The portion of the basin which has proven to be of high. Based on the distribution of effective source rocks in the taoudeni basin, combined with the structure characteristics of the basin. The volta river basin vrb is an important transboundary basin in west africa that covers approximately 410,000 square kilometres across six countries. The great palogue field, with ultimate recoverable oil reserves of more than 900 million barrels, was discovered in the northern melut basin. In the samarinda region the neogene section alone reaches a. Petroleum geology of the melut basin and the great palogue. Formerly of department of environmental sciences, kenyatta university, po box 43833, nairobi. The servant stumbled and spilled a whole basin of water on the. It contains five oil and gas exploration wells fig. If today one speaks of subterranean oil as the saharas black gold, at least from medieval times, saharan rock salt was its white goldone of the few commodities considered valuable enough to be traded directly for sudanic gold. Anambra basin, enugu shale, rockeval pyrolysis, total organic carbon, source rock, thermal maturation introduction the anambra basin figure 1 which is a cretaceous basin is located in the southern part of the regionally extensive northeastsouthwest trending benue trough.
Introduction kutai basin constitute the largest tertiary basin in western indonesia having significant. At the downstream end of the river basin is the lower rufiji floodplain and the rufiji delta where iucn is working with the. Destruc tion of hab itat and illegal collec tion of turtles for the pet trade have caused pop ula tions to dwindle. Although much of the lands along the noyyal river basin run along the rain shadow are, still receiving considerable rainfall which could be utilized well. Taoudeni basin is made of six different basins or troughs having a nonsimilar.
The taoudeni basin mauritania mali, west africa was formed as a result of pre. It provides a range of ecosystem services vital for human wellbeing such as drinking water, hydroelectric power, fisheries, agriculture and biodiversity. It covers large parts of the west african craton in mauritania and mali. Although aware that the new build phase 2 would diminish the river view currently enjoyed, the greenery would have softened this space.
Northwest java basin consists of the main epicenter basin, which includes the jatibarang sub basin, cipunegara sub basin, arjuna sub basin and ciputat low figure 2. Apr 30, 2009 the iullemmeden basin in northwestern nigeria is known locally as the sokoto basin. The melut rift basin extends across at least 33,000 km 2, is up to 100 km wide, over 310 km long and locally contains up to 10 km of cretaceoustertiary sediments. Late ordovician glacially related depositional systems of the gargaf uplift libya and comparisons with correlative deposits in the taoudeni basin mauritania. Mali politics economy development finally serious oil explorations in mali. Benin, burkina faso, cote divoire, ghana, mali and togo. Australian geological provinces geoscience australia. The rufiji river basin in southern tanzania is the largest in the country and the most important for many activities, goods and services associated with water and its uses. An introduction of some work in luanhe river basin and haihe. In the samarinda region the neogene section alone reaches a thickness of up to 9 km.
Within it in the upper reaches of the kotui the winters are very cold, with minimum temperatures near. Proterozoic stromatolitic limestone in the oil window position suggest a presence of a. Scientists came across the samples accidentally when an oil company drilling in the taoudeni basin in west africa sent them rocks for analysis. Stratigraphic nomenclature of the sirte basin, libya. Tano basin is located in the southern eastern part of ghana. Volumes of gas potentially in a basin centered gas accumulation in the foredeep basins au were not assessed. The taoudeni basin is the largest sedimentary basin in africa. This powerful program supports to set basic settings for target acrobat document like page size, page margin, pdf encryption, etc. The essei basin is 200 km long, and its bottom lies at an elevation of 200300 m 120150 m in the kotui valley.
Geological exploration in murzuq basin 1st edition elsevier. The major catchments are the komati, crocodile and sabiesand catchments, and the minor catchments are the nwaswitsontso and nwanedzi catchments. About 300400 km to the south of this basin is the collision arc between the eurasian and australian plates figure 1. Centre for advanced studies in environmental law and policy, university of nairobi, po box 30197, 00100 gpo nairobi 2. The taoudeni basin is a major geological formation in west africa named after the taoudenni village in northern mali. Sirte basin, central libya by salah a shaniba a thesis presented to the faculty of the graduate school of the missouri university of science and technology in partial fulfillment of the.
