USGS Fact Sheet 2012–3115: Assessment of Undiscovered Conventional Oil and Gas Resources of the Arabian Peninsula, 2012

Assessment of Undiscovered Conventional Oil and Gas Resources of the Arabian Peninsula and Zagros Fold Belt, 2012

By Janet K. Pitman, Christopher J. Schenk, Michael E. Brownfield, Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy A. Cook, Timothy R. Klett, and Richard M. Pollastro

Abstract

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated means of 86 billion barrels of oil and 336 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered natural gas resources in the Arabian Peninsula and Zagros Fold Belt. The USGS assessed the potential for undiscovered conventional oil and gas accumulations within the Arabian Peninsula and Zagros Fold Belt as part of the USGS World Petroleum Resources Project. Twenty-three assessment units within seven petroleum systems were quantitatively assessed in this study, which represents a reassessment of this area last published in 2000.

First posted October 1, 2012

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Suggested citation:

Pitman, J.K., Schenk, C.J., Brownfield, M.E., Charpentier, R.R., Cook, T.A., Klett, T.R., and Pollastro, R.M., 2012, Assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources of the Arabian Peninsula and Zagros Fold Belt, 2012: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2012–3115, 4 p.

Contents

Introduction

Total Petroleum Systems

Resource Summary