Libyan Petroleum Institute

Exploration Department

Exploration Department provides technical laboratory testing services and consultation studies in exploration field ranging in size from single well evaluation to large field and basin wide studies.

Geology Section

Sedimentology services in clastic and carbonate reservoirs

• Core description for clastic and carbonate reservoirs.
• Accurate analysis and interpretations of the core dataset to establish the sedimentary framework.
• Detailed petrographic analyses for clastic and carbonate reservoirs.
• Detailed interpretative graphic core descriptions including fractures logging.
• Lithotype characterization.
• Key surface recognition.
• Digitized lithotype, package, facies and grain size data.
• Depositional models.
• Depositional packages, facies association analyses and depositional environment interpretation.

Biostratigraphy

• Analysis of core/ditch cutting samples to diagnose the age and paleo-environments using microplaeotological and playnological analysis.

Integrated approach to reservoir characterization

• Integration of all available well data to evaluate reservoir architecture, heterogeneities and reservoir quality in cored and uncored intervals.
• Facies and reservoir quality predictions in the uncored intervals ( electro facies analysis)
• Sequences and events stratigraphic correlation and facies mapping.
• Reservoir architecture and barrier.
• Rock typing and flow unit definition.
• Quantitative log analysis and formation evaluation.
• Porosity/permeability relationships within the sedimentological framework.
• Conditioning geological data for reservoir models.
• Geostatistical modeling, indicator simulation (facies) and sceau simulation (petrophesical properties

Structural geology and remote sensing

• Field investigation of structural features in different sedimentary strata.
• Structural mapping support in required petroleum projects.
• Providing restoration and balanced cross sections of different tectonic settings using appropriate software.
• Advise on the potential for features in the area that might serve as migration pathways or potential porosity in the reservoir rock.
• Structural analysis of seismic data sets, boreholes and outcrops of sedimentary successions for different structural provinces (compression, extensional or strike-slip settings) as well as regional mapping.
• Consultancy, education and training in tectonics, structural geology, remote sensing and GIS.
• Remote sensing and GIS data interpretation
• Geological interpretation.
• Environmental studies.
• Land use studies.
• GIS database design.

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Geochemistry Section

Petroleum Geochemistry

Our Organic Geochemistry Laboratory is equipped to perform organic geochemical analyses of source rock and oils. Data from these analyses can be used for assessing:

• Total organic carbon content (TOC).
• Petroleum generation potential.
• Maturity of source rocks.
• Oil-oil and oil-source correlations.
• Depositional environment.

Geophysics Section

• Seismic interpretation.
• Gravity and magnetic interpretation.
• Data capture services :
• Data Scanning & Quality Control of Maps, Seismic Sections, Well Logs and associated Papers.
• Data Digitizing, Vectorizing & Quality Control of Logs, Seismic Sections and Maps.
• Data Merging & Uploading from Tapes, Existing Projects and from digitizing (Spliced & Merged into Single output file).
• Tape Transcription-Read all kinds of tapes and Cartridges and transfer them into other different high density Media, QC all input & output data.

Consulting Study Services

studies Regional and basin 

provides a complete regional and basin studies using the most advanced softwares, highly educated and experienced staff from LPI with assistance of expertise from well known similar national and international firm.