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June, 2013
XIV. M
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co (Including We
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EIA/ARI W
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these two
barrels o
Table
Tabl
co (Including We
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20 Tcf of ris
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of risked, tec
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Resource
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GIP C
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Depth
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Basic Data
De
estern Sahara an
s that the Ti
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ntain risked
hnically reco
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ervoir Prope
OrganicNet IntervalAverage
Phase
Concentration (Bcf
ed GIP (Tcf)
ed Recoverable (Tc
pective Area (mi2)
kness (ft)
h (ft)
ervoir Pressure
age TOC (wt. %)mal Maturity (% Ro Content
Basin/Gross Ar
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epositional Enviro
Resource
Oil P
OIP C
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Basic Data
De
nd Mauritania)
indouf and T
cally recove
shale oil/co
overable sha
rties and ShaM
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ed Recoverable (B
pective Area (mi2)
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rvoir Pressure
age TOC (wt. %)mal Maturity (% RoContent
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epositional Enviro
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Tadla basins
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020 4,6
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c. Gas Wet
6.8 18
2.7 17
0.3 3.
Tin
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Ma
2,0
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6,600 - e 9,0
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8.9 22
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(77,000 mi2)
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s and Shale Oil
sked shale g
ces, Table X
billion barrel
urces, Table
orocco, Sahar
rocco, Sahar
Ta
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Ma
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2.0 49
4.5 20
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670
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ra Desert and
ra Desert and
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670
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d
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June, 2013
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T
Silurian “
deposited
presence
establish
T
basins, d
highs du
A
such geo
available
confident
oil resou
T
gas and
Morocco
Tadla Ba
co (Including We
DUCTION
The primary
“Hot Shale,”
d during a re
e of organic
hed boundar
The presenc
does not gu
ring the earl
Accurately id
ologically co
e in Morocco
tiality. As th
rce assessm
This report as
oil resource
(extending
asin.
estern Sahara an
shale resou
which cons
egional anox
c-rich Siluri
ies of hydroc
ce of a thic
uarantee the
y Silurian m
entifying pro
omplex area
o and its ne
his data beco
ment of Moro
ssesses the
s based on
into Algeria
nd Mauritania)
urce on Mor
sists of thin b
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an shales,
carbon basin
k Silurian s
e presence
ay not have
omising sha
as requires
eighboring c
omes more
occo may be
two basins
publically av
a, Western S
EIA/ARI W
XIV-3
rocco, Mauri
but very orga
Data from we
although n
ns.
section, obs
of organic-r
received or
ale basins an
significant a
countries be
publically av
e possible.
which appe
vailable data
Sahara, and
World Shale Ga
itania and W
anic-rich lay
ells drilled ac
not always
served in m
rich shale, a
rganic-rich s
nd estimatin
amounts of
ecause of li
vailable, a m
ar to have th
a: the Tindou
d Mauritania
s and Shale Oil
Western Sah
yers of marin
cross the co
within the
many Morocc
as areas th
ediments, F
ng their reso
data, which
imited well
more rigorou
he highest p
uf (Zag) Bas
a), and the c
Resource Asses
hara is the
ne organic m
ountry confirm
current for
can hydroca
at were reg
igure XIV-2.
ource potent
h are not w
drilling and
us shale gas
potential for s
sin in the sou
central Moro
ssment
lower
matter
m the
rmally
arbon
gional
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tial in
widely
data
s and
shale
uth of
occan
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June, 2013
co (Including We
Figure XIV-2.
estern Sahara an
. Sedimentary
nd Mauritania)
y Depositional
EIA/ARI W
XIV-4
Environment
World Shale Ga
t in Morocco,
s and Shale Oil
Ordovician-De
Resource Asses
evonian2
ssment
XIV. Morocc
June, 2013
1. T
1.1 G
T
covering
by the A
Although
Paleozoi
depressio
northern
T
Carbonife
and Carb
the Herc
heat flow
Carbonife
as the s
Hercynia
T
and high
depth an
Mauritan
prospect
basin, Fi
eastern b
W
per 5,00
througho
internatio
not yet in
co (Including We
TINDOUF B
Geologic Se
The Tindouf
a 31,660-m
Atlas Mounta
h once cover
c now crop
on with a br
margin.
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erous time,
boniferous (
cynian defor
w through th
erous. Uplif
hales were
an orogeny.
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her confidenc
nd thermal m
ia and Wes
ive area is
igure XIV-4.
boundary is
While the dril
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out the basi
onal compan
n the public d
estern Sahara an
BASIN
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mi2 area in Mo
ains and Oug
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ps out over
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e basin cau
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maturity, we
stern Sahara
the 1,000-m
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in.2 Additio
nies in partn
domain.
