The Bida Basin is one of Nigeria’s inland frontier basins. The conventional stratigraphy of the Bida Basin has the Bida Formation at the base in the northern sector, followed successively upward by the Sakpe, Enagi, and Batati Formations. In the southern sector, the Lokoja Formation is at the base, followed by the Patti Formation and ending with the Agbaja Formation at the top. Detailed field mapping carried out in this study has not identified the Batati Formation at the previously assigned Type Locality at Batati village. A new formational name of “Pattishabakolo Formation” has been proposed. The Patti Formation is also not mappable at the previously assigned Type Locality of the Mount Patti in Lokoja but mappable at Gegu, Ahoko and midway on the Agbaja Plateau. A new Type Locality at Ahoko has been proposed. Sediment thicknesses in the Bida Basin are shallower at the margin and generally deepen towards the centresuch that the central portions constitute the most prospective areas. Geophysical aeromagnetic interpretation has assisted in the interpretation of the geology of the basin. Organic geochemical studies show that the Kudu Shale in the Northern Bida Basin equivalent to the Ahoko Shale in the Southern Bida Basin constitutes the source rocks in the potential petroleum system. With averages for source rock thickness of 40m, area of basin of 45,000km2, TOC of 9.0wt%, and HI of 220mgHC/gTOC, charge modeling indicates 623 million barrels of oil equivalent extractable hydrocarbons in the Bida Basin, at current knowledge and if the appropriate maturity has been attained at deeper sections. The Bida/Lokoja Formation sandstones as well as the well sorted sandstones in the Enagi Formation constitute potential reservoirs in the basin. Regional seals are provided by the clayey members of the Enagi and Batati Formations. Potential traps are both structural and stratigraphical.
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abstract = {The Bida Basin is one of Nigeria’s inland frontier basins. The conventional stratigraphy of the Bida Basin has the Bida Formation at the base in the northern sector, followed successively upward by the Sakpe, Enagi, and Batati Formations. In the southern sector, the Lokoja Formation is at the base, followed by the Patti Formation and ending with the Agbaja Formation at the top. Detailed field mapping carried out in this study has not identified the Batati Formation at the previously assigned Type Locality at Batati village. A new formational name of “Pattishabakolo Formation” has been proposed. The Patti Formation is also not mappable at the previously assigned Type Locality of the Mount Patti in Lokoja but mappable at Gegu, Ahoko and midway on the Agbaja Plateau. A new Type Locality at Ahoko has been proposed. Sediment thicknesses in the Bida Basin are shallower at the margin and generally deepen towards the centresuch that the central portions constitute the most prospective areas. Geophysical aeromagnetic interpretation has assisted in the interpretation of the geology of the basin. Organic geochemical studies show that the Kudu Shale in the Northern Bida Basin equivalent to the Ahoko Shale in the Southern Bida Basin constitutes the source rocks in the potential petroleum system. With averages for source rock thickness of 40m, area of basin of 45,000km2, TOC of 9.0wt%, and HI of 220mgHC/gTOC, charge modeling indicates 623 million barrels of oil equivalent extractable hydrocarbons in the Bida Basin, at current knowledge and if the appropriate maturity has been attained at deeper sections. The Bida/Lokoja Formation sandstones as well as the well sorted sandstones in the Enagi Formation constitute potential reservoirs in the basin. Regional seals are provided by the clayey members of the Enagi and Batati Formations. Potential traps are both structural and stratigraphical.},
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