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[[file:M106h04Fig01.jpg|thumb|300px|{{figure number|1}}Map of Libya, showing location, the surface geology, and the major tectonic elements (modified after Rusk<ref name=Rusk_2001>Rusk, D. C., 2001, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir74/m74ch22/m74ch22.htm Libya: Petroleum potential of the underexplored basin centers&emdash;A twenty-first-century challenge], ''in'' M. W. Downey, J. C. Threet, and W. A. Morgan, eds., Petroleum provinces of the twenty-first century: AAPG Memoir 74, p. 429-452.</ref>; Ramos et al.<ref name=Ramosetal_2006>Ramos, E., M. Marzo, J. M. de Gibert, K. Tawengi, A. Khoja, and N. D. Bolatti, 2006, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/2006/09sep/BLTN05075/BLTN05075.HTM Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Middle Ordovician Haouaz Formation (Murzuq Basin, Libya]): AAPG Bulletin, v. 90, no. 9, p. 1309-1336.</ref>). 500 km (310.7 mi).]]

[[file:M106h04Fig01.jpg|thumb|300px|{{figure number|1}}Map of Libya, showing location, the surface geology, and the major tectonic elements (modified after Rusk<ref name=Rusk_2001>Rusk, D. C., 2001, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir74/m74ch22/m74ch22.htm Libya: Petroleum potential of the underexplored basin centers&emdash;A twenty-first-century challenge], ''in'' M. W. Downey, J. C. Threet, and W. A. Morgan, eds., Petroleum provinces of the twenty-first century: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=77 AAPG Memoir 74], p. 429-452.</ref>; Ramos et al.<ref name=Ramosetal_2006>Ramos, E., M. Marzo, J. M. de Gibert, K. Tawengi, A. Khoja, and N. D. Bolatti, 2006, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/2006/09sep/BLTN05075/BLTN05075.HTM Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Middle Ordovician Haouaz Formation (Murzuq Basin, Libya]): AAPG Bulletin, v. 90, no. 9, p. 1309-1336.</ref>). 500 km (310.7 mi).]]

Libya produces 1.74 million barrels of oil a day. Future exploration and development will increase this amount. The producing sedimentary basins in Libya are the Sirt, Ghadamis, Murzuq, and Tripolitania Basins, collectively containing the country’s major 320 producing oil fields. The total reserves exceed 44 billion barrels of recoverable oil and 37 trillion cubic feet of gas. The Silurian and Upper Cretaceous sections, rich in type II kerogen, form the source rocks for the petroleum and gas in these basins.  

Libya produces 1.74 million barrels of oil a day. Future exploration and development will increase this amount. The producing sedimentary basins in Libya are the Sirt, Ghadamis, Murzuq, and Tripolitania Basins, collectively containing the country’s major 320 producing oil fields. The total reserves exceed 44 billion barrels of recoverable oil and 37 trillion cubic feet of gas. The Silurian and Upper Cretaceous sections, rich in type II kerogen, form the source rocks for the petroleum and gas in these basins.