Paleoecology and biostratigraphy of the Paleocene and lower Eocene units in BB1/80, K1/65, D1/82 and A1a/84 wells; in the North-eastern part of Sirte Basin

This study aims to investigate and evaluate the hydrocarbon potential of new prospects in the south eastern part of Concession 82 olso investigating the possibility of existence of a Paleocene reef growth in this area has been taken into consideration. In addition, to present and discuss the stratigraphic data obtained through paleontological and lithological analyses of the four wells samples that are located in the study area, and to correlate these data of these wells with the known surrounding units and to outline the paleoenvironmental evolution of the area. The recovery of an abundant and diverse palynomorphs assemblage from the studied sections has allowed the determination of a high resolution palynomorphs biozonation for the Upper Cretaceous, Eoceneand Paleocene interval. This has been related to both the chrono- and lithostratigraphy.