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he westernm
orocco, Wes
garta Arch t
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southern fla
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ng multiple
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have identi
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meter depth
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Border.
in the basin
gest that or
onal well a
ership with
EIA/ARI W
XIV-5
most of the
stern Sahara
to the north
blanket of M
he region.
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sediment
layers of org
XIV-3.3 Ho
ectivity of the
douf Basin s
shales may h
gh to replen
urian “Hot S
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fied a 19,07
f the Tindou
contour on
dary is the
n is extreme
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nd seismic
Moroccan o
World Shale Ga
major Nort
a and Mauri
and the Re
Mesozoic to
The Tindo
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depocenter
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shales to re
have caused
nish hydroca
hale,” which
this shale in
70-mi2 prosp
uf Basin. Th
n the upthru
0.7% Ro the
ely low, with
basal Silur
data have
il company,
s and Shale Oil
th African P
tania. The b
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early Tertiar
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ng, more stru
r from late
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se deposits
ormations is
each high ma
d significant
arbons dissi
h has greate
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pective area
he northern
sted northe
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an average
rian shales
been colle
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Resource Asses
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er data availa
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were depo
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Tindouf Basin StrColumn
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and Mauritania)
ratigraphic
Presentation,
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ource: Boote, 2002.
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nd Shale Oil Resourc
on
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A
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June, 2013
1.2 R
W
from 6,6
averagin
generatio
north acr
estimated
Source: AR
co (Including We
Reservoir P
Within the Tin
600 to 14,00
g 4%. It is
on, due to th
ross the bas
d at 54 ft, ba
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Properties
ndouf Basin’
00 ft, Figure
s likely that
he basin’s v
sin, ranging
ased on data
. Tindouf Basi
nd Mauritania)
(Prospecti
’s prospectiv
e XIV-5. P
the TOC c
very high the
from 0.7% t
a from a wel
in Prospective
EIA/ARI W
XIV-7
ive Area)
ve area, the
Present day
content was
ermal matur
to over 3%
l drilled in th
e Area, Moroc
World Shale Ga
depth to the
TOC conte
higher duri
rity.5 Therm
Ro.4 Organ
he southern f
cco, Western S
s and Shale Oil
e Silurian “H
ent ranges
ing the time
mal maturity
ic-rich net s
flank of the
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Resource Asses
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from 1% to
e of hydroca
increases t
shale thickne
basin.6
auritania
ssment
anges
o 7%,
arbon
to the
ess is
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June, 2013
1.3 R
W
Morocco
concentr
resource
organic-r
W
Tindouf B
for wet s
risked sh
technical
billion ba
recovera
1.4 R
T
country’s
the drillin
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co (Including We
Resource A
We estimate
, Mauritania
ration of 19
e concentrati
rich, it is thin
Within the ov
Basin contai
shale gas an
hale gas in-p
lly recoverab
arrels of sha
ble shale oil
Recent Act
The Morocca
s shale gas
ng of a shale
on Energy (
estern Sahara an
Assessmen
that the wet
a and Wes
to 22 Bcf/m
on of 8 millio
n, limiting its
verall 19,02
ins a 12,380
nd shale con
place for the
ble shale ga
ale oil/conde
l resource.
ivity
an national
potential sin
e gas explor
(Ireland) an
nd Mauritania)
nt
t and dry ga
stern Sahara
mi2. The oil
on barrels/m
resource co
0-mi2 prosp
0-mi2 area p
ndensate, a
Tindouf Ba
as resource.
nsate in-pla
oil and ga
nce mid-201
ration well. T
d Longreac
EIA/ARI W
XIV-8
as prospectiv
a portions
prospective
mi2 plus asso
oncentration.
pective area
rospective fo
nd a 2,020-
sin is estima
In addition
ace, with 0.2
as compan
0. It has p
The well is p
ch Oil and
World Shale Ga
ve area of th
of the Tind
e area of the
ociated gas.
.
, the Lower
or dry gas, a
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ated at 75 T
n, the Tindo
2 billion barre
y, ONHYM
plans to colle
proposed to
Gas (Canad
s and Shale Oil
he Silurian “
douf Basin
e Silurian “H
While the s
r Silurian “H
a 4,670-mi2
rospective fo
Tcf, with 17 T
uf Basin has
els as the ri
, has been
ect seismic
be drilled in
da) on the
Resource Asses
Hot Shale” i
has a reso
Hot Shale” h
shale format
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area prospe
or shale oil.
