Petroleum geology of Libya

Libya has the largest petroleum reserves of any country in Africa and since production began in 1961 over 20 billion barrels of oil have been produced. Libya is scheduled to reach the mid-point of depletion of reserves in 2001 and this provides a timely point at which to review the state of petroleu...

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Main Author Hallett, Don
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 2002.
Edition1st ed.
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Online AccessPlný text

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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • Preface
  • History of Libyan oil exploration and production
  • Plate tectonic history of Libya
  • Stratigraphy: Precambrian and Paleozoic
  • -Stratigraphy: Mesozoic
  • Stratigraphy: Cainozoic
  • Structure
  • Petroleum geochemistry
  • Petroleum systems
  • Postscript: where are the remaining undiscovered reserves?
  • Notes
  • References
  • Appendix: Glossary of geographic names
  • Index.