Table 3 Semi-quantitative relative abundance of the mineralogic composition of the studied Abu Madi microfacies in SAEN-2 well in South Abu El Naga Gas Field, the mentioned depth is a true vertical depth subsea (TVDSS).

From: Rock typing and reservoir characterization of the Messinian Abu Madi Formation in the onshore South Abu El Naga Gas Field, Nile Delta, Egypt

Depth (m)

Microfacies types

Quartz (%)

Feldspar (%)

Lithics (%)

Smectite (%)

Illite (%)

Kaolinite (%)

2304

Subfeldspathic arenite

77

7

5

5

6.1

2307

Subfeldspathic arenite

78

5

5

6.8

5.2

2310

Quartz arenite

87

3

5

3

2

2313

Quartz arenite

89

3

3

3

2

2316

Quartz arenite

90

10

2319

Feldspathic arenite

71

19

3

5.6

1.4

2320

Feldspathic arenite

70

19

3

6

2

2321

Feldspathic arenite

74

14

2

3

1

6

2322

Subfeldspathic wacke

35

5

0

39

21

2323

Quartz arenite

76

7

4

9.1

3.9

2324

Subfeldspathic wacke

70

15

9.8

5.3

2325

Quartz Arenite

83

5

4

5

3

2326

Feldspathic arenite

84

3

4.9

3.1

4.9

2327

Feldspathic arenite

83

8

5.4

3.6

2328

Quartz arenite

79

9

4.3

3.4

4.3

2330

Subfeldspathic wacke

43

20

20.7

16.3

2331

Feldspathic arenite

64

20

8

8

2332

Feldspathic arenite

61

25

7

7

2333

Feldspathic arenite

63

20

9

8

2334

Feldspathic arenite

60

21

10.6

8.4

2335

Quartz wacke/arenite

60

15

15

10

2336

Quartz Arenite

80

10

6

4