STRUCTURAL HISTORY OF THE KINTA VALLEY, PERAK, MALAYSIA

hore Tertiarybasins are the major hydrocarbon reservoirs in Malaysia. Since the production of conventional reservoirs are depleting, it is necessary to target new potential reservoirs e.g. Pre-Tertiary and/or unconventional reservoir, to fulfill the demand. Among these, fractured reservoirs in ha...

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Main Author: CHOONG, CHEE MENG
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/22735/1/2013-GEOSCIENCE-STRUCTURAL%20HISTORY%20OF%20THE%20KINTA%20VALLEY%2CPERAK%2CMALAYSIA-CHOONG%20CHEE%20MENG.pdf
http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/22735/
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Language: English
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Summary:hore Tertiarybasins are the major hydrocarbon reservoirs in Malaysia. Since the production of conventional reservoirs are depleting, it is necessary to target new potential reservoirs e.g. Pre-Tertiary and/or unconventional reservoir, to fulfill the demand. Among these, fractured reservoirs in hard competent rock, have proved to be interesting in Southeast Asia (i.e. Vietnam). Kinta Valley of Perak is a suitable candidate for a potential Pre-Tertiary reservoir, since carbonaceous schist can be a good source, plus the highly fractured and karstified limestone which potentially provided enough porosity and permeability to be an economic reservoir. This study aims to identify deformations in the rocks andpropose a regional structural history of the Kinta Valley. Besides, hot springs have also been studied to evaluate the fracture system that controlled the flowing offluid. Multi-scales of analysis (regional, outcrop, hand specimen and microscopic) have been conducted in the study