AAPG Memoir 74, Chapter 24: Paleozoic Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Habitat of the Arabian Plate, by G. Konert, A. M. Afifi, S. A. Al-Hajri, K. de Groot, A. A. Al Naim, and H. J. Droste, Pages 483 - 515
from: AAPG Memoir 74: Petroleum Provinces of the Twenty-first Century, Edited by Marlan W. Downey, Jack C. Threet, and William A. Morgan
Copyright 2001 by The American Association of Petroleum Geologists. All rights reserved.

Chapter 24
Paleozoic Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Habitat of the Arabian Plate¹

G. Konert
Shell International, Rijswijk, Netherlands

S. A. Al-Hajri
Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

A. A. Al Naim
Saudi Aramco
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

A. M. Afifi
Saudi Aramco
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

K. de Groot
Shell International
Rijswijk, Netherlands

H. J. Droste
Petroleum Development Oman
Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

ABSTRACT

The Paleozoic section became prospective during the early 1970s when the enormous gas reserves in the Permian Khuff reservoirs were delineated in the Gulf and Zagros regions and oil was discovered in Oman. Since then, frontier exploration has targeted the Paleozoic System throughout the Middle East, driven by the need to replace oil production from maturing fields, the need to add gas reserves to meet local energy requirements, and other economic considerations.