Petroleum geology of North Africa / Нефтяная геология Северной Африки

North Africa contains some 4% of the world's remaining oil and gas reserves, and is now one of the most active exploration areas. This volume represents the first attempt at a compilation of the petroleum geology of North Africa, documenting a series of papers collected on the petroleum geology of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Ubya and the western part of Egypt. The main objectives of this book are to increase the level of documentation towards that appropriate for such major petroleum provinces and to facilitate the application of analogues between North African countries and beyond.

This Special Publication of the Geological Society documents a series of papers collected on the petroleum geology of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and the western part of Egypt. This region contains some 4% of the world's remaining oil and gas reserve (Table 1), placing the area above more traditional producing regions, including Europe, the USA and SE Asia, in its importance as a future petroleum producer. In addition to these considerable proven reserves, North Africa is now one of the world's most active exploration areas. This was reflected, for instance, in more new oil reserves being 'booked' in Algeria in 1994 than in any other country in the world.  <...>