovician reservoir characterisation of the Murzuk Basin (link)
  • Murzuk basin, Libya
    Current
  • Third order sequence stratigraphic framework for the Palaeozoic reservoirs of North Africa (link)
  • Regional

    Current

     

    Completed work:

    Project title

     

    Region of study

    Status of work

  • An assesment of structural development and evolution of Eastern offshore Tunisian slope systems, and its effect on reservoir, and migration pathway quality (link)
  • Offshore Tunisia

    Completed

  • Regional Structural and Stratigraphic Evolution of the Oligo-Miocene Numidian Flysch, Offshore Northern Tunisia (link)
  • Offshore Tunisia

    Completed

  • Palaeozoic sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of North Africa (link)
  • Regional

    Completed

  • Mesozoic sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of North Africa (link)
  • Regional
    Completed
  • Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy of Syn-rift Nukhul and Asl formations, Suez Rift, Egypt (link)
  • Suez, Egypt

    Completed

  • Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy of Early Syn-rift Tidal Sediments; The Nukhul Formation, Suez Rift, Egypt (link)
  • Suez, Egypt

    Completed

  • Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy of Late Syn-rift Tidal Sediments; The Asl Formation, Suez Rift, Egypt (link)
  • Suez, Egypt

    Completed

  • Implications for the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic hydrocarbon potential using fission track analysis in the Berkine and Murzuq basins (link)
  • Berkine and Murzuk basin, Libya

    Completed

  • Characterisation of the El Garia Formation, Tunisia (link)
  • Onshore Tunisia
    Completed
  • Tectonic evolution of the Palaeozoic of North Africa (link)
  • Regional
    Completed
  • Tectonic evolution of the Mesozoic / Cenozoic of North Africa (link)
  • Regional
    Completed
  • Western Desert study, Egypt (link)
  • Egypt
    Completed
  • Multi-variate analysis of Sirte basin oil data, integrated with the correlation of source kerogen, and the application of geochemical inversion procedures. (link)
  • Sirte basin, Libya

    Completed

  • Initial mapping of the geometry, architecture and evolution of submarine slope channels, offshore Nile Delta, Egypt (link)
  • Offshore Nile delta

    Completed