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Lineament (VDL) contribute in post-orogeny shaping <strong>and</strong> could also help migration of HC<br />

generated from nearby intra-platform basins.<br />

Despite the fact that the regional platform architecture setting is less studied <strong>and</strong> understood<br />

than the fertile Ionian basin in the south <strong>and</strong> because of discouraging results over the years,<br />

the future petroleum exploration efforts in this region should be diverted more <strong>and</strong> more<br />

towards the platform sub-thrust plays.<br />

Fig. 1: General view of the NW Albania – Montenegro region. Despite abundant oil<br />

shows in the region no discovery has been achieved so far till now.<br />

Fig. 2: Simplified geo-tectonic map showing the morphology between South Adriatic<br />

Basin <strong>and</strong> the Kruja-Dalmatian platform zones (After OMV, 2000).<br />

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