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Syrian Offshore: Exciting New Frontier

With the announcement of the 2011 Syrian International Offshore Bid Round, interested oil and gas exploration companies have an exciting opportunity to assess the hydrocarbon potential of this highly prospective region.

The Abu Dhabi Oil Discoveries

In the 1930s Abu Dhabi was a poor fishing village on the edge of the desert, but the discovery of oil has revolutionised the Emirate. It is thought to possess the sixth largest proven oil reserves in the world and is now extremely rich.

New insights into the Levantine Basin

Currently no exploration wells exist in offshore Cyprus and Lebanon, although huge gas discoveries have been made in the vicinity, but continuous seismic coverage from Cyprus to Lebanon provides an excellent starting point to understand the development of the Levantine Basin.

Eastern Mediterranean – The Hot New Exploration Region

With three new gas discoveries in the last year containing estimated reserves of 25 Tcf (700 Bcm), the Levantine Basin in the Eastern Mediterranean has now come of age and contains some of the hottest new exploration plays in the Europe, Africa & Middle East (EAME) region. With licence rounds being planned offshore Cyprus, Lebanon and Syria, the region seems set for an exciting period of new exploration activity.

The King of Giant Fields

Since the petroleum industry began in the mid-nineteenth century, numerous oil fields have been discovered and over 70,000 oil fields are still in use. Nonetheless, not all fields were created equally.

Kurdistan: Safe and Secure, with Billion Barrel Prospects

Where in the world can you still find undrilled billion barrel prospects? Iraqi Kurdistan is one answer. But what is it like to work in an area thought by many to be a war zone?

The First Oil Discoveries in the Middle East

Flashbacks on the first discoveries of oil fields in the Middle East.

Why So Much Oil in the Middle East?

In terms of oil reserves, the Middle East is second to none. This “oil miracle” of the world has been shaped by a set of favorable factors, some global and others local, inscribed in the geologic history of the region.

Paleozoic Tight Gas Plays in Jordan

Compared to the other Middle Eastern countries, Jordan does not have a significant position in terms of conventional oil and gas resources. According toOil & Gas Journal (21 December 2009), the kingdom’s known oil reserves are only one million barrels and that of natural gas is 213 billion cubic feet.

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