Gas Production in Iraq
Doubling hydrocarbon production in 2022 as the giant Miran-Bina Bawi project ramps up. The Future of Gas Production in Iraq The development of gas gathering and processing infrastructure in Iraq…
Middle East
The Grand Canyon of the Middle East
Map showing location of the Al Hajar Mountains in Oman. Oman is often described as a geologist’s paradise – with good reason. Boasting a huge diversity of rocks ranging in…
Licensing Update – Exploration in Oman
Sultanate of Oman concession boundaries. There are currently over 10 open blocks that will be tendered in Oman over the next few years, providing some excellent exploration opportunities. In the…
Licensing Update – Lebanon
Levantine Basin Blocks In January 2017 Lebanon relaunched the licensing round which has been on hold for three years pending a resolution to the political crisis which had left the…
Licensing Update – Iran
New Iran Petroleum Contracts Despite the recent imposition of fresh sanctions by the US, Iran launched new contracts to develop its hydrocarbon resources in February 2017, its first such tender…
Exploration Update – Iraq
Two Important Wells On 12 October 2016, DNO reported that it had spudded the Peshkabir 2 appraisal well on the Zagros Foldbelt Basin Tawke block in the Kurdistan Region of…
Licensing Update – Israel
First Round Announced A string of recent giant gas discoveries in Israeli, Egyptian and Cypriot waters in the Eastern Mediterranean have heightened interest in this previously relatively overlooked area. Encouraged…
Doha – The Pearl of Qatar
Over the last 70 years, Doha has risen from the sands of the desert to become a major, glamorous regional power. Qatar is a peninsula 160 km long and up…
Where Wise Birds Stay Awhile
Qeshm Island: Geoheritage Pearl versus Gasfields in the Persian Gulf? WEB UPDATE 2016 This article first appeared in our iPad edition (2013) and as we were preparing it for debut on…
East Baghdad super-giant field under a populated area
Prior to 1956, the eastern part of the Baghdad Governorate was separated from Baghdad City by an earth barrier called the Nadhim Pasha Dam, established in 1908 to protect the…
Unlocking the Petroleum Potential of Iran
GIS databases are a powerful tool for minimising exploration risk in Iranian hydrocarbon basins through geospatial analysis. Iran’s enormous surface area stretches over 2,300 km in a north-west to south-easterly…
Petroleum Basins of Yemen
Yemen’s petroleum resource base will be a critical part of reconstruction efforts once peace is restored, but this will require high-resolution exploration and development in both onshore producing basins and…