Thursday, 2 October – Saturday, 4 October 2025, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., Tunis, Tunisia - Sheraton Tunis Hotel
Geology of Jurassic and Early Cretaceous Mixed Plays in Central Tunisia: Petroleum Systems, Reservoirs Behavior and Trap Types
This field trip is an overview of the Jurassic & Early Cretaceous plays in the foreland of the Atlas system in the Central Tunisia (Pelagian basin). In order to get a deep insight about the reservoir geology of clastic, carbonate and mixed systems, the impact of natural fracturing on tight reservoir behavior and the characterization of the intra-Jurassic source rocks and hydrocarbon migration pathways we selected the most spectacular outcrops along the Meloussi anticlinorium and NS Axis ridge in Central Tunisia. Subsurface analogues and trapping mechanisms in relation with the tectonic styles and salt tectonics will be discussed.