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The benign regulatory regime and relatively underexplored status makes the Basin attractive, and could raise the potential for further activity.
June 18, 2024
Middle East
Onshore & Offshore
Gas
The Thrace-Samsun basin is broadly demarkated by the Bosphoros, with the Thrace lying to the west and the Samsun to the east. Study shows that the Thrace basin has its origins in the sedimentary successions in the Middle Eocene-Late Eocene Sogucak carbonate unit. The Sogucak Formation has been the only potential reservoir for Thrace basin hydrocarbons for a long time, throughout its exploration history. While contradictory age determinations for teh basion have been recorded, this has been deemed to be the result of the transgressive character of Sogucak carbonates. Shales of the Eocene Hamitabat Formation are the principal petroleum source rocks in the Thrace. The Samsun basin is typified by Liassic to Quaternary in the Middle Black Sea Region overlying the metamorphic rocks that form the basement. Petrological studies have been carried out on the volcanic rocks which have formed in different stages.
The basin has been sparsely explored, but recent activity has resulted in an uptick in prospectivity. There remains significant potential, especially in the shale series, where drilling and completion methods are seen as being key to success.
Source: ESRI, BGS, USGS & OGA data
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