More than 6000 exploration and appraisal wells have been drilled in SW Iran since the
discovery of Masjid-i Soleiman in May 1908, resulting in the discovery of 124 oilfields and 57 …

As the second important oil reservoir of Iran, shallow-marine carbonates of the Sarvak
Formation were deposited in a tectonically active setting, under a warm and humid …

Carbonate reservoir heterogeneity, a multifaceted phenomenon in the domain of subsurface
exploration, plays a pivotal role in the assessment of hydrocarbon resources. The upper …

Abstract The Aptian Dariyan (Shu'aiba) Formation is one of the major Cretaceous reservoirs
in the Middle East. Despite its economic significance, an understanding of the influence of …

Abstract Eustatic controls on Early Cretaceous (Aptian) sedimentation in the western Tethys
are discerned in outcrops of carbonate platforms that developed in the Maestrat rift basin …

Abstract The early Aptian Selli Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a (ca 120 Ma) is a major Mesozoic
episode of biotic, climatic, environmental and geochemical perturbations associated with the …

The carbonate-dominated, mid-Cretaceous to early Cenozoic stratigraphy of north Kuwait
exhibits seismic evidence for karstification at multiple stratigraphic levels. Seismic …

Abstract The Aptian carbonate Dariyan Formation (Shu'aiba equivalent) is one of the most
important oil reservoirs in the Zagros Basin and the Persian Gulf (South and Southwest of …

This study delineates reservoir and non-reservoir zones in the Lower Cretaceous Dariyan
Formation as units that are characteristic of the stratigraphic section representative of …

Eogenetic karst has been regarded as a dominant origin of hydrocarbon reservoirs, whereas
quantifying the fluid-rock interactions and their impacts on porosity evolution during the …