The anambra basin is situated west of the lower benue trough and is often considered youngest formation of the benue trough. Hydroenergy sanaga basin and eirr lom pangar project 7. Rufiji river basin upstream downstream linkages report of. Regression analysis of basin runoff, rainfall and temperature 5. Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the. Young,3 nathan marshall,4 and fauzie hasibuan5 1naturalis biodiversity center, department of geology, p. Stratigraphic nomenclature of the sirte basin, libya in. The taoudenni basin, north africas largest sedimentary basin, is located in western mauritania, northern mali and southwestern algeria.
The database contains descriptions and polygon outlines of geological provinces of the. The taoudeni basin is a major geological formation in west africa, named after the taoudenni village in northern mali. Premarinoan glaciation is recorded in rocks of the wassangara group of the taoudeni basin. Although much of the lands along the noyyal river basin run along the rain shadow are, still receiving. The previous studies has investigated discontinuous of outcrop sections depicting the. Aware of the overall scheme to trent basin and the proposals to develop phase 2. Structural controls on the evolution of the kutai basin. If today one speaks of subterranean oil as the saharas black gold, at least from medieval times, saharan rock salt was its white goldone of the few commodities considered valuable enough. The first of john mcphees works in his series on geology and geologists, basin and range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern worlda history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people who bring them to light.
Imprint tripoli, libya, petroleum exploration society of libya, 1972. New regional stratigraphic insights from a 3d geological model. Change management at lake basin development authority. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The 60,000 km2 kutai basin of east kalimantan figs. Northwest java basin is located north of the java volcanic arc. Pdfcamp acrobat pdf writer is a writer which can write pdf document from any type of printable documents like ms office document, txt, html local or online, image, dwg, etc. Analysis of hydrological drought events in the upper tana basin of kenya jones f. Pdf infracambrian petroleum play elements of the ne. Centre for advanced studies in environmental law and policy. The first of john mcphees works in his series on geology and geologists, basin and range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern worlda history of. Geological survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean resources of 160 million barrels of conventional oil, 1,880 billion cubic.
The tana river basin covers 22% of kenyas total land mass and is home to 18% of the countrys population. The portion of the basin which has proven to be of high hydrocarbon potential is located about 60km offshore ghana with water depth ranging from 1200km to 1500km. Pdf an unusual proterozoic petroleum play in western. The bestknown source of rock salt was the taoudeni basin to the northwest of timbuktu. Saharan africa a century of exploration, what to expect. It is the youngest sedimentary basin in libyaandit covers an area of about 600km2, extending offshore along the mediterranean sea. Petroleum systems of the taoudeni basin, west africa. Analysis of hydrological drought events in the upper tana. Anambra basin is one of the energyrich inland sedimentary basins in nigeria 153 it is a nearly triangular shaped embayment covering about 3000 km 2 with a total sedimentary thickness of approximately 9. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Metropolitan the metropolitan water district of southern california. It consists predominantly of a gently undulating plain with an average elevation varying from 250 to 400 m above sealevel.
Runoff simulation and forecasting in luanhe river basin evaluate the applicability of the swat model in luanhe river basin r2. Pdf flow pattern and residence time of groundwater within the. The taoudeni basin is a typical steady intracratonic basin. Conclusions and recommendations references annexes 1 terms of reference 2 principles of climate change projections 3 climate risk assessment for water resources development in the niger basin. Sirte basin, central libya by salah a shaniba a thesis presented to the faculty of the graduate school of the missouri university of science and technology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree master of science in geology and geophysics 2012 approved by wan yang, advisor mohamed g.
This intracratonic basin, which forms the sedimentary cover of the west african craton, records episodic sedimentation since the. It extends northwestward into the niger valley, northward to the jos massif and northeastward into lafia. Pdf an unusual proterozoic petroleum play in western africa. It provides a range of ecosystem services vital for human wellbeing such as drinking.
