Petroleum generation and maturation of the Arabian Gulf Region

Abstract EN

Th e result of applica tio n of Lupatin 's a nd Waples ' methods on gcncru ti on a nd maturation of petroleum in th e Arabian re gion pr ove s that the Permian and Triassic se dime ntary ro ck s are possible sou rces for o nly gas and th e Tertiary se dime nts have ge ne ra ted only heavy oil s (immature).

However.

the studv of th e Jurassic a nd Cretaceou s source ro cks indi cat es that th ey arc the main hydrocarbon gene ra to rs with large ar eal dist ribu tion s.

The superposition o f th e existing oil a nd gas field s ove r the petroleum generation maps furth er co nfirms the above result.