The Hydrocarbon case

For Lebanon

Neil Hodgson Feb 2013

Spectrums2Dand3DMultiClientMediterraneandataset
 Lebanon 3D
Phase 1: (2320 sq km) full fold data
Acquisition in 1 month, 77sq km/day
Acquired by Dolphins Polar Duke
Perfect weather conditions
Excellent Data quality
Phase 2: (757 sq km)
Acquisition by Fugros Geo Barents.
 Lebanon Petroleum Administration
Petroleum Administration elected by Council of Ministers Walid Nasr, Naser
Htayet, Wissan Chbat, Gaby Daaboul, Wissam Zahabi and Assem Abu Ibrahim

Council Of Ministers

Minister of Energy and Water

Petroleum Administration

Administrative and President of PA (rotation)

Personnel division

Financial Division N.B : Board members are

department heads
Internal Auditing Elected on 7th November
Quality ,
Strategic Technical & Geology and Economics Health ,
Planning Engineering Geophysics Legal Dpt. & Financial Safety &
Dpt. Dpt. Dpt. Dpt. Environment
Dpt.
TimeframeSeismic&LicenseRoundPhases1&2.

Bid Round Announced 27 Dec 2012

Pre Qualification submission Feb 2013

Short-List Published 26th March

Bid Round Opens 2nd May
SouthLevantineBasin:Whatsthefussabout?

Tanin
2011GasDiscovery,
130ftnetpay
LowerMioceneTamarsands.
Reserves:Mean1.1TCF
MC 3D
Aphrodite
2011GasDiscovery
310ftnetpay Tamar
Miocenesands 2009GasDiscovery
Reserves:Mean7TCF 460ftnetMid LowerMiocenesands
ReservesMean8TCF
Leviathan
2010GasDiscovery Dolphin
220ftnetpay 2011Gasdiscovery
LowerMiocenesands Tamarsands
Reserves:Mean17TCF. Reserves:Meanca0.5TCF
*Reporteddeeperthermogenic
gaszoneat21,000ft
Dalit
2009GasDiscovery
Shimsom LowerMioceneSands
2012GasDiscovery Reserves:Mean0.5TCF
Reserves:Mean4TCF.
Reservoir
ExtrapolatingfromsouthernLevant,northwardsintosouthLebanon

Lower Miocene sequence triples in

thickness, sands clearly mappable even on
2D seismic
 Reservoir

SandProvenance

PaleogeographyofthethickMioceneSedimentswithintheLevantineBasin
Pab Range Analogue
N
NubianSedimentSource BraidedNileDelta
UpperDepositionalLobes

Lower LavantRamp
Depositional ProximalandDistalFanChannels LevantRamp
Lobes
EratosthenesSeaMount

Syrian
Arc
Sand
Provenance
Fairways
Reservoir

SandProvenance

After Peace,
Petex Nov 2012
SandQuality

3200m BML

4200m BML

2D data PSDM in Depth

Charge

ExtrapolatingfromsouthernLevant,northwardsintosouthLebanon

Same Oligocene source for biogenic gas;

similar post Miocene structure burial. Yet, more
intriguingly
 Charge
3DBasinModelling:NorthLevant

Oligocene immature even for oil beneath Tamar yet Mature and expelling oil in North
Levant Basin since Messinian times.
Mesozoic source is thermogenic Gas Mature in North Lebanon

Top Oligocene Depth Top Turonian Depth

 Charge
3DBasinModelling:NorthLevant

OligoceneOilandGasSource
ExpellingoilfromMessinian
timestorecent
Charge

Independent basin modelling study based on all regional seismic data

High Potential for Biogeneic and

Thermogenic Gas
Structure

ExtrapolatingfromsouthernLevant,northwardsintosouthLebanon

Extensional structures SW Lebanon far less

complex than compressional structures of south
Levant Basin
Structure

Comparative structure
N and S levant Basins

Leviathan and
Hyperion at the same
horizontal scale
W-E Hyperion
W-E line showing far
greater complexity in
the Leviathan
structure:- 20 TCF

W-E Leviathan
 Prospectivity: 2D

Prospectivityunder1stPhase

Assuming all dry gas Phoebe Croes Oceanus

Metis
20 TCF ( 3.5 bn bbls OE) Cronus
Recoverable
Hyperion Theia
Sq Km TCF
Oceanus 52 3.2
Hyperion 131 4.0 Prometheus
Cronus 68 3.0
Phoebe 36 1.5 Themis
Tethys 28 1.2 Eos Selene
Croes 20 1.0
Helios
Metis 7 0.3
Tethys
Theia 6 0.3 Mnemosyne Atlas
Prometheus 14 0.7
Selene 6 0.3
Atlas 5 0.2 Tamar
Mnemosyne 15 0.7 ToScale
Themis 7 0.3
Eos 12 0.6 Multiple sands
Sum: 20.0 8TCF
WesttoEastLinethrough3Darea
Cronus Phoebe Selene
SouthtoNorthLinethrough3Darea

Hyperion Phoebe Oceanus

TopLowerMiocenePick:ProxyforLowerMioceneSand

TOP LOWER MIOCENE

Structures 400m Relief

LOWER MIOCENE SANDS

Ca 1000m thick

Cronus Phoebe
TopLowerMioceneTWT

Canyonlands, Utah
Lebanon 3D
(Tari et al, 2012)
SWLebanon3DSeismic:LookingNorth TopEarlyMiocenesurface

Cronus

Phoebe
TopLowerMioceneTWT

Mega Closure

Oceanus

Cronus

Phoebe

Initial E Miocene
RED: Closures in TWT AVO analysis:-
Very Promising
OceanusStructure:
Amplitudeonseabedoverpockmark
Gas Chimney

Late
inversion at
Base salt

Steep structure ca 1000m relief

LookingNorth:BaseSaltSurfaceTWT

New Play from 3D Upper Miocene Clastics

BaseMessinianSalt:TimeClosures
Sowhatdoesthe3Ddoforus?
MC3DdataoffshoresouthernLebanonisessentialprior
tobiddingin1st licenseroundasitprovides
Controltoevaluatethesizeandpotentialof
structures.
Highqualitydatatoanalyseforhydrocarbon
response.
Abilitytomapsandgeometriesandreservoir
architecture,stackedreservoirsandstratigraphic
componentstotrapping.
ConcludingQ&A

Q.IstheremorethanabiogenicgasplaytochaseinSouthLebanon?
A.NorthLevantisanOilandGasBasin:OilSeeps,Basinmodelsandproven
wetgasdemonstrateathermogenicsourceinthebasin.
Q.IstheBestMiocenereservoirlocatedinSouthLebanon?
A.Miocenechannelstransportedsandfromthesouthdepositinga
sequencethreetimesthickerintheLebanesebasin.
Q.ArethebeststructuresinSouthLebanon?
A.SouthLebanonhasbiggerandlesscomplexstructuringthansouth
Levant,locatedwithintheSpectrum3Darea.

3DrevealsoffshoreLebanonwillbeamajornewoilandgasprovince.
TimetoPrequalify!