Petroleum geology of Arabian Peninsula

Conference · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5541289

Billo, S M

Petroleum activities in the Arabian Peninsula show new trends in the 1980s. Petroleum exploration is intensified and huge discoveries are anticipated. A giant Jurassic gas field along the coast of the Arabian Gulf discovered recently tops 150 tcf, the largest single reserve ever. Other giant oil fields in the area are undergoing expansion in development and productivity. Today, the Peninsula, with a total area that surpasses one million square miles, produces and exports more oil and gas and has greater reserves than any other area in the world. The excellent reservoir rocks are located in the Jurassic and Cretaceous formations between the Arabian Shield and the Tethyan Seaway. They represent porous and permeable marine cyclical beds sealed by impervious shales and anhydrites. Reservoir sedimentology was affected by 2 orogenies during late Cretaceous and Pliocene time portrayed by the Cratonic area to the southwest and the orthogeosynclinal area to the northeast. The eastern part was little deformed by these movements.

• OSTI ID: 5541289
• Report Number(s): CONF-8206143-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Bull.; (United States) Journal Volume: 66:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
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& Exploration
03 NATURAL GAS
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& Exploration
ARABIAN SEA
CRETACEOUS PERIOD
GEOLOGIC AGES
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GEOLOGY
INDIAN OCEAN
JURASSIC PERIOD
MESOZOIC ERA
MINERAL RESOURCES
NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS
NATURAL GAS WELLS
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
PRODUCTION
RESERVES
RESERVOIR ROCK
RESOURCES
SEAS
SEDIMENTATION
STRATIGRAPHY
SURFACE WATERS
TESTING
WELLS