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Niger Delta Project Report Table of Contents 
INTRODUCTION 
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 
CHAPTER I --INTRODUCTION AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 
INTRODUCTION 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 

CHAPTER II --REGIONAL TECTONIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK TS-1 

INTRODUCTION TS-1 
REGIONAL TECTONIC FRAMEWORK TS-1 
REGIONAL STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK  

    CYCLE I – APTIAN TO SANTONIAN  
    CYCLE II – SANTONIAN TO EOCENE  
    CYCLE III – PALEOCENE TO RECENT  
      AKATA FORMATION  
      AGBADA FORMATION  
      BENIN FORMATION 
EVOLUTION OF TERTIARY NIGER DELTA  
REGIONAL STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK  
STRUCTURE OF TERTIARY NIGER DELTA  

CHAPTER III --GENERAL DISCUSSION OF AKATA-AGBADA (!) PETROLEUM SYSTEM PS-1 

INTRODUCTION  
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS AND PROCESSES OF THE PETROLEUM SYSTEM  
SOURCE ROCK  
RESERVOIR AND SEAL ROCK  
OVERBURDEN ROCK  
TRAPPING STYLES  
GENERATION, MIGRATION, AND ACCUMULATION OF OIL  
EVENT CHART, CERTAINTY, AND EFFICIENCY OF SYSTEM  
DEPO-BELTS  
HYDROCARBON DISTRIBUTION  
ORGANIC MATTER AND GEOCHEMISTRY  
DISPERSED ORGANIC MATTER  
GENERATION AND MIGRATION  
HYDROCARBON PROPERTIES  
CONCLUSIONS  
 

CHAPTER IV --CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PETROLEUM SYSTEM IN SELECTED PROJECT AREAS PA-1 

INTRODUCTION PA1 

    PETROLEUM SYSTEM ELEMENTS PA1 
    REGIONAL GEOCHEMICAL ELEMENTS 
PETROLEUM SYSTEM OF THE NW LATE/MIDDLE MIOCENE DEPO-BELT  
    INTRODUCTION  
    GEOCHEMICAL ELEMENTS  
    STRUCTURAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC ELEMENTS  
    PLAY CONCEPT EVALUATION  
    CONCLUSIONS 
PETROLEUM SYSTEM OF THE NORTH-CENTRAL PLIO-LATE MIOCENE DEPO-BELT  
    INTRODUCTION  
    GEOCHEMICAL ELEMENTS  
    STRUCTURAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC ELEMENTS  
    PLAY CONCEPT EVALUATION  
    CONCLUSIONS 
PETROLEUM SYSTEM OF THE EASTERN PLIO-MIOCENE DEPO-BELT  
    INTRODUCTION  
    GEOCHEMICAL ELEMENTS  
    STRUCTURAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC ELEMENTS  
    PLAY CONCEPT EVALUATION  
    CONCLUSIONS 
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS  

CHAPTER V BIBLIOGRAPHY 


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