Prospecting for oil in the Red Sea

Widatalla, Abdel Latif. Democratic Republic of the Sudan. Ministry of Industry and Mining. Geological Survey Department. Bulletin No. 20. Guide to Oil Exploration in Sudan.

€ 850,00

A comprehensive geological overview of oil exploration in Sudan at the start of the 1970s, with special focus on prospecting the Red Sea and the northern desert. With a preface by Abdel Latif Widatalla, Director of the Geological Survey Department, who went on to work with the Sudanese branch of the Chevron Oil Company, and compiled by Widatalla and Yousef Suleiman. The survey discusses the work undertaken in both main geographical zones of interest and the results, which were mixed but hopeful, along with notes on available literature and current legislation relevant to the petroleum industry.

The copy of Dr. Soliman Mahmoud Soliman, with his name signed "S. M. Soliman" on the upper right of the front wrapper. Soliman was professor of Geology in Qatar and previously Ain Shams University in Cairo; he published prolifically on topics related to oil prospecting in the Arab world, and especially in Arab League states.

Hint of toning and gentle wear, else near fine.