GIS in an Overview of Iraq Petroleum Geology By

Georeferenced maps of Iraq, almost entirely from AAPG publications, are presented herein to show the overall framework of this country within a region that contains vast petroleum resources and to show some features of representative fields. Several maps of fields are accompanied by cross-sections; correlation diagrams for Northern and Southern Iraq are presented along with a tabulation of the various producing stratigraphic units. For presentation, each map utilizes the geographic coordinate system wherein each increment of latitude and longitude is equal.* An additional item that is presented in this preliminary compilation is a database of giant fields in Iraq, from the comprehensive databases of giant fields compiled by M.K. Horn to be incorporated in the soon-to-be-published AAPG Memoir, Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the Decade 1990-1999. *Maps presented herein are available in ARCview, from AAPG online bookstor