SERIES FORMATION TRUE LITHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION

VERT.
THICK. RELEVANT DRILLING INFORMATION
QUATERNARY Limestone and Dolomite
Bioclastic, Grainstone, Vuggy
PLIOCENE & GACHARAN Anh with Arg LST DOL & Anh with shale beds
MIOCENE ROP: fast
OLIGOCENE ASMARI LST mainly packstone. ROP: fast
EOCENE DAMMAN partial losses 925TVT DOL f. xllne, LST, DOL LST. ROP: very fast
RUS 352TVT ANH massive w DOL interbeds
PALAEOCENE UMM ER 1215 DOL,mxlne-fxllne, sac vuggy ROP: fast, losses
TVT
RADHUMA comp/part loss LST wackestone,DOL, arg at base.
SIMSIMA losses/flows 934TVT LST packstone w DOL & DOL LST
UPPER FIQA 706TVT Marl w arg LST, Grey shale at base
CRETACEOUS HALLUL 375TVT LST wackestone, chalky bioclasts
LAFFAN 98TVT Shale, brown grey
SAL MISHRIF 849TVT LST pack/wackestone, no Mishrif in Cent A-D
MIDDLE ABI SHILAIF LST mud/wackestone, arg bituminous
CRETACEOUS KH MAUDUD 76TVT
NAHR UMR shale collapse 419TVT Shale, grey green non-calcareous
SHUIBA I
T KHARAIB II Reservoir zone:seepage losses in reservoir zone
LOWER H LEKHWAIR III LST grain/packstone
CRETACEOUS A ZAKUM MBR IV Some wackstone, chalky,alt porous and dense int-
M HABSHAN V -ervals, becoming dense towards base of group
VI
HITH 200TVT ANH with DOL hard
A/B LST, ANH subordinate DOL
UPPER JURASSIC ARAB C 750TVT LST, ANH subordinate DOL
(oil bearing) D DOL, LST grain/packstone
DIYAB LST, grain/packstone, arg hard
UPPER ARAEJ
MIDDLE JURASSIC UMWEINAT LST, grain/packstone, some wacke/mudstone
LOWER ARAEJ
MIDDLE / LOWER IZHARAH LST,mud/grainstone,DOL w shale,marl & DOL
JURASSIC HAMLAH DOL and dolomitic LST
UPPER TRIASSIC GULAILAH DOL,ANH, dol LST,& occ SHALE
MIDDLE / LOWER SUDAIR DOL and red shale, minor LST
TRIASSIC
UPPER PERMIAN KHUFF Dol LST, LST & DOL, minor ANH marker bed
SST, minor SLTST, CST
NOTES: reservoirs are the Thamama series and the Arab Group. Th I-VI are all oil bearing (except for V in Adma areas, oil
is present in V in Zadco operations but is not produced). The main reservoir is the Th II. Th III is used for injection. In the
Arab Group, only the A and B zones are oil bearing.