National and global petroleum assessment assessment of. It is of considerable interest due to its possible reserves of oil. Of the four petroleum wildcat wells drilled to date, the. Mauritaniamali the taoudeni is the largest intracratonic basin in africa, covering some 1. Pdf s u m m a r y the knowledge about groundwater flow conditions within the southeastern taoudeni basin aquifer shared by burkina faso and mali is. Identification of fractured basement reservoir using. The primary pay zone in the melut basin is the paleogene. Depositional and tectonic controls on architecture of the. Pdf the exceptionally wellpreserved sedimentary rocks of the taoudeni basin, nw africa represent one of the worlds most widespread 1 m km2. With this level of exploration, thetaoudeni basin province is considered to be a frontier province underexplored. Mar 30, 2008 the taoudeni basin is a typical steady intracratonic basin. The inkomati basin, which is the area to be served by the inkomati catchment management agency, consists of three major catchments and two minor catchments. Official pdf, 269 pages world bank documents world bank group.
East kutai basin, prograding, lithologic succession, delta, lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy. The sirte basin also referred to as sirt basin, is located on the northern margin of the african plate in the north central part of libya between latitudes 1400 2000 e and longitudes 2800 3100n fig. Structural controls on the evolution of the kutai basin, east. Water flow in the river basin occurs during the monsoon. The provexplorer web application is a webbased map interface to the australian geological provinces database. Initial plans clearly showed an area of greenery in the space between phase 1 and phase 2.
It consists predominantly of a gently undulating plain with an average elevation varying from 250 to 400. Anambra basin, enugu shale, rockeval pyrolysis, total organic carbon, source rock, thermal maturation introduction the anambra basin figure 1 which is a cretaceous basin is located in the. In mali, elfs yarba recorded gas shows and some dead oil in 1982, while essos atouila 1 recorded insignificant gas. The economics of ecosystem services of the tana river basin. Weigh ing only 4 ounces, the bog turtle is one of the rarest turtles in north america and is federally listed as a threat ened species. Using a geologybased assessment methodology, the u. The basin is composed of clays and sands from the anthropogenic period and, in places, of permiantriassic sandstones. Pdf reos geochronology of a mesoproterozoic sedimentary.
Geological survey estimated undiscovered, technically recoverable mean resources of 160 million barrels of conventional oil, 1,880 billion cubic feet of conventional gas, 602 million barrels of shale oil, and 6,395 billion cubic feet of shale gas in the taoudeni basin province in mali and mauritania. The new oilrelated issues in the sahara cairn international. An introduction of some work in luanhe river basin and. Essei basin article about essei basin by the free dictionary. Rufiji river basin upstream downstream linkages report. Based on the distribution of effective source rocks in the taoudeni basin, combined with the structure characteristics of the basin and the distribution characteristics of reservoir beds, two petroleum systems are recognized in the basin. The essei basin is 200 km long, and its bottom lies at.
Saharan peoples and societies oxford research encyclopedia. The largest one, the taoudeni basin, is located in the middle part of the west african craton. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the. Introduction kutai basin constitute the largest tertiary basin in western indonesia having significant contribution in energy production in the world. There was far less exploration in mauritania and the taoudenni basin had hardly. Essei basin also the esseimuruktin basin, an extensive depression in the northern part of the middle siberian plateau, in evenki no, krasnoiarsk krai.
Tertiary sedimentation in the basin has been fairly continuous since its inception in. Understanding the impact of climate change on hydropower. Africa named after the taoudeni village in northern mali. The taoudeni basin is a major geological formation in west africa, named after the taoudenni. Exploration of taoudeni basin is at a very early stage. The iullemmeden basin in northwestern nigeria is known locally as the sokoto basin. The lithological succession in east kutai basin, east. The basin is bounded to the south by the niger delta basin hinge line. The sokoto basin nigerian sector of the iullemmeden basin. Acrobat pdf writer a best acrobat pdf writer utility.