The Hydrocarbon Potential of the Golf of Hammamet Basin, Tunisia

S032 THE HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL OF THE GOLF OF HAMMAMET BASIN (TUNISIE) Abstract 1 N. BRAHIM* S. BRAHIM F. ZARGOUNI AUTHOR ECOLE NATIONALE DES INGENIEURS DE SFAX BP:W 3038 SFAX TUNISIEAddress The golf of Hammamet area could be considered as an attractive hydrocarbon province which is still hiding most of its hydrocarbon reserves. In fact all favorable conditions to generate big amount of hydrocarbon are satisfactory (presence of good source rock units high geothermal gradient good reservoir quality and favorable trapping mechanism). The Mactaris-1 well which penetrated a vertical column of 850 meters of bitumen at Serdj reservoir represents a sound