An overview on selected Middle Miocene slope channel complexes, offshore east Nile Delta of Egypt

• Miocene turbidite reservoirs offshore Nile Delta show complex depositional history.
• Cores, logs and seismic data helped in correlation of the reservoir packages.
• Seismic imaging and extracted geo-bodies are good for depicting channels geometries.
• Akhen Field shows lower quality and less connectivity relative to the nearby fields.

Middle Miocene turbidite channel reservoirs offshore Nile Delta of Egypt are difficult to develop efficiently. The depositional mechanism of these channels defines sand bodies with variable thickness and quality over short distances.Akhen Field is a turbidite high pressure and high temperature reservoir offshore in the East Nile Delta, Egypt. The turbidite deposits at Akhen area reflect varied depositional fabrics from poorly to moderately sorted and non-graded to graded. Well logs and core data suggest at least 3 sand packages in a cyclic pattern. Each package exhibits variable sedimentological and petrophysical properties and forms a separate reservoir, sealed by shale.A conceptual geologic model showing facies geometry based on 3D seismic mapping and core analysis was used for evaluation of the reservoir quality of the Field. Integrating sedimentologic and other subsurface data such as seismic attributes, pressure data, core analysis, was crucial to predict the fluid flow between the different reservoir units.