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It has been said that Persian Gulf countries are both blessed and cursed by their vast oil and gas reserves. Geologic forces ...

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The continental collisions that created this narrow Mideast waterway endowed the region with its petrochemical riches—and ...

Vernacular authority in the oil field -- Collaborative authority : nineteenth-century foundations of petroleum geology -- Contested knowledge -- Shared authority : practical oil men and professional ...

The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway pinched between Iran and Oman’s Musandam Peninsula, sits at the intersection of deep ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently issued a new working paper called “The Future of Oil: Geology versus Technology” (free PDF), which should be of interest to people who are following ...

Region’s enormous reserves are the result of ancient seas, organic-rich sediments, ideal rock layers and millions of years of ...

There is something almost defiant about the Rub' al Khali. It sits in the southeastern stretch of the Arabian Peninsula, massive and indifferent, swallowing ...

One fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas shipments typically pass through the narrow Strait of Hormuz on their way out of the Persian Gulf. But the Strait was effectively closed soon ...