This work describes interpretation of 3D seismic data of Gumry area which is located in Blocks 3 & 7 in Melut Basin the South of Sudan. The data used in this study was acquired by Blue Nile Geophysical Company (BGC) in 2004. The 3D data was interpreted by the author at the SUDAPET CO. LTD in Khartoum – Sudan, Vertical Seismic Profiling data (VSP) and Check-Shot data of the Gumry-1 well were used. The data quality is good and adequate for the objectives. Geoframe software has been used which enables to display inline, cross line and time slice and also enables checking of the consistency of the interpretation from line to line. Synthetic seismogram has been generated for Gumry _1 well for seismic data tie. Time and depth maps have been generated for the top of Yabus Formation. The 3D data interpretation clarifies that there are many oil structures found in study area such as normal faults, faulted trap, graben, half graben, and faulted anticline. Faults system in Gumry area consists of normal faults, trending NW-SE, with some of them dipping SW and others dipping NE. Gumry oil field prospects are mainly fault block structure, located at the block up thrown side of the normal Fault block.
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