IMAGING THE PLIOCENE CHANNEL SYSTEM USING 3D SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES AT THE WEST EL QANTARA REGION, NILE DELTA BASIN, NORTHERN EGYPT

Abstract

The main objective of the present study is to identify the Pliocene depositional channel and the gas
behavior on seismic characteristics at the on-shore West El Qantara Region, in the eastern part of the Nile
Delta Basin, using seismic reflection data and attributes analysis. The integrated use of seismic attributes
(coherency, Amplitude Versus Offset “AVO” modeling and amplitude extraction) added information about
the hydrocarbon seismic signature, facies and the minor geological structures. The 3D seismic
interpretation results were correlated with the known regional structural–stratigraphic fashion of the
onshore Nile Delta Basin and showed a satisfied matching, added more details about hydrocarbon
signature.

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