oa Petroleum Exploration Strategies in Mobile Belts

Foreland fold-and-thrust belts (FFTB) still comprise the World's largest petroleum reserves. However, due to their structural complexity, FFTB frequently constitute a frontier for the exploration. Based on the distribution of surficial seepages, first drillings were focused on shallow targets, either in shallow anticlines near the thrust front, or in dominantly stratigraphic traps, up-dope the regional foreland flexure.