الفهرس 
Stratigraphy of the Study AreaOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
The Gulf of Suez is located in Egypt at the junction of the African and Arabian plates where it separates the northeast African continent from the Sinai Peninsula. The Gulf of Suez runs in a northwest-southeast direction and forms an elongated graben measuring about 320 kilometers in length, with a width ranging between 30 and 80 kilometers, and water depth only 40 to 60 meters. It has excellent hydrocarbon potential, with the prospective sedimentary basin area measuring approximately 19,000 square kilometers, and it is considered as the most prolific oil province rift basin in Africa and the Middle East. This basin contains more than 80 oil fields. The Gulf of Suez is bounded by Longitudes 32º10’ to 34º E and Latitudes 27º to 30ºN. The Gulf of Suez is among the important hydrocarbon provinces in Egypt. The petroleum exploration around the Gulf of Suez began since more than 100 years ago at Ras Gemsa with commercial scale oil production starting 1909. The Gulf of Suez is now a well-established oil province. The Amal field area is about 27 square kilometers in the offshore, Southern part of the Gulf of Suez basin. The Amal field is located some 55 kilometers from Ras Gharib city and about 15 kilometers south west from Morgan oil field and about 15 kilometers in offshore from the western Gulf of Suez shore line. The Amal field area is located between Longitudes 33° 35’ 12” E to 33° 35’ 34” E and Latitudes 28° 4’ 12” N to 28° 4’ 50” N. The present study has been done to integrate the subsurface geologic studies, well log evaluation, the petrophysical laboratory measurements and formation pressure evaluation in order to better development and understanding the hydrocarbon potentialities of the Kareem Formation in Amal Field, Gulf of Suez. For the present work ten wells were selected (Amal-5, Amal-9, Amal-10 AST, Amal-11, Amal-12, Amal-13 ST, Amal-15 ST, Amal-17 ST, Amal-18 and Amal-19) to evaluate the Kareem Formation in Amal Field, Gulf of Suez. This study includes six main chapters and the following is a summary for them: - Firstly, a brief account was given about the location of the study area, aim of the study and the methods of treatment have been used in the present study. Also the Previous work on the study area has been mentioned. This was carried out by reviewing the previous works that have been conducted in this concern. The second chapter of this study deals with the geological setting including the stratigraphic succession, tectonic and structural setting of the Gulf of Suez with emphasizing on the Amal Field area. The stratigraphic section penetrated by Amal field wells includes successions spanning from the Early Carboniferous to the Post Miocene normally encountered in the Gulf of Suez. In certain wells, localized parts of the succession may be missing due to faulting, non-deposition, erosion, thinning or compaction. The penetrated Miocene section averages some 2500 meters in thickness and comprises the Zeit, South Gharib, Belayium, Kareem, Rudeis and Nukhul formations. The average thickness of the Kareem and Rudeis formations whose sandstones are the main payzones in the field are averaging in thickness 105 and 433 m, respectively. The Kareem Formation is subdivided into Shagar and Markha members averaging in thickness 50 m each. The Rudeis Formation is subdivided into upper and lower Rudeis members with average thickness of 173 and 244 m respectively.