STRUCTURES AND HYDROCARBON PROSPECTS IN EMI FIELD, OFFSHORE NIGER DELTA

Emmanuel Kwesi Nyantakyi, Li Tao, Wangshui Hu, Julius Kwame Borkloe

Abstract: The Niger Delta is ranked among the world’s major hydrocarbon provinces in the world. Oil and gas in the Niger Delta are mainly trapped in sandstones and unconsolidated sands in the Agbada formation and the structural traps are not easy to map precisely because they are very slight, not obvious and very complicated. The main aim was to determine the structures and hydrocarbon prospects in Emi-field, off shore Niger Delta using seismic data integrated with well logs. Four (4) horizons namely L1, L2, L3 and L4 were selected and structural maps drawn for each of the horizons. Fault closures of high quality hydrocarbon prospects were identified and delineated. The integration of seismic data with well logs greatly improved the extent of accuracy and exactness of structural maps in hydrocarbon prospects and its development in Emi Field

Keywords: Structures, hydrocarbon prospects, Emi Field, Niger Delta

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2013.0208014