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The Abu Gharadig basin is one of the most prolific basins in the northern part of the Western Desert, Egypt. It has attracted the attention of many geologists and geophysicists for oil and gas exploration. This is due to existence of the huge subsurface sedimentary section in the basin which includes important thickness of reservoir rocks.

The study area occupies the northwestern part of Abu Gharadig basin between latitudes 29 degrees 45’ and 30 degrees 05’ N, and longitudes 27 degrees 30’ and 28 degrees 10’ E. The present work deals with the routine core analysis for petrophysical evaluation of the Abu Roash "C" Member. The available core samples belong to BED 15-3 and BED 15-7 wells in BED 15 oil field. The conventional core analyses include laboratory measurement of density (grain and bulk), helium porosity and permeability (horizontal and vertical).

The core analysis data indicate that Abu Roash "C" Member in BED-15 oil field is characterized by good reservoir quality due to high values of porosity and permeability. The statistical analysis of core data can be used to generate new relations which help to determine one petrophysical parameters in term of other. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.