Geology of North Africa and Arabia
Information, Exchange and Research

Academic Geological Studies and Resources in Tunisia

• Geometry and internal discontinuities of an Ypresian carbonate reservoir (SIT field, Tunisia) (PhD thesis, HASLER Claude-Alain).
• Ground penetrating radar study in Tunisia (Southern Illinois University).
• U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2202-C: Total Petroleum Systems of the Trias/Ghadames Province, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya -- The Tanezzuft-Oued Mya, Tanezzuft-Melrhir, and Tanezzuft-Ghadames (by T.R. Klett).
• U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2202-D: Total petroleum systems of the Pelagian Province, Tunisia, Libya, Italy and Malta - the Bou Dabbous - Tertiary and Jurassic-Cretaceous composite (by T.R. Klett).
• Characterisation of the El Garia Formation, Tunisia (PhD research undertaken at Cardiff University by Simon Beavington-Penney).

Commercial Geological Studies in Tunisia

• North African Sequence Stratigraphy & Petroleum Geology, Tunisia Field Course by Neftex

Oil & Gas Exploration

• Overview oil and gas activities (Mbendi).
• National Oil Company: Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières (ETAP).
• Agip (ENI).
• BG.
• Lundin Petroleum.
• Exploration data / reports offered by First Exchange.
• Manfred Hauptmann International Geological Consulting: Tunisian petroleum systems, facies analysis, sequence stratigraphy, palaeogeography.
• Centurion Energy International Inc. Projects in Tunisia.
• Serept (Société de Recherche et d'Exploitation des Pétroles en Tunisie).
• Carthago Oil Company Tunisia: holder of the Medjerda Exploration Block in northern Tunisia.

Mining Industry

• Overview (MBendi).

Landmines

• Landmine Monitor: provides a summary of landmine information for Tunisia.

Tunisia - General Information

• Tunisia.com, country information
• Daily news by allAfrica.com.
• Country overview (Miftah Shamali).
• Country profile (MBendi).
• Digital maps.
• CIA Factbook - Tunisia. Statistics on the nation's geography, people, government, economy and transportation, with a map.
• Tunisia travel advice. Foreign and Commonwealth Office offers advice for travellers to Tunisia. Includes embassy contact details.
• MSN Encarta - Tunisia. Provides pictures of the North African country and information about Tunisia's land, economy, population, and natural resources.
• ABYZ news links for Tunisia.
• Geological and topographic Tunisian maps available from Geopubs.