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Petroleum Geology of the Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, and Guinea-Conakry (MSGBC) Basin in the Northwest African Atlantic Margin

북서 아프리카 대륙주변부 MSGBC (Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry) 분지의 석유지질

Jaehong Ko1*
고 재홍1*
1한국지질자원연구원 석유해저연구본부
* Corresponding Author
31 October 2018. pp. 478-490
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Abstract

Petroleum geology of the Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, and Guinea-Conakry (MSGBC) Basin in the northwest African Atlantic margin has been reviewed. The MSGBC basin has emerged as the most prolific petroleum province with the discovery of more than 0.6 billion barrels of oil and 25 trillion cubic feet of gas in the last five years. Reservoirs are Cretaceous turbidite sand bodies constituting submarine canyon or channel fills and fans on the continental slope, while the source rock is Cenomanian-Turonian black shale. Shales common in deep water environments form the seal.

Keywords
MSGBC Basin
Northwest Africa
Atlantic margin
Petroleum geology

새로운 석유 지역으로 떠오르고 있는 북서 아프리카 MSGBC (Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry) 분지의 석유지질을 고찰하였다. MSGBC 분지는 대서양이 형성되는 과정에서 북서 아프리카에 발달한 대륙주변부 분지로, 최근 5년간 6억 배럴 이상의 석유와 25 Tcf 이상의 가스가 발견되었다. 저류암은 대륙사면의 선상지 및 해저 협곡 또는 수로에서 쌓인 백악기 저탁류 사암체이고, 근원암은 세노마눔세~튀롱세의 흑색 셰일이며, 덮개암은 심해에서 상시적으로 퇴적된 셰일이다.

키워드
MSGBC 분지
북서 아프리카
대륙주변부
석유지질
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  • Publisher :The Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국자원공학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국자원공학회지
  • Volume : 55
  • No :5
  • Pages :478-490
  • Received Date : 2018-08-10
  • Revised Date : 2018-10-13
  • Accepted Date : 2018-10-26
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.32390/ksmer.2018.55.5.478
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