Abstract
This chapter elaborates on the hydrocarbon habitat of the Zagros basin. The Zagros Basin is the second largest basin in the Middle East, with an area of about 553,000 sq km (213,500 sq mi). It extends from Turkey, northeastern Syria, and northeastern Iraq through northwestern Iran and continues into southeastern Iran. The western limit is less well-defined; however, in a broad sense, it laps onto the Arabian Plate. In the southeast, the limit lies offshore in the Arabian Gulf; in the northwest, it lies west of the Euphrates Valley up to the Turkish-Syrian border, where the Ha’il- Rutbah-Ga’ara Arch converges with the Zagros Mountains. It encompasses an area containing two-thirds of the world's oil and one-third of its gas in a narrow belt, which is some 2,500 km long and 5-700 km wide (1,555 x 435 mi).
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