'''Petroleum province''', a geographic term, is an area where petroleum occurs in commercial quantities. Basin is sometimes used geographically to mean petroleum province, such as the Williston Basin or Paris Basin. The Zagros fold belt could be a structural province or a petroleum province, not a basin. | '''Petroleum province''', a geographic term, is an area where petroleum occurs in commercial quantities. Basin is sometimes used geographically to mean petroleum province, such as the Williston Basin or Paris Basin. The Zagros fold belt could be a structural province or a petroleum province, not a basin. |