Exploration Evaluation of a Block in the Mediterranean Sea, Offshore Western Algeria

B11 EXPLORATION EVALUATION OF A BLOCK IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA OFFSHORE WESTERN ALGERIA 1 J.E. ILIFFE R. HUMPHREYS B.W. JONES H. NADA and J.K. WILLIAMS The offshore margin of Western Algeria was evaluated for its hydrocarbon potential as part of a licence round. Offshore data consisted of three wells archaic seismic and DSDP drilling data. Additional data from the onshore Cheliff Basin was also used. A regional “bottoms-up” approach to the evaluation was employed with the available data starting with the fundamental tectonic setting and ages of the key events. Regional GDE’s were developed and source rock reservoir and seal