Exploration for deep oil and gas accumulations, which refers to those at burial depths of no less than 15,000 ft (about 4,572 m), deserves more specialized attention. Excluding the US onshore Lower 48 ...
Esso Standard made the first Libyan oil discovery in the western Ghadames basin in 1957. The Atshan-2 well tested oil from Devonian sandstones, and the play was a continuation of the Paleozoic trend ...