Gravity studies in the bida basin put the maximum thickness of the sedimentary successions at about 3. Following the discovery of hydrocarbon in bida basin, niger state government said it has only engaged a consultant to carryout preliminary works to determine the availability of oil in the area. The southern bida basin is located in central nigeria and is a major sedimentary area with a 3. At ahoko, bida basin, marine dinocysts such as dinogymnium, at the lower part of the section were recovered and this interval we considered to mark the maximum deepening in the basin. Sheikh hasina, the prime minister of the government of the peoples republic of bangladesh, assumed office on january 12, 2014 for the third time after the grand alliance led by her party bangladesh awami league won parliamentary election on 5 th of january she became prime minister for the first time on june 23, 1996 when her party bangladesh awami league acquired. The bida basin is an area of local subsidence formed during the campanianmaastrichtian age, during which the south atlantictethys seaway was probably routed through the basin oj o and ajakaiye, 1976. Geochemistry of ahoko claystoneshale sequence, south eastern bida basin, nigeria downloaded by segun akinyemi at. Crude oil deposits found in bida basin in niger state crude oil deposits found in bida basin in niger state on march 17, 2017 7.
Geological developments in the basin in terms of basin evolution and structural features have been discussed by many authors. 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. It is a shallow, linear depression with sedimentary fill of about 3,000 m thick udensi and osazuwa, 2004. Spot 5 satellite imagery was used to delineate the agbajapleateau from surrounding areas, while sample points was planned for ground.
The group managing director of the nigerian national petroleum corporation nnpc, dr. Ahoko in the southern bida basin, nigeria, was carried out to determine the basin s depositional conditions, provenance and tectonics. We have not yet found oil in bida basin nnpc thedaily. Stratigraphic framework in this basin has been along the geographic subdivision of the basin into north and south bida basins. Ease of doing business 2020 bangladesh progresses 8 eight notches up. Geochemical assessment of claystone deposits from the. The niger state government has again confirmed the presence of hydrocarbon in the bida basin, but explained that the state has not been able to confirm the presence of crude oil in the basin. Nigerias oil industry regulatory body, the department of petroleum resources dpr has commenced the radiometric survey of the bida basin, niger state in line with the governments aspiration to diversify hydrocarbon exploration across all nigerian basins. The department of petroleum resources dpr, has commenced radiometric survey of the bida basin, niger state, in line with federal governments aspiration to diversify hydrocarbon exploration. Niger government confirms presence of hydrocarbon in bida. Local stratigraphy of the sediments and the field relationship show that the lithologic succession consists of dark grey shales at the base, followed by light grey shales and siltstones that are intercalated at intervals by grey to brownish, highly indurated ironstone concretion.
Geological map of study area showing locations of studied sections with inset map of nigeria showing nwse trending bida basin modified after agyingi, 1991 nton and adamolekun. Read all the latest news, breaking stories, top headlines, opinion, pictures and videos about bida basin from nigeria and the world on today. Palynomorphs of the first downhole shale occurrence in. Within the bida basin the oldest facies have been dated campanian adeleye, 1989. Maikanti baru, has said that the speculations that oil has been.
The department of petroleum resources dpr has commenced the radiometric survey of the bida basin in niger state in line with federal governments aspiration to diversify hydrocarbon. The midniger bida basin the midniger basin otherwise known as the bida basin or the nupe basin is a nwse trending intracratonic sedimentary basin extending from kontagora in niger state of nigeria to areas slightly beyond lokoja in the south. View academics in geology of bida basin on academia. The aim of this study is to examine the sedimentary successions, describe and analyse these deformation features, discuss their deformation mechanisms and potential triggers. The geochemistry of claystoneshale deposits from the aastritchian patti formation, m southern bida basin, nigeria olugbenga a okunlola and olubunmi idowu geology department, university of ibadan, ibadan, nigeria. The state commissioner for mineral resources, hajiyarahamatu mohammed yaradua disclosed this yesterday in a statement titled, the bida basin project. New assessment for central nigerias bida basin highlights. According to the preliminary report, all geological maps available on the bida basin is an undifferentiated nupe sandstone.
It is delimited in the northeast and southwest by the basement complex while it merges with anambra. The bida basin the bida basin is a nwse trending intracratonic structure extending from kontagora in niger state in the north to the area slightly beyond lokoja in the south figure. Outcrops of the patti formation within the basin occur in ahoko. Location of study area and geology the bida basin constitutes a series of cretaceous and later rift basins in central and west africa whose origin is related to the opening of the south atlantic. Maikanti baru, has said that the speculations that oil has been found in commercial quantity in the bida basin should be discountenanced, stressing that the search for oil in the basin is still ongoing. The basin data is derived from a lower resolution grid which has been upsampled using gmt. The inland basins of nigeria constitute one set of a series of cretaceous and later rift basins in central. Geochemical studies of claystone deposits from the patti formation in the southern bida basin, northcentral nigeria, were carried out on representative samples to determine the basins depositional conditions, provenance and tectonic setting.
The bida basin is a nwse trending structure extending from slightly south of kontagora in niger state in the north to the area slightly beyond lokoja kogi state in the south. Going forward from this juncture, the state government in october, 2012, floated two oil firms to exploit the hydrocarbon potentials of bida basin. The geochemistry of claystoneshale deposits from the aastritchian patti formation, m southern bida basin, nigeria olugbenga a okunlola and olubunmi idowu. The localities within the study area included gegu, ahoko, ahoko etigi, omu and idu. Nairaland forum nairaland general education geology of bida basin 3978 views 15 good universities in nigeria you can study geologygeophysic without regret. The northwest southeastern trending bida basin forms one of the major inland sedimentary basins in nigeria. Sedimentology and depositional environments of the. Northern bida basin the bida sandstone the bida sandstone is divisible into two members, namely the doko member and the jima member.
The bida basin is a nwse trending intracratonic basin that extends northwestwards from the confluence of the niger and benue rivers at the lokojadekina axis to the basement complex that separates it from the basal continental early cretaceous to late jurassic illo and gundumi formations kogbe, 1989 of the sokoto basin at shegwa nw in the kainji dam area. To date, no exploratory wells have penetrated its sequences, and subsurface data are limited. The bida basin is one of nigerias inland frontier basins. Prime minister, sheikh hasina urges developed countries to stand beside bangladesh sirazul islam appointed as bida executive chairman. Sedimentation and tectonics in the southern bida basin, nigeria. Ahmad shakur who gave this indication when he paid a courtesy call on the. Geochemical studies and exploration potential of the.
Updates on the geology and potential petroleum system of. The bida basin is the least studied of all nigerias inland frontier basins. This paper evaluates the hydrogeological potential of the terrain. It is approximately 350 km long and varies in width from 75 to 150 km. Oil, gas in commercial quantities confirmed in bida basin. Detailed fieldwork carried out in the southern part of bida basin, nigeria, allowed the documentation of soft sediment deformation structures ssds in the maastrichtian patti formation. Bida basin and to infer the hydrocarbon resource potentials of the basin. Nigeria to commence hydrocarbon survey in bida basin the. Paleodepositional environment and sequence stratigraphy of. The basin consists of the basal lokoja formation, overlain by the patti. The sedimentary succession in the bida basin, central nigeria, has the potential to include an active petroleum system with the generation, migration and accumulation of hydrocarbons in commercial quantities. Sedimentological and geochemical characteristics of outcrop.
The standing committee set up by the niger state government to fasttrack exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbon oil and gas deposit in the bida basin is to network with other states with inland hydrocarbon basins in the north to forge a common front for quick actions. Maikanti baru has said that the rumour that oil had been found in commercial quantity in the bida basin should be discountenanced, stressing that the search for oil in the basin was still ongoing. Bida basin, a dream aborted by politics newsline newspaper. However, it is the least understood of nigerias sedimentary basins because serious oil and gas exploration has not been undertaken in the basin. History of bida and bida emirate bida is the second largest city in niger state with an estimated population of 178,840 2007. Greater attention has been given to the southern bida basin from where most of the field data were obtained. This study, no doubt will provide additional information that would be useful to researchers and explorationists. Geology of cross river state, nigeria geology of ebonyi state, nigeria 1.
Soft sediment deformation structures in the maastrichtian. Paleoenvironmental studies of ahoko shale, south eastern. The doko member is the basal unit and consists mainly of. The middle niger basin lies in the sedimentary terrains of the middle part of nigeria. The upper cretaceous bida basin of central nigeria is sandwiched between the precambrian schist belts of the northern nigerian massif and. 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. Nnpc debunks oil find story in bida basin newsdiaryonline. Bida basin hydrocarbon exploration ongoing ibb varsity. It is important to note that samples from gombe formation, gongola basin did not yield any marine form but rather exclusively terrestrial. This page bundles the available data for the bida basin in the africa. Petroleum geology of the southern bida basin, nigeria.
Due to its large areal extent and facies variation, the basin is often geographically divided into northern and. Hydrocarbon seepages have been reported in the basin around pategimuregi on the river niger in niger state and around ahoko near lokoja in kogi state. Ahoko lies within the lokoja subbasin of the bida basin in the north central part of nigeria. Bida basin hydrocarbon exploration ongoing ibb varsity the director of centre of applied sciences and technology research, caster of. The hydrocarbon evidence was also sent to the nnpc labs in portharcourt, which also confirmed that the ratio of oil to gas deposits in the bida basin was 3070 %. Hydrocarbon deposits in bida basin in niger state have higher oil content than those in the niger delta, preliminary findings have shown. The methods of investigation include analysis of meteorological, drilling.
Baru made this submission while delivering his acceptance. Structural analysis using aeromagnetic data over parts of southern bida nupe basin, nigeria and the surrounding basement rocks was carried out to highlight linear structures and infer the effects of such features on the tectonic events in the survey area. Although the basin has not been fully covered by seismic investigations and remains undrilled, both ground and aeromagnetic studies have outlined its firstorder. The middle niger basin also known as the nupe or bida basin is a nwse trending intracratonic basin extending from kotangora in the north to just south of lokoja in the south. The area falls under the middle nigeria climatic belt which is mainly tropical with an average rainfall of about 1250mm. Relevant ones include those that focused on the sedimentology and depositional environments of the sediments in the northern bida basin which suggested alluvial to braided stream depositional. Index terms ahoko shale, bida basin, trace metal, rare earth metals, paleoenvironmental conditions. The images are hyperlinks and will open up a separate window with a high resolution pdf image of the map. Evaluation of groundwater resources of the middle niger. The geochemistry of claystoneshale deposits from the.