Structural and Stratigraphic Trapping of Hydrocarbons within Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Section as Observed from Drilling and 2-D/3-D Seismic in Partitioned/Divided Zone of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia/Kuwait

Abstract

Structural and stratigraphic traps in the Partitioned/Divided Zone (PZ) between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait suggest minimal tectonics during carbonate build-ups within the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (Figure 1). Today, these same reservoirs are structurally compartmentalized as determined from pressure data, wells and the incorporation of an array of 2-D/3-D seismic data (Figure 2).