AAPG Memoir 74, Chapter 26: Hydrocarbon Exploration in the Berkine Basin, Grand Erg Oriental, Algeria, by M. D. Cochran and L. E. Petersen, Pages 531 - 557
from: AAPG Memoir 74: Petroleum Provinces of the Twenty-first Century, Edited by Marlan W. Downey, Jack C. Threet, and William A. Morgan
Copyright 2001 by The American Association of Petroleum Geologists. All rights reserved.

Chapter 26
Hydrocarbon Exploration in the Berkine Basin, Grand Erg Oriental, Algeria

Michael D. Cochran and Lee E. Petersen
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

ABSTRACT

Hydrocarbon exploration during the 1990s in the Berkine Basin of eastern Algeria resulted in discovery of more than two billion barrels (bbl) of recoverable oil. Although exploration focused on Triassic quartz sandstones, flow rates of more than 5000 bbl condensate per day (BCPD) and 50 million cubic feet of gas per day (MMCFGD) have been recorded from Lower Devonian through Carboniferous reservoirs. Uppermost Devonian and Carboniferous hydrocarbon-charged reservoirs first were discovered in the basin during the early 1990s phase of exploration.