Petroleum Geology of the MENA Region

This book presents a collection of scientific contributions organized into thematic and regional chapters, authored by leading research groups and experts from the MENA region and beyond. The chapters cover a broad range of topics, including the historical background and future visions of petroleum exploration; the tectonostratigraphic evolution and biostratigraphic framework of sedimentary basins; basin modeling; conventional and unconventional petroleum resources; source rocks; petroleum reservoirs and their characterization; hydrocarbon traps and seals; the hydrocarbon potential of the offshore Nile Delta; and exploration prospects in the Red Sea region. Additional topics include integrated litho-, bio-, and sequence-stratigraphic analyses; implications of sequence architecture and fluid geochemistry for play fairway mapping; applications of geophysical and artificial intelligence techniques in hydrocarbon exploration; machine learning in seismic interpretation; and palynological approaches to hydrocarbon studies. The book is intended for both emerging and experienced geoscientists, as well as professional specialists in academia and industry. It addresses an international readership with a particular interest in the MENA region and comparable global analogs. For students and early-career researchers in Earth Sciences, it offers a model of interdisciplinary collaboration across various scientific fields in petroleum exploration and production. For established scientists in academic and industry-based research, it presents the current state of knowledge, methodologies, and workflows. Finally, the book outlines perspectives for future research in the MENA region, emphasizing the importance of multidisciplinary approaches to exploring and producing resources from the deep subsurface.