Oil from Babylon to Iraq
Iraq, which has been on the mass media’s spotlight and international focus in recent years, has a record of oil and bitumen dating back to the earliest human civilizations more…
Middle East
Developing Middle East Petroleum Geoscience
Dr. Moujahed al-Husseini is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Middle East Petroleum Geosciences, Geoarabia, and for many years was involved with the organisation of the important GEO oil industry conference,…
The Centenary of the First Oil Well in the Middle East
2008 marks the 100th anniversary of oil discovery at Masjid Sulaiman in southwest Iran (Persia), which ushered in a new era in the history of the Middle East. This is…
The Emergence of the Arabian Oil Industry
In terms of petroleum reserves and production, the Middle East is second to none. The stories behind the first discoveries in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in the 1930s are…
A Bright Future for Geothermal Energy
Geothermal energy is a clean, readily available, and renewable natural resource. Yet the near limitless potential remains largely untapped accounting for only a very small percentage of the total amount…