Tcf as the ris
s an estima
isked, techn
n evaluating
data followe
n partnership
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ssment
in the
ource
has a
ion is
n the
ective
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ed by
p with
ration
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June, 2013
2. T
2.1 G
T
Morocca
sediment
in areas
the Cent
and the
southeas
a northw
A
exposed
generate
the basin
shales ge
underpre
T
contour,
available
apparent
2.2 R
T
Fkih Ben
shallowe
been ero
rich shal
content r
values cl
values of
co (Including We
TADLA BAS
Geologic Se
The Talda Ba
n Mesta.
tary strata, F
where uplift
ral Massif in
Rehamna M
st section, ch
est section,
As in the Ti
the Silurian
e hydrocarbo
n by approxi
enerated ad
essuring, alth
The 1,670-m
various faul
e in the sou
t lack of orga
Reservoir P
The Lower S
n Salah Fa
er. Average
oded, the Sil
e, of which
reaches 10-
oser to 2%.
f 1.5% to 3%
estern Sahara an
SIN
etting
asin is a 2,8
The basin
Figure XIV-6
t has cause
n the north, t
Massif in th
haracterized
with thick ca
indouf Basin
n, Devonian
ons. While t
mately 6,50
dditional hyd
hough data a
i2 prospectiv
lts and the A
thern portio
anic-rich Silu
Properties
ilurian “Hot
ult, ranging
depth in th
lurian sectio
200 ft is n
12%,10 but d
The Siluria
% place the s
nd Mauritania)
00-mi2 intra-
contains ne
6. Paleozoic
d their eros
the Atlas Mo
he west. T
d by complex
arboniferous
n, regional
and Ordov
these shales
00 ft of Creta
rocarbons a
are not avail
ve area of t
Atlas Mount
n of the ba
urian strata.
(Prospecti
Shale” in th
from 3,280
he prospectiv
on can reach
net shale.9
deep well da
an shale is th
shale in the d
EIA/ARI W
XIV-9
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early 16,500
c rocks dom
ion, Figure
ountains in t
he Fkih Be
x tectonics i
s strata and
uplifting du
vician shales
s were subs
aceous and
after reburial
lable to conf
the Tadla B
tain range to
sin where t
ive Area)
he Tadla Bas
0 to 9,840
ve area is e
h up to 800 f
TOC data f
ata from ins
hermally hig
dry gas wind
World Shale Ga
sin located i
0 feet of P
inate the se
XIV-7. The
the east, the
n Salah Fa
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minor, infreq
uring the He
s after they
sequently bu
Tertiary sed
l.8 As such,
firm this ass
Basin is bou
o the east, F
he prospect
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estimated at
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from outcro
side the pros
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dow.8
s and Shale Oil
in central Mo
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ediments in t
e Talda Bas
e Jebiliet Ma
ault divides
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had mature
uried on the
diments, it is
, this basin
umption.
unded by the
Figure XIV-8
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maximum d
e east, the
t 6,560 ft. W
with over 300
ps suggest
spective are
over the pros
Resource Asses
orocco withi
hrough Cen
this basin, ex
in is bounde
assif in the s
the basin in
and faulting
ng.8
nd Alpine ev
ed and beg
western ed
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depth west o
shale beco
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ssment
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ozoic
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ed by
south,
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vents
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at the
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depth
a are
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of the
omes
as not
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June, 2013
Figu
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ure XIV-6. Tadla B
Lower Silurian
and Mauritania)
Basin Stratigraph
X
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EIA/ARI W
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World Shale Gas and
a Basin Cross Se
d Shale Oil Resource
ections8
e Assessment
XIV. Morocc
June, 2013
Source: AR
2.3 R
T
49-Bcf/m
shale gas
2.4 R
N
co (Including We
I, 2013
Resource A
The Silurian “
mi2 dry gas r
s in-place, w
Recent Act
No shale gas
estern Sahara an
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Assessmen
“Hot Shale”
resource con
with 3 Tcf as
ivity
s exploration
nd Mauritania)
IV-8. Tadla Ba
nt
in the Tadla
ncentration.
the risked, t
activity has
EIA/ARI W
XIV-11
asin Prospecti
a Basin’s 1,6
The basin
technically r
been report
World Shale Ga
ive Area, Moro
670-mi2 pros
contains an
recoverable
ted in the Ta
s and Shale Oil
occo
pective area
n estimated
shale gas re
adla Basin o
Resource Asses
a has a mod
20 Tcf of r
esource.
of Morocco.
ssment
erate
risked
XIV. Morocc
June, 2013
3. S
3.1 M
M
dry gas
has 56 T
gas reso
3.2 W
T
area, a
prospect
risked d
recovera
shale oil
shale oil
3.3 M
M
Basin co
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