AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRECAMBRIAN PETROLEUM SYSTEM IN THE SANKURU-MBUJI-MAYI-LOMAMI-LOVOY BASIN, SOUTH-CENTRAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This study presents a preliminary assessment of the petroleum potential of the Meso-Neoproterozoic Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup in the Sankuru-Mbuji-Mayi-Lomami-Lovoy Basin in the southern-central Democratic Republic of Congo. This basin is one of the least explored in Central Africa and is a valuable resource for the evaluation of the petroleum system in the greater Congo Basin area. Highly altered carbonates (potential reservoir rocks) and black ...