MIDDLE EAST OIL & GAS FIELDS
Course Name Course ID Prerequisites
MIDDLE EAST OIL &GAS FIELDS EPS442 EMR431&EPS441
Time Table for Course Lectures
MIDDLE EAST OIL &GAS FIELDS (EPS442)
Week Lecture Topic
1
Class #1:
Introduction to the course Class #2:
The Geological History and Structural Elements of the Middle East
2
Class #1:
Introduction to the Hydrocarbon Habitat of the Middle East Class #2:
Hydrocarbon Habitat of the Middle East:
The Reason Behind Its Hydrocarbon Richness
3
The Hydrocarbon Habitat of the Zagros Basin:
Class #1:
Syria o Iraq o Iran o Class #2:
The Hydrocarbon Habitat of the Oman Basin: Oman 4 The Hydrocarbon Habitat of the Greater Arabian Basin:
Class #1:
Kuwait o
Kuwait-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone o Class #2:
Jordan o Yemen o
5
The Hydrocarbon Habitat of the Greater Arabian Basin:
Class #1:
United Arab Emirates o Bahrain o
Qatar o Class #2:
The Hydrocarbon Habitat of the Greater Arabian Basin:
Saudi Arabia Tectonic o
6
Class #1:
The Hydrocarbon Habitat of the Greater Arabian Basin:
Saudi Arabia:
Stratigraphic Framework o Class #2:
: Saudi Arabia
Greater Paleozoic Petroleum System (Part I) o
7 Midterm Exam.
8
Class #1:
: Saudi Arabia
Greater Paleozoic Petroleum System (Part II) o Class #2:
Saudi Arabia:
Greater Jurassic Petroleum System (Part I) o
9
Class #1:
: Saudi Arabia
Greater Jurassic Petroleum System (Part II) o Class #2:
Saudi Arabia:
Greater Cretaceous Petroleum System o
10
Class #1:
Saudi Arabia:
Greater Cretaceous Petroleum System Class #2:
Saudi Arabia:
Source Rocks o
Reservoirs Rocks o
11
Class #1:
Saudi Arabia:
Seal Rocks o Class #2:
Traps o 12
Class #1 & Class #2:
: Saudi Arabia
Petroleum Geochemistry of the Central Arabia Qusaiba-Paleozoic Total Petroleum System
13
Class #1 & Class #2:
Saudi Arabia:
Petroleum Geochemistry of the Arabian Sub-Basin Tuwaiq/HanifaArab (Jurassic) Total Petroleum System
14 General Revision
15 Final Exam.
References:
] [1] Journals of AAPG, GeoArabia, Marine Petroleum Geology, and Organic Geochemistr
