Iraqi Kurdistan All in the Timing

Previous issues: www.geoexpro.com GEOSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EXPLAINED 54 Anne Whaley Sousou CONTENTS Vol. 12 No. 6 This edition of GEO ExPro focuses on North-West Europe, <strong>the</strong> Middle East and Mature Fields columns 5 Editorial 6 Market Update 8 Regional Update 10 Update 14 A M<strong>in</strong>ute to Read 18 Licens<strong>in</strong>g Opportunities 30 Recent Advances <strong>in</strong> Technology: Supercomput<strong>in</strong>g for Beg<strong>in</strong>ners II 38 GEO Profile: Mahmoud Abdulbaqi – Dedicated to <strong>the</strong> Industry 48 History of Oil: The Petroleum Gulf 78 GEO Tourism: The Ross Sea, Antarctica 82 GEO Education: Back to Source Rocks 86 Exploration Update 88 GEO Media: An Education <strong>in</strong> Oil 90 Hot Spot: Texas 92 Global Resource Management features 20 Seismic Foldout: Croatia’s 2016 Licence Round 26 Cover Story: <strong>Iraqi</strong> <strong>Kurdistan</strong> – It’s <strong>All</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Tim<strong>in</strong>g 34 Geology: Black and Blue 42 Seismic Foldout: The East Shetland Platform 54 Exploration: The Triassic Marg<strong>in</strong> Play 60 Reservoir Management: Avoid<strong>in</strong>g Reservoir Sour<strong>in</strong>g 64 Seismic Foldout: UK Cont<strong>in</strong>ental Shelf 70 Exploration: Lebanon – The New Levant<strong>in</strong>e Exploration Opportunity 74 Mature Fields: Teamwork at Rangely The distribution of phytoplankton <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> oceans is a key component of <strong>the</strong> carbon cycle and thus <strong>in</strong>strumental <strong>in</strong> source rock distribution. 82 The Levant Triassic marg<strong>in</strong> is a significant but underexplored frontier play. 74 NASA 42 64 16 10 20 86 74 90 70 54 26 48 38 16 86 16 18 86 18 78