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Hydrocarbon prospectivity of the Iranian sector of the Caspian Basin
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 73rd EAGE Conference and Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2011, May 2011, cp-238-00794
- ISBN: 978-90-73834-12-5
Abstract
The South Caspian basin is an underexplored basin in its Iranian segment. The relative scarcity of offshore<br>exploration wells is largely due to the overall water depth conditions in this part of the basin. The Iranian sector<br>of the Caspian Sea has the deepest water, at approximately 1,025 m (Fig. 1). Systematic petroleum exploration<br>activities have been started only in the past 50 years in the Iranian side. In contrast, some of the other Caspian<br>countries, such as Azerbaidjan, explore and produce in their part of the Caspian Basin for more than 150 years.