Assessing the inversion structure during Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous period depending on interpretation of seismic reflection methods: A case study from Horus oil field, North Western Desert of Egypt.
El-Sawy, M., Ghoneimi, A., Elkhadragy, A., Saad, M., Ali, A., Azab, A. (2025). Assessing the inversion structure during Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous period depending on interpretation of seismic reflection methods: A case study from Horus oil field, North Western Desert of Egypt.. EKB Journal Management System, 2025(1), 58-65. doi: 10.21608/bfszu.2024.290753.1393
Marwa El-Sawy; Ashraf Ghoneimi; Ali Ali Elkhadragy; Mohamed Hussian Saad; Ahmed Ali; Ahmad Abd Elhay Azab. "Assessing the inversion structure during Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous period depending on interpretation of seismic reflection methods: A case study from Horus oil field, North Western Desert of Egypt.". EKB Journal Management System, 2025, 1, 2025, 58-65. doi: 10.21608/bfszu.2024.290753.1393
El-Sawy, M., Ghoneimi, A., Elkhadragy, A., Saad, M., Ali, A., Azab, A. (2025). 'Assessing the inversion structure during Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous period depending on interpretation of seismic reflection methods: A case study from Horus oil field, North Western Desert of Egypt.', EKB Journal Management System, 2025(1), pp. 58-65. doi: 10.21608/bfszu.2024.290753.1393
El-Sawy, M., Ghoneimi, A., Elkhadragy, A., Saad, M., Ali, A., Azab, A. Assessing the inversion structure during Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous period depending on interpretation of seismic reflection methods: A case study from Horus oil field, North Western Desert of Egypt.. EKB Journal Management System, 2025; 2025(1): 58-65. doi: 10.21608/bfszu.2024.290753.1393

Assessing the inversion structure during Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous period depending on interpretation of seismic reflection methods: A case study from Horus oil field, North Western Desert of Egypt.

Bulletin of Faculty of Science, Zagazig University
Article 39, Volume 2025, Issue 1, April 2025, Page 58-65  XML PDF (2.33 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/bfszu.2024.290753.1393
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Authors
Marwa El-Sawy1; Ashraf Ghoneimiorcid 2; Ali Ali Elkhadragy3; Mohamed Hussian Saadorcid 4; Ahmed Ali email orcid 5; Ahmad Abd Elhay Azaborcid 6
1Assistant Professor at Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute
2Zagazig University, Faculty of Science, Geology Department, 44519, Zagazig, Egypt
3Geology department, Zagazig University
4Professor at Egyptian Petroleum Research institute, Exploration Department
5Demonstrator at Egyptian Petroleum Research institute, Exploration Department
6Professor at Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Exploration Department.
Abstract
The primary objective of this study is to assess the inversion structure and specific structural components utilizing high-quality 2D seismic lines obtained from the Horus oil field. This field is situated in the southern section of the Alamein Basin, positioned above the hanging-wall of a normal fault from the Jurassic-Early Cretaceous period. This fault extends in an ENE-WSW direction and bounds half graben trough in the northern margin of Horus oil field. Cretaceous period appears NE-asymmetrical anticline overlying Jurassic rifting. The movements of the tectonic belts resulted in a regional extensional regime during the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous periods. Subsequently, stress movements during the Late Cretaceous to Oligocene period led to the inversion of the Alamein Basin. Numerous NW-SE oriented normal faults, varying in length and throw, dissect the Cretaceous horizons. These faults partition the anticline into multiple blocks. The inversion of this basin is ascribed to the Syrian-Arc event, which prevailed over North Africa at the Late Cretaceous period.
Keywords
Alamein Basin; Horus oil field; Inversion Structure; Seismic interpretation
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