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Arabian Gulf Petroleum
Arabian Gulf Petroleum
Mesozoic to Tertiary
Foreland Basin
Pre-Cambrian Shield
Nasa Image
Christopher G. St. C. Kendall
Arabian Gulf
Mosaic of Drifting Rigid Plates
Compression &
Foreland Basin
Extensional margin
Extensional margin
Gas
Open
Shelf Restricted
Shelf
Seal Seal
Reservoir Reservoir
Intrashelf
Basin
Intrashelf
Basin
Seal
Reservoir
Source
Drowning
Surface
Drowning
Surface
Note lack of
Tidal Flat fill
Used as a guide for identifying & Predicting lithofacies character throughout the basin
TS
Reservoir
SB-2
MFS
Source
TS
SMW
HST
TST
Burn it in transport
or use it for
petrochemicals?
Kendall Photo
Christopher G. St. C. Kendall
Arabian Gulf
Lecture Ends!!
And so to a break!