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AAPG Bulletin, V. 84, No. 4 (April 2000), P. 523-544.
The Dhahaban Petroleum System of Oman1Jos M. J. Terken2 and Neil L. Frewin3©Copyright 2000. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists. All rights
reserved.
1Manuscript received October 20, 1998; revised manuscript received August 13,
1999; final acceptance October 15, 1999.
2Petroleum Development Oman, Department XEM/6, P.O. Box 81, Muscat Postal Code
113, Sultanate of Oman. Present address: Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij, Department
LAN/q, P.O. Box 1, 7760AA Schoonebeek, Netherlands; e-mail: [email protected]
3Petroleum Development Oman, Department XGS/2, P.O. Box 81, Muscat Postal Code
113, Sultanate of Oman.
We acknowledge the contributions of various PDO (Petroleum Development Oman)
geoscientists, notably Ramon Loosveld, Peter Nederlof, Mike Naylor, Sarah Indrelid, and
Pascal Richard. Steve Larter, Baz Bennett, and their colleagues at the Newcastle Research
Group are thanked for geochemical analyses and discussions. Geochemists at Shell's
research and technology group (SEPTAR) in The Netherlands are acknowledged for numerous
reliable analyses over 20 yr and continuing discussions on Oman's petroleum systems. In
particular, Math Kohnen, Wiekert Visser, Andy Bell, Dirk-Jan Simons, and Johan Buiskool
Toxopeus are thanked for their extensive input. Gerard Demaison and two anonymous
reviewers are thanked for their constructive reviews. We thank the Ministry of Oil and Gas
of the Sultanate of Oman for permission to publish this paper. ABSTRACT
The Dhahaban petroleum system, from a source rock of Cambrian age, covers some 50,000
km2 and contains 1.6 X 109 m3 of oil and 1000 X 109
m3 of gas in place of which at least, respectively, 0.35 X 109 m3
and 700 X 109 m3 are recoverable. For many years, the origin of the
so-called Q oil was enigmatic and defied typing to a source rock. Integration of recent
advances in geochemistry and basin modeling has now permitted us to retrace its source
areas, model the generation and migration histories, and outline the areal and
stratigraphic extent of the petroleum system.
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