Author(s)

Muhammad Sohail Khan^1*, Farhana Masood², Qadeer Ahmed³, Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan Jadoon⁴, Naveed Akram¹

¹School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
²Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
³Oil and Gas Development Company Limited, Islamabad, Pakistan.
⁴COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan.

The main purpose of this research is to estimate the structural analysis and hydrocarbon potential of Miano Block by using seismic and well log techniques. Miano area hosts a number of gas fields with structural and stratigraphic traps. The area is located in Central Indus Basin which is a part of an extensional regime exhibiting normal faulting due to the split of the Indian Plate firstly from Africa and then from Madagascar and Seychelles. Miano area recognized as a proven petroleum province which has complex tectonic history of Cretaceous extensional and overprints of Tertiary strike-slip tectonics. The area has prospect with accumulation of hydrocarbons in structural and stratigraphic traps including pinchouts. NW-SE oriented Khairpur and Mari Highs are main structural features with impact on the fault system. The sands of Lower Goru of Lower Cretaceous age are acting as a reservoir in the area. The area has great potential of hydrocarbons for which more exploratory wells are required to be drilled with better insight of structural and stratigraphic traps.

Seismic Interpretation, Time-and-Depth Contour Map, 3D View, Synthetic Seismograph, Reservoir Estimation

Khan, M. , Masood, F. , Ahmed, Q. , Jadoon, I. and Akram, N. (2017) Structural Interpretation and Petrophysical Analysis for Reservoir Sand of Lower Goru, Miano Area, Central Indus Basin, Pakistan. International Journal of Geosciences, 8, 379-392. doi: 10.4236/ijg.2017.84020.