STRUCTURAL STUDY OF OIL TRAPS USING GRAVIMETRIC AND MAGNETOMETRIC METHODS IN BLOCK 9 BETWEEN THE BUSIRA, LOKORO AND LOMAMI SUB-BASINS (CENTRAL BASIN – DRC)

Block 9 is one of thirty-one blocks of the Central Basin cut out during oil prospecting from 1952 to 1988 using geological studies, geochemical and geophysical carried out in this largest basin among the three in the DRC. Certainly, the analysis and interpretation of gravimetric and magnetic anomaly data for the quest for oil potential in this block of the Central Basin of the DRC remains a major challenge. The current article highlights the possible oil traps from the processing of gravity and magnetic anomaly maps, also the extension of these structures through analyzes based on oil geology generally. Considering the oil blocks of the Central Cuvette of the DRC, the gravimetric and magnetometric studies for Block 9 remain an important element for the knowledge of the areas of petroleum interest on the structural level and the geological formations, between the Busira, Lokoro and Lomami sub-basins. The results of the investigations confirm that Block 9 presents a complex structural architecture dominated by zones of deep subsidence and local basement uplifts, offering conditions favorable to the accumulation and preservation of hydrocarbons.