Petroleum Geology of Libya

Don Hallett obtained his B.Sc degree in geology from Durham University and his doctorate from University College London. He worked for Esso Exploration Inc. in UK, Morocco and Senegal, and as Area Exploration Manager for Sonatrach in Algeria. He then worked for BNOC on North Sea exploration and was Chief Geologist of its privatised successor Britoil. Dr Hallett then joined Sirte Oil Company and spent ten years in Libya, reaching the position of Exploration Superintendent. Since 1999 he has worked as a consultant, advising companies and conducting workshops in several countries, and producing the first edition of Petroleum Geology of Libya in 2002. In 2005 he became an associate of Nubian Consulting Ltd providing clients with evaluations and advice on Libyan opportunities. He was also joint author of a report on Libyan oil and gas reserves and an atlas of Libyan oil and gas fields.

List of figures. Preface. Notes and definitions. 1. History of Libyan oil exploration and production.1.1 Before independence. 1.2 The fledgling Libyan oil industry. 1.3 Exploration activity, 1956-1958. 1.4 Bonanza, 1959-1961. 1.5 Events leading to the Petroleum Law of 1965. 1.6 Exploration and production activity, 1962-2965. 1.7 New concession awards and joint ventures, 1966-1969.1.8 Exploration and production, 1966-1969. 1.9 The revolution and its aftermath, 1969-1974. 1.10 The decline in exploration activity, 1969-1974. 1.11 EPSA I, 1974. 1.12 Consolidation, 1975-1979. 1.13 Turmoil, 1979-1986. 1.14 EPSA II and new discoveries, 1979-1986. 1.15 Sanctions and EPSA III, 1986-1999. 1.16 Reserves. 1.17 Natural Gas. 1.18 Summary. 2. Plate tectonic history of Libya.2.1 Introduction.2.2 Rodinia.2.3 The break-up of Rodinia.2.4 The Pan-African orogeny and the assembly of Gondwana.2.5 Gondwana during the Palaeozoic.2.6 Pangaea.2.7 Tethys.2.8 The development of Tethys.2.9 Tethys to Mediterranean.3. Stratigraphy: precambrian and palaeozoic.3.1 The development of Libyan stratigraphy. 3.2 Archaean and proterozoic, palaeozoic. 3.3 Cambro-Ordovician. 3.4 Silurian. 3.5 Devonian. 3.6 Carboniferous. 3.7 Permian. 4. Stratigraphy: mesozoic.4.1 Triassic.4.2 Jurassic.4.3 Lower cretaceous.4.4 Upper cretaceous.5. Stratigraphy: cainozoic.5.1 Palaeocene, West Libya.5.2 Eocene, Western outcrops. 5.3 Oligocene, Western outcrops. 5.4 Miocene, Coastal Plain. 5.5 Pliocene and quaternary. 6. Structure. 6.1 Southern Libya. 6.2 Western Libya. 6.3 Sirt Basin. 6.4 Cyrenaica. 6.5 Offshore. 6.6 Structural synthesis. 6.7 Summary. 7. Petroleum geochemistry. 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 Al Kufrah Basin. 7.3 Murzuq Basin. 7.4 Ghadamis Basin. 7.5 Sirt Basin.7.6 Cyrenaica. 7.7 Offshore. 8. Petroleum systems.8.1 Introduction.8.2 Murzuq Basin.8.3 Ghadamis Basin.8.4 Sirt Basin.8.5 Offshore.9. Postscript: where are the remaining undiscovered reserves?9.1 Introduction.9.2 Yet-to-find.9.3 Al Kufrah Basin.9.4 Murzuq Basin.9.5 Ghadamis Basin.9.6 Western Sirt Basin.9.7 Maradah Trough.9.8 Western Ajdabiya trough.9.9 Eastern Ajdabiya trough. 9.10 Eastern Sirt embayment. 9.11 Cyrenaica. 9.12 Offshore. Notes. References.Appendix: glossary of geographic names. Index.