Case 3

Petroleum Geology: Persian Gulf vs. Overthrust Belt
by Richard Moye and Sandra A. Zicus


 
 

Tour I: The Persian Gulf Oil Region: Its Global Importance

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Slide 1: Location Map: The Overthrust Belt and Persian Gulf

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Slide 2: Basic geology of the Persian Gulf or Median Trough

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Slide 3: Relief image-map of the Middle East


Slide 4: Southwest Asia: oil and natural gas resources

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Slide 5: Middle East oil production and reserves

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Slide 6: North America oil production and reserves

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Slide 7: Diagram of petroleum geology in the Gulf

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Slide 8: Oil Well "gusher" in Kuwait

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Slide 9: Shebgum/Ghawar Oilfield in Saudi Arabia

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Slide 10:  Oil Well and Camel

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Slide 11:  Distribution of giant and super-giant oil fields

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Slide 12:  Net oil exports from the Persian Gulf

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Slide 13:  Percent of oil supplied from the Persian Gulf

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Slide 14: Ras Tanura Oil Terminal - Saudi Arabia

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Slide 15:   Lanky Chiksan Arms at Sea Island Oil Terminal

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Slide 16: Pipeline in Kuwait

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Slide 17:Oil tankers waiting to be filled in the Gulf

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Slide 18: Satellite image of fires in Kuwait and Persian Gulf

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Slide 19: Satellite image of Kuwait Wells burning and afterwards

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Slide 20:  World Crude Oil Flows - 1997

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Slide 21:  Global known petroleum volume by region

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Slide 22: US oil imports and production


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Created 1 November 1998. Last updated 12 December 1998.