Revision of the Jurassic and Cretaceous Oil-Bearing Formations in Lebanon: Outlook for estimating Lebanon's natural ressource in terms of valorization

Revision of the Jurassic and Cretaceous Oil-Bearing Formations in Lebanon: Outlook for estimating Lebanon's natural ressource in terms of valorization George S.G. Bellos Masters Degree Holder in Geology, and Archeology, and MBA in Management Educational Leqdeship and Managemeny Graduate Student, Lebanese International University Saloumi Road, Lebanon Abstract: The entire carbonate and marly sequences in the Nahr Ibrahim section, Northern Central Lebanon, and the following descriptions are based on Dr. Fadi Nader's research work ( source ). Other works were cited for the descriptions of the Bhanness, Salima and Chouf formations ( source ). The present work briefly outlined the hydrocarbon potential of the Mesozoic deposits in Lebanon as well as proposing a petroleum assessment for the area using PetroMod if avaliable ( source ). In this work, the Jurassic-Cretaceous rock formations of Lebanon have been revisited with a focus on petroleum prospects (see: Figure 1 for stratigraph...