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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Middle East

Unlocking the Petroleum Potential of Iran

Jan Witte and Dr. Olaf Schönicke Falcon Geoconsulting, Germany
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

Mustafa As-Saruri, Ph.D., and Rasoul Sorkhabi, Ph.D.
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…

Khuff: A Major Reservoir

Alireza Bashari, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, Tehran
The Permo-Triassic Khuff reservoir is one of the most productive gas fields in the world. What are the factors which have helped it to become so prolific? Available online for…

Iran After Sanctions: Opportunities and Risks

Mahdi Kazemzadeh (Afraz Adviser) and Babak Sami Vand (Petroxin Ltd.)
Iran provides a significant opportunity to access low cost production for the right companies. In response to the removal of sanctions, we take a look at the opportunities and challenges,…

Lebanon. The New Levantine Exploration Opportunity.

M. Soledad Velasco, Ph.D.
Lebanon lies at the centre of known regional hydrocarbon systems, but it is poorly explored and understood, possibly due to topographic challenges to terrestrial geophysical acquisition. A recently acquired suite…

The Petroleum Gulf

Michael Quentin Morton
Oil Discoveries off the Arabian Shore In that gulf, there was no continental shelf; its waters were not very deep and nowhere exceeded 75 fathoms. The geologists had ascertained that…

Markets Behaving Differently

Espen Erlingsen, Rystad Energy
The Middle East – one of the most stable E&P markets The Middle East is the largest producing area within the E&P industry, with a total production of around 41 MMboepd…

The Triassic Margin Play

Munim Al-Rawi, Ph.D., Carta Design Ltd.
The Triassic margin is a significant but underexplored frontier play in the Levant region, particularly in Jordan. The Levant covers a large onshore area in the East Mediterranean region including…

Avoiding Reservoir Souring

John J. Kilbane II , Intertek
Determining the source of hydrogen sulphide on an offshore oil production platform is an important part of preventing or controlling this unwanted gas. Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is a corrosive and…

Iraqi Kurdistan: It’s All in the Timing

Jane Whaley
The Zagros fold and thrust belt of Iraqi Kurdistan is a prolific petroleum province with several large-scale producing oil and gas fields. The region is under active exploration and hence…

The Buraimi Affair

Stephen Tyson, Ph.D.
Buraimi: The Struggle for Power, Influence and Oil in Arabia, Michael Quentin Morton. I.B. Taurus (2013) Buraimi and Al Ain are twin towns that today sit astride the fenced border between…

A Beautiful Country – The Geology of Lebanon

Dr Munim Al-Rawi Carta Design Ltd.
This book is in large format, making it suitable for presenting text along with photos and maps. The list of contents includes eight chapters, references, index and author’s biography, but lacks a list of figures.…