[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of geological CO2 storage potential in Saudi Arabian sedimentary basins

J Ye, A Afifi, F Rowaihy, G Baby, A De Santiago… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies are needed as a crucial technology for
Saudi Arabia to reach its net-zero goal by 2060. This study represents the first …

Depositional and sequence stratigraphic controls on diagenesis in the Upper Cambrian-Lower Ordovician Barik Formation, central Oman: Implications for prediction of …

MAK El-Ghali, O Shelukhina, IA Abbasi… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study aims to employ an integrated depositional and sequence stratigraphic approach
to assess the control of diagenesis on reservoir porosity of a hybrid-energy delta system …

Linking diagenesis and reservoir quality to depositional facies in marginal to shallow marine sequence: An example from the Campano-Maastrichtian Gombe …

AM Bello, MB Usman, MA Ismail, S Mukkafa… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fluvio-deltaic strata host significant volumes of hydrocarbons in different basins across the
world, and are characterized by depositional heterogeneities and varying diagenetic …

Impact of depositional and diagenetic controls on reservoir quality of syn-rift sedimentary systems: An example from Oligocene-Miocene Al Wajh Formation, northwest …

AM Bello, MN Butt, A Hussain, AO Amao, C Olariu… - Sedimentary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tertiary, syn-rift clastic reservoirs offer a unique opportunity to investigate the pivotal role of
depositional and early diagenetic controls on reservoir quality. The Al Wajh Formation is a …

Impact of grain-coating clays on porosity preservation in Paleocene turbidite channel sandstones: Nelson Oil Field, UK Central North Sea

AM Bello, SJ Jones, J Gluyas, K Al-Ramadan - Minerals, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Forties Sandstone Member is an important deep-water reservoir in the Central North
Sea. The role of depositional characteristics, grain-coating clays, and diagenesis in …

Unravelling reservoir quality heterogeneity in mixed siliciclastic-carbonate deposits: An example from Miocene Red Sea rift, NW Saudi Arabia

A Hussain, MN Butt, C Olariu, MH Malik… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Miocene, syn-rift mixed siliciclastic-carbonate strata has been a long sought-after
reservoir objective in the Red Sea rift basins. Despite being viable prospects, their …

Influence of rock firing on the wettability of clay-rich sandstones

A Al-Yaseri, N Yekeen, A Isah, S Abdel-Azeim… - Energy & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Rock firing is a conventional technique of core preparation to prevent clay swelling and fines
migration in clay-rich rock; however, the influence of rock firing on the wetting behaviors and …

Role of diagenetic alterations on porosity evolution in the cretaceous (Albian-Aptian) Bima Sandstone, a case study from the Northern Benue Trough, NE Nigeria

AM Bello, MB Usman, U Abubakar… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cretaceous Bima Sandstone is a potential hydrocarbon reservoir that is
currently being explored in the Northern Benue Trough, NE Nigeria. The sedimentological …

Impact of grain-coating illite in preventing quartz cementation: Example from permo-carboniferous sandstone, Central Saudi Arabia

AM Bello, K Al-Ramadan, LO Babalola… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2023 - Elsevier
The origin and role of clay coatings (eg, chlorite) in inhibiting quartz cementation in
sandstones have been an area of research during the last three decades. However, the role …

Depositional and diagenetic controls on the reservoir quality of Early Miocene syn-rift deep-marine sandstones, NW Saudi Arabia

MN Butt, SG Franks, A Hussain, AO Amao… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the distribution of sedimentary facies, their texture and diagenetic alterations
in deep-marine rift systems are critical for improved reservoir quality predictions in the …