PETROLEUM GEOLOGY OF SAUDI ARABIA AND CURRENT RESOURCE STATUS

PAN Haibin; ZHAO Liya

doi:10.16028/j.1009-2722.2017.06006

2017 Vol. 33, No. 6

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PAN Haibin, ZHAO Liya. PETROLEUM GEOLOGY OF SAUDI ARABIA AND CURRENT RESOURCE STATUS[J]. Marine Geology Frontiers, 2017, 33(6): 40-45. doi: 10.16028/j.1009-2722.2017.06006

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PAN Haibin, ZHAO Liya. PETROLEUM GEOLOGY OF SAUDI ARABIA AND CURRENT RESOURCE STATUS[J]. Marine Geology Frontiers, 2017, 33(6): 40-45. doi: 10.16028/j.1009-2722.2017.06006

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY OF SAUDI ARABIA AND CURRENT RESOURCE STATUS

China Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Company, Beijing 100034, China

Received Date: 06 February 2017

Publish Date: 28 June 2017

Abstract

Abstract

Saudi Arabia ranks number 1 in the world in terms of oil and gas resources. In geology, it could be divided into 5 stages of evolution. It started as a salt basin in the time of Precambrian, and then filled with clastic deposits in Paleozoic, shallow marine shelf sediments in Late Permian-Triassic, shelf basin deposits in Jurassic-Cretaceous and basinal deposits in Cenozoic, which gave birth to three major sets of reservoir combinations, including the Permian, Jurassic and Cretaceous reservoirs, and thus created favorable conditions for the accumulation of large amount of oil and gas. Deep Paleozoic reservoirs with low porosity and permeability in some matured fields as well as unconventional oil and gas will be the main targets for Chinese Petroleum Companies to look for in cooperation with Saudi Aramco in the upstream fields.
- Tectonic Evolution /
- Play /
- Petroleum Reserves /
- Saudi Arabia

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