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Petroleum geology of the niger delta geological society, london. Journal of petroleum geology is a quarterly journal devoted to the geology of oil and natural gas. The east orphan, porcupine, and galicia interior basins of the southern north atlantic ocean. The niger delta basin, also referred to as the niger delta province, is an extensional rift basin located in the niger delta and the gulf of guinea on the passive continental margin near the western coast of nigeria with suspected or proven access to cameroon, equatorial guinea and sao tome and principe. Petroleum geology of benue trough and southeastern chad basin. The northwest southeastern trending bida basin forms one of the major inland sedimentary basins in nigeria. Geochemists study the chemistry of petroleum and its sources to characterize the petroleum type, history and origin. The american association of petroleum geologists is an international organization with over 38,000 members in 100plus countries. The american association of petroleum geologists, aapg studies in geology 18 1984.
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Geology and total petroleum systems of the gulf of guinea. Nigeria has extensive natural resources and is the largest crude oil producer in africa and 20 billion barrels of reserves. This assessment was based on data from oil and gas wells and fields, field production records, and published geologic reports. Geological developments in the basin in terms of basin evolution and structural features have been discussed by many authors. Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the. Petroleum potentials of the nigerian benue trough and. Petroleum oil and gas geology and resources, this volume.