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
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Published: 2014
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spelling oai:utpedia.utp.edu.my:227352024-07-24T01:29:23Z http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/22735/ STRUCTURAL HISTORY OF THE KINTA VALLEY, PERAK, MALAYSIA CHOONG, CHEE MENG QE Geology 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 2014-11 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/22735/1/2013-GEOSCIENCE-STRUCTURAL%20HISTORY%20OF%20THE%20KINTA%20VALLEY%2CPERAK%2CMALAYSIA-CHOONG%20CHEE%20MENG.pdf CHOONG, CHEE MENG (2014) STRUCTURAL HISTORY OF THE KINTA VALLEY, PERAK, MALAYSIA. Masters thesis, UTP.
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CHOONG, CHEE MENG
STRUCTURAL HISTORY OF THE KINTA VALLEY, PERAK, MALAYSIA
description 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
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title STRUCTURAL HISTORY OF THE KINTA VALLEY, PERAK, MALAYSIA
title_short STRUCTURAL HISTORY OF THE KINTA VALLEY, PERAK, MALAYSIA
title_full STRUCTURAL HISTORY OF THE KINTA VALLEY, PERAK, MALAYSIA
title_fullStr STRUCTURAL HISTORY OF THE KINTA VALLEY, PERAK, MALAYSIA
title_full_unstemmed STRUCTURAL HISTORY OF THE KINTA VALLEY, PERAK, MALAYSIA
title_sort structural history of the kinta valley, perak, malaysia
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