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Abstract
The Bed-1 Field is located in the Abu Gharadig basin, and extends 10 kilometers long and 2 kilometers wide(Figure1). It is about 300 Kilometers, northwest of Cairo, 260 Kilometers to the southwest of Alexandria and 165 Kilometers to the south of Alamein. The Bed 1 Field exemplifies the oil Fields of the north Western Desert and in particular the Abu Gharadig Basin. Therefore, the Field has been chosen for the study in the present Thesis as a case study to recognize the reservoir characteristics of the Lower Cretaceous ?Albian? Kharita Formation. By doing so, the author hopes that his work will serve in the future in better petroleum reservoir development of other fields in the region of the north Western Desert in general, and Abu Gharadig Basin in particular. The benefit of the study may be extended in further exploration efforts and evaluating new discoveries ?wildcats?. The Bed1 Field was discovered in 1981 by well Bed 11. A development lease was granted in 1983, and a production commenced that year. The initial field development plan was prepared in March 1983, based on assumed 50 million barrel oil in place with an ultimate recovery of 19.6 millions barrels and a plateau rate of 5500 b/d for three years (Karaaly and El Daly, 1998). Following the discovery of the Bed1 oil field in 1981, a joint Shell / EGPC operating company, BAPETCO was formed in January 1983. Between 1981 and April 1999 a total of 16 wells were completed in the Bed 1 Field. The Bed 1 wells are oil producers, with substantial gas production. The present study addresses the following issues in Bed 1 Field: The reservoir continuity and heterogeneity, delineating the reservoir properties of the Kharita Formation and its units, the reservoir communication expressed between the various well, the fluids movement especially the water and identifying the nature of the production and its driving mechanism.