Published in the UK © 2012 Scientific Press Ltd.

Among the papers we hope to publish in 2012 and beyond are the following (abbreviated titles, listed alphabetically by authors' names):

• Thermal - tectonic geovalidation of basin models: example from the Faras field, North Western Desert, Egypt
by M. Abouelresh and J. D. Pigott (Suez Canal University / Univ Oklahoma)

• A geochemical evaluation of thermal maturity and depositional palaeoenvironments of seven Cretaceous formations from the East Sirte Basin (Libya)
by S. Aboglila (Misratah University / Curtin University) et al.

• Organic geochemistry of the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Kazhdumi Formation in Marun field, Dezful Embayment, SW Iran
by S. Abdolzadeh, M. R. Kamali (RIPI Tehran) et al

• Statistical analysis of diplogs from exploration wells in Northern Croatia (Drava Depression)
by M. Cvetkovic (Zagreb University) et al.

• Petroleum geology of the Fula sub-basin, Muglad Basin, Sudan
by Dou Lirong (China Natl Oil and Gas Corpn, Beijing)

• Source rock potential of the Água de Madeiros Formation (Lower Jurassic), Lusitanian Basin, Portugal
L. Duarte (University of Coimbra, Portugal) et al.

• Overpressures in the South Caspian Basin, Azerbaijan: nature and prediction
by A. A. Feyzullayev and A. Shykhaliyev (Geology Institute of Azerbaijan)

• Potential source rocks in the Termit Basin, Niger
by M. Harouna (University of Niamey, Niger) and R. P. Philp

• Biomarker characteristics of crude oils from the Murzuq Basin, SW Libya
by T. Hodairi and P. Philp (University of Oklahaoma)

• Tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Kopet Dagh Basin (NW Iran) during the Jurassic
by M. A. Kavoosi (NIOC) et al.

• The tight Danian Ekofisk chalk reservoir formation in the South Arne Field, North Sea: Mineralogy and porosity properties
by H. Lindgreen et al. (GEUS, Denmark)

• Upper Permian carbonate-evaporite atoll development at the Zielin oil and gasfield, Western Poland
by Z. Mikolajewski (POGC), M. Slowakