El Hamra Permit, Southern Tunisia – Application of Surface Geology to Oil Exploration

S031 EL HAMRA PERMIT SOUTHERN TUNISIA – APPLICATION OF SURFACE GEOLOGY TO OIL EXPLORATION 1 L. MACCHI 1 E. CAAMANO 2 D. KLEPACKI 3 and R. SANDMAN 1 1 Reservoir Associates International Laburnum House Shocklach Cheshire SY14 7BT U.K. 2 Pioneer Natural Resources USA Inc. The El Hamra exploration permit is located some 50km north of the El Borma Field in southern Tunisia and covers an area of 5122km 2 of which approximately 3350km 2 is buried by sand dunes of the eastern flank of the Erg Oriental. This paper presents the results of a reconnaissance geological survey conducted in