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GEOSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EXPLAINED

Geotourism: The Cape Penins

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In terms of oil reserves, the Middle East is second to none

This oil miracle of the world has been shaped by a set o

favorable factors, some global and others local, inscribed i

the geologic history of the region.

T tm Midd Et i nt witht pm. Fit, it h cni cnnttin, th tt ppd in th mid-nintnth cnty pt th Ep-cntd diviin th Eint th N, Midd nd F Et. Scnd, th i n cnn n th phic xtnt th Midd Et. Sm dn it th in twn Indi nd Eypt, in which c it hn pty dintd y th Unitd Ntin Wtn Ai. Oth dnitin dd NAic cnt Ai.

F th pp thi tic, th tm Midd Et c n th i-ich cnti thwt Ai incdin In, Iq, Syi, Kwit, Sdi Ai, Bhin, Qt, Unitd AEmit (UAE), Omn, nd Ymn. T tn cnti tth hv n 5. miiq imt t 3.4% Eth nd c, t thy p 6% wd nwi v nd 4% nt v.

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I R A N

S A U D I

A R A B I A

I R A Q

S Y R I A

Y E M E N

O M A N

QATAR

BAHRAIN

KUWAIT

Caspian

Sea

Persian

Gulf

Gulf of OmanU A ERe

dSea

Gulf

ofAd

en

10N

20N

30N

40N

40E 50E 60E

0 300 km

0 300 miles

Middle East

Rest of World

3853 tcf

G A S

2681 tcf

41%

59%

Middle East

754 bbl

Rest of World

504 bbl

O I L

60%

40%

Rasoul Sorkhabi (2009)

sequential devpmnt thy t p cntinnt mnt ccivy wy m th Gndwn min nd di

nthwd t jin th p-Ain cntin T pnin ch thy cn w cmpnid y xtnin tctnic whichtn, ctd cntinnt it din th Icmin (Edicn-Cmin tnitpid), th Odvicin, nd th Pminth Midd Et. T it in ddd v it ptm ntin in in.

At th nd th Pzic, Gndwmd with Li t m th t pcntinnt v, Pn. It w dthi tim tht Pt-thy cd nd N thy n pnin. In th Lt Cc, N-thy n t dct nth thn min p-Ai (n Anti-In-it min) nd hniz nti th cn cmpty dippdth Ecn nd v wy t nd in nt th iin Biti-Z-Himyn mntin.

Of the Earths total land

surface (149 millionsquare kilometers), tencountries in the MiddleEast account for only3.4% of the area butcontain 60% of worldsknown oil reserves and41% of natural gasreserves. Despite de-cades of explorationworldwide, we have notfound another MiddleEast.

Illustration:

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