By Don Hallett

ISBN-10: 0444505253

ISBN-13: 9780444505255

Libya has the most important petroleum reserves of any kingdom in Africa and because construction begun in 1961 over 20 billion barrels of oil were produced. Libya is scheduled to arrive the mid-point of depletion of reserves in 2001 and this offers a well timed element at which to check the kingdom of petroleum exploration in Libya.

A great amount of information has been released at the geology of Libya, however it is scattered throughout the literature; a lot of the older information has been superceded, and a number of other of the major guides, particularly these released in Libya, are tricky to discover. This ebook represents the 1st try and produce a entire synthesis of the petroleum geology of Libya. it really is dependent solely on released facts, supplemented through the author's adventure received in the course of ten years paintings in Libya. the purpose of the ebook is to systematically assessment the plate tectonics, structural evolution, stratigraphy, geochemistry, and petroleum platforms of Libya, and gives worthy new information on fields, construction, and reserves. This quantity will offer a prepared resource of connection with members and firms who desire to receive an summary of the petroleum geology of Libya, and should retailer them the hard job of sifting via hundreds and hundreds of courses to discover the knowledge they require. The publication contains 148 newly drawn figures.

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