Thorium normalization as a hydrocarbon accumulation indicator for Lower Miocene rocks in Ras Ghara area, Gulf of Suez, Egypt
El-Khadragy, A., Shazly, T., AlAlfy, I., Ramadan, M., El-Sawy, M. (2018). Thorium normalization as a hydrocarbon accumulation indicator for Lower Miocene rocks in Ras Ghara area, Gulf of Suez, Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 7(1), 78-83. doi: 10.1016/j.nrjag.2018.01.002
A.A. El-Khadragy; T.F. Shazly; I.M. AlAlfy; M. Ramadan; M.Z. El-Sawy. "Thorium normalization as a hydrocarbon accumulation indicator for Lower Miocene rocks in Ras Ghara area, Gulf of Suez, Egypt". EKB Journal Management System, 7, 1, 2018, 78-83. doi: 10.1016/j.nrjag.2018.01.002
El-Khadragy, A., Shazly, T., AlAlfy, I., Ramadan, M., El-Sawy, M. (2018). 'Thorium normalization as a hydrocarbon accumulation indicator for Lower Miocene rocks in Ras Ghara area, Gulf of Suez, Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 7(1), pp. 78-83. doi: 10.1016/j.nrjag.2018.01.002
El-Khadragy, A., Shazly, T., AlAlfy, I., Ramadan, M., El-Sawy, M. Thorium normalization as a hydrocarbon accumulation indicator for Lower Miocene rocks in Ras Ghara area, Gulf of Suez, Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2018; 7(1): 78-83. doi: 10.1016/j.nrjag.2018.01.002

Thorium normalization as a hydrocarbon accumulation indicator for Lower Miocene rocks in Ras Ghara area, Gulf of Suez, Egypt

NRIAG Journal of Astronomy and Geophysics
Volume 7, Issue 1, June 2018, Pages 78-83    PDF (1.18 M)
DOI: 10.1016/j.nrjag.2018.01.002
Authors
A.A. El-Khadragy; T.F. Shazly; I.M. AlAlfy; M. Ramadan; M.Z. El-Sawy
Abstract
An exploration method has been developed using surface and aerial gamma-ray spectral measurements in prospecting petroleum in stratigraphic and structural traps.
The Gulf of Suez is an important region for studying hydrocarbon potentiality in Egypt. Thorium normalization technique was applied on the sandstone reservoirs in the region to determine the hydrocarbon potentialities zones using the three spectrometric radioactive gamma ray-logs (eU, eTh and K% logs). This method was applied on the recorded gamma-ray spectrometric logs for Rudeis and Kareem Formations in Ras Ghara oil Field, Gulf of Suez, Egypt.
The conventional well logs (gamma-ray, resistivity, neutron, density and sonic logs) were analyzed to determine the net pay zones in the study area.
The agreement ratios between the thorium normalization technique and the results of the well log analyses are high, so the application of thorium normalization technique can be used as a guide for hydrocarbon accumulation in the study reservoir rocks.
Keywords
Thorium Normalization; Hydrocarbon accumulation; Spectral gamma ray; Gulf of Suez
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