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Department of Structural Geology and Tectonics, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Doctorate (Dr. rer. 04/2019 - 12/2022
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Reservoir Geology | Reservoir modeling | Seismic to simulation | Petroleum Geology | Fieldwork | Sedimentology | Petrography | Diagenesis
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Dorcas S. Eyinla, Smith Leggett, Foued Badrouchi, Hossein Emadi, Olajide J. Adamolekun, and Olumuyiwa T. Akinsanpe
Elsevier BV
Modupe A. Egbeola, Olubunmi C. Adeigbe, and Olajide J. Adamolekun
Elsevier BV
Olajide J. Adamolekun, Benjamin Busch, Oladotun A. Oluwajana, Michael P. Suess, and Christoph Hilgers
Schweizerbart
Olajide J. Adamolekun, Benjamin Busch, Michael P. Suess, Nicolaas Molenaar, and Christoph Hilgers
Elsevier BV
Oladotun Afolabi Oluwajana, Abraham Olatunji Opatola, Olajide Jonathan Adamolekun, Otobong Sunday Ndukwe, Gabriel Toluwalope Olawuyi, Collins Uche Ofiwe, Taiwo Ayodele Bolaji, Bamidele Adeniyi Adebambo, and Oladipo Omoniyi Oluwajana
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
AbstractThe Cretaceous sediments in southwestern Nigeria are host to one of the largest bitumen deposits in the world. In the current paper, an integrated study on sedimentology, palynology, and applied petroleum geochemistry of the Maastrichtian-Paleocene Araromi Formation was used to determine the depositional environments and hydrocarbon potentials of the formation on the eastern Dahomey Basin. Four sedimentary lithofacies were identified from core samples, namely, lower limestone (F1); medium to coarse-grained sandstone (F2); lower loosely consolidated sandstone (F3); and shale and siltstone (F4). Sedimentation in the eastern Dahomey Basin occurred mainly in fluvial and shallow-marine (shelf) environments. The palynological assemblages of the Araromi Formation reflect deposition in coastal through brackish water to shallow shelf environment with periods of localized wind-induced storms. The shale and siltstone samples of the Araromi Formation are characterized by total organic carbon (TOC) values of up to 2.50 wt % and S2 (hydrocarbon-generating potential) values ranging from 0.26 to 0.70 mgHC/g rock, indicating poor source rocks. Shales show poor quality and thermally immature organic matter at shallow depth and could neither have generated liquid hydrocarbon nor contributed to the heavy oil occurrence on the bitumen and tar-sand belt of eastern Dahomey (Benin) Basin.