Sirte Basin
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The Sirte Basin is a major sedimentary basin in Libya known for its extensive oil and gas reserves and central role in the country’s petroleum industry.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hydrocarbon province
ⓘ
sedimentary basin ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Cyrenaica Platform
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saharan Platform NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibesti Uplift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | arid ⓘ |
| contains |
Gulf of Sirte
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sirte oil province NERFINISHED ⓘ gas fields ⓘ oil fields ⓘ |
| country | Libya ⓘ |
| developmentStarted | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| economicImportance | major center of Libya petroleum industry ⓘ |
| geologicalAge |
Cenozoic
ⓘ
Mesozoic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasExplorationActivity |
exploration drilling
ⓘ
seismic surveys ⓘ |
| hasProductionInfrastructure |
export terminals
GENERATED
ⓘ
oil pipelines GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasResourceType |
crude oil
ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ |
| hasStratigraphy |
Cretaceous formations
ⓘ
Neogene formations ⓘ Paleogene formations ⓘ |
| hasStructuralStyle |
fault blocks
ⓘ
tilted fault blocks ⓘ |
| hasTectonicSetting |
extensional regime
ⓘ
rift basin ⓘ |
| hosts | giant oil fields ⓘ |
| hydrocarbonSystem |
marine carbonate system
ⓘ
mixed carbonate-clastic system ⓘ |
| isMainHydrocarbonRegionOf | Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
large oil reserves
ⓘ
natural gas reserves ⓘ |
| locatedIn | North Africa ⓘ |
| locatedOnshoreOffshore |
offshore
GENERATED
ⓘ
onshore GENERATED ⓘ |
| majorProductionPeriod | second half of 20th century ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gulf of Sirte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlies | Precambrian basement ⓘ |
| partOf | Libyan petroleum system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playsRoleIn |
Libya export revenues
ⓘ
global oil supply ⓘ |
| primaryLithology |
carbonate rocks
ⓘ
clastic rocks ⓘ |
| sourceRockAge | Cretaceous ⓘ |
| trapTypes |
stratigraphic traps
ⓘ
structural traps ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.