Vertical Movements and Petroleum System Modelling in the Southern Chotts Basin, Central Tunisia

Pierre Olivier Bruna; Giovanni Bertotti; Salma Ben Amor; Ahmed Nasri; Sondes Ouahchi

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-73026-0_137

Vertical Movements and Petroleum System Modelling in the Southern Chotts Basin, Central Tunisia

Pierre Olivier Bruna^*, Giovanni Bertotti, Salma Ben Amor, Ahmed Nasri, Sondes Ouahchi

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The southern Chotts basin (SCB), Central Tunisia, has shown hydrocarbon potential since the end of the 1980s. This basin records a complex structural history which appears decoupled at the Hercynian or Variscan unconformity. The Paleozoic series is deformed by short to medium wavelength folds (kilometres-multi kilometres scale) and by steep normal faults. The Mesozoic series is largely less deformed. The evolution of the basin through time is still a matter of debate as the preserved Paleozoic series is fragmented (e.g. affected by erosions). In this paper, we proposed a reconstruction of the vertical movements affecting the basin and an evaluation of their magnitude. Using basin modelling techniques, we provided new insights on the possible thermal evolution of the basin that might be used in the future exploration phases. This study was completed by structural restorations allowing the reconstruction of the paleogeography of the basin at the time of deposition of principal reservoir formations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Geophysics, Tectonics and Petroleum Geosciences - Proceedings of the 2nd Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences CAJG-2, Tunisia 2019
Editors	Mustapha Meghraoui, Narasimman Sundararajan, Santanu Banerjee, Klaus-G. Hinzen, Mehdi Eshagh, François Roure, Helder I. Chaminé, Said Maouche, André Michard
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	619-622
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-73025-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73026-0_137
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	2nd Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences, CAJG-2 2019 - Sousse, Tunisia Duration: 25 Nov 2019 → 28 Nov 2019

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Name	Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation
ISSN (Print)	2522-8714
ISSN (Electronic)	2522-8722

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Conference	2nd Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences, CAJG-2 2019
Country/Territory	Tunisia
City	Sousse
Period	25/11/19 → 28/11/19

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Keywords

Basin modelling
Fractures
Southern Chotts basin
Structural restoration
Vertical movements

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Bruna, P. O., Bertotti, G., Amor, S. B., Nasri, A., & Ouahchi, S. (2022). Vertical Movements and Petroleum System Modelling in the Southern Chotts Basin, Central Tunisia. In M. Meghraoui, N. Sundararajan, S. Banerjee, K.-G. Hinzen, M. Eshagh, F. Roure, H. I. Chaminé, S. Maouche, & A. Michard (Eds.), Advances in Geophysics, Tectonics and Petroleum Geosciences - Proceedings of the 2nd Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences CAJG-2, Tunisia 2019 (pp. 619-622). (Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73026-0_137

Bruna, Pierre Olivier ; Bertotti, Giovanni ; Amor, Salma Ben et al. / Vertical Movements and Petroleum System Modelling in the Southern Chotts Basin, Central Tunisia. Advances in Geophysics, Tectonics and Petroleum Geosciences - Proceedings of the 2nd Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences CAJG-2, Tunisia 2019. editor / Mustapha Meghraoui ; Narasimman Sundararajan ; Santanu Banerjee ; Klaus-G. Hinzen ; Mehdi Eshagh ; François Roure ; Helder I. Chaminé ; Said Maouche ; André Michard. Springer Nature, 2022. pp. 619-622 (Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation).

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Vertical Movements and Petroleum System Modelling in the Southern Chotts Basin, Central Tunisia. / Bruna, Pierre Olivier ; Bertotti, Giovanni; Amor, Salma Ben et al.
Advances in Geophysics, Tectonics and Petroleum Geosciences - Proceedings of the 2nd Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences CAJG-2, Tunisia 2019. ed. / Mustapha Meghraoui; Narasimman Sundararajan; Santanu Banerjee; Klaus-G. Hinzen; Mehdi Eshagh; François Roure; Helder I. Chaminé; Said Maouche; André Michard. Springer Nature, 2022. p. 619-622 (Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation).

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Bruna PO , Bertotti G, Amor SB, Nasri A, Ouahchi S. Vertical Movements and Petroleum System Modelling in the Southern Chotts Basin, Central Tunisia. In Meghraoui M, Sundararajan N, Banerjee S, Hinzen KG, Eshagh M, Roure F, Chaminé HI, Maouche S, Michard A, editors, Advances in Geophysics, Tectonics and Petroleum Geosciences - Proceedings of the 2nd Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences CAJG-2, Tunisia 2019. Springer Nature. 2022. p. 619-622. (Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-73026-0_137

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