Contents

 

Chapter 1

  • Introduction 1 - 8

Chapter 2

  • History of oil exploration in Iraq 9 - 20

Chapter 3

  • Tectonics and tectonic evolution 21- 64

Chapter 4

  • Precambrian and Palaeozoic 65 - 102
  • Pre- Megasequence AP1: Precambrian
  • Megasequence AP1: Infracambrian and Lower Cambrian
  • Megasequence AP2: Lower Cambrian – Upper Ordovician (Ashgill)
  • Megasequence AP3: Silurian – Middle Devonian (Frasnian)
  • Megasequence AP4: Upper Devonian – Carboniferous (Westphalian ‘C’)
  • Megasequence AP5: Upper Carboniferous – Lower Permian (Kungurian)

Chapter 5

  • Middle Permian to Middle Jurassic 103 - 132
  • Structural controls: basins and structural highs
  • The upper Middle Permian – lowermost Triassic (Induan) Supersequence
  • The Lower Triassic (Olenekian) Supersequence
  • The Middle Triassic (Anisian) Sequence
  • The Middle Triassic (Ladinian) Sequence
  • The Upper Triassic (lower-middle Carnian) Sequence
  • The Upper Triassic (upper Carnian – lower Norian) Sequence
  • The uppermost Triassic – Lower Jurassic (upper Norian – Sinemurian) Sequence
  • The Lower Jurassic (Pliensbachian – lower Toarcian) Sequence
  • The Middle Jurassic (middle Toarcian – lower Aalenian) Sequence

Chapter 6

  • Middle to Upper Jurassic 133 - 160
  • Structural setting, Basin evolution, Stratigraphy
  • The upper Aalenian – Bathonian Supersequence
  • The Callovian – Oxfordian Supersequence
  • The Kimmeridgian – lower Tithonian Supersequence
  • Petroleum system components in the Middle – Upper Jurassic

Chapter 7

  • Cretaceous 161- 238
  • Structural Setting, Stratigraphy
  • Supersequence I: upper Tithonian – middle Valanginian
  • Supersequence II: upper Valanginian – upper Aptian
  • Supersequence III: upper Aptian – upper Albian
  • Supersequence IV: uppermost Albian – lower Turonian (including the Mishrif Formation)
  • Supersequence V: upper Turonian – lower Campanian
  • Supersequence VI: upper Campanian – Maastrichtian

Chapter 8

  • Cenozoic 239 - 284
  • Stratigraphy, Tectonic setting and basin development
  • The Paleocene – Eocene Supersequence
  • The Oligocene Supersequence
  • The lower Miocene Supersequence
  • The middle Miocene – Quaternary Supersequence

Chapter 9

  • Petroleum Systems 285 - 382
  • (i) Introduction
  • (ii) Palaeozoic
  • (iii) Triassic
  • (iv) Jurassic
  • (v) Cretaceous (case study: Ain Zalah field)
  • (vi) Tertiary: migration and leakage (case study: Kirkuk field)
  • (vii) Concluding Comments

Chapter 10

  • The petroleum geology of Iraq: Future Challenges 383 - 388

References 389 - 413

Additional References 414 - 418

Index 419 - 423

Authors’ biographies 424

 

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