Yemen - Petroleum Potential
1. INTRODUCTION
2 GEOLOGIC HISTORY
3. GEOLOGIC SETTING AND TECTONIC FRAMEWORK
4. STRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTATION OF YEMEN
5. SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY
6. STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF YEMEN
a) Introduction
b) Precambrian Structures
c) Mesozoic Structures
d) Tertiary Structures
e) Tertiary Igneous Intrusions; Dykes, Granites and Sills
7. BASIN DYNAMICS AND TECTONIC EVOLUTION IN YEMEN
a) Introduction
b) Precambrian to Paleozoic
c) Mesozoic Rifting
d) Late Mesozoic Subsidence
e) Tertiary Rifting and Uplift
8. HISTORY OF HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION
9. MA’RIB-ALJAWF-SHABWA BASIN
a) Stratigraphy
b) Basin Evolution and Structural Development
c) Reservoir Rocks
d) Source Rock and Maturity
e) Seal (Cap) Rocks
f) Traps and Trapping Mechanism
g) Hydrocarbon Potential Plays
10. MASILA-JIZA-QAMAR BASIN
a) Stratigraphy
b) Reservoir Rocks
c) Source Rocks
d) Seal (Cap) Rocks
e) Traps and Trapping Mechanism
f) Hydrocarbon Potential Plays
11. SOUTHERN FLANK OF THE RUB AL KHALI AND SANA’A BASIN
a) Introduction
b) Paleozoic Stratigraphy and Sedimentation
c) Structural Evolution
d) Hydrocarbon Habitat
e) Hydrocarbon Potential Plays
12. SOUTHERN RED SEA OFFSHORE AND COASTAL REGION (TIHAMAH) AND GULF OF
ADEN-HYDROCABRON POTENTIAL
a) Tectonic Evolution
b) Sequence Stratigraphy and Sedimentation
c) Source Rock
d) Thermal History and Hydrocarbon Migration and Accumulation
e) Reservoir
f) Seal (Cap) Rock
g) Hydrocarbon Potential Plays
13. SALT TECTONICS AND HYDROCARBON ACCUMULATIONS
14. HYDROCARBON PETROLEUM SYSTEMS AND EVENTS: AN OVERVIEW
15. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
17. REFERNECES CITED IN THE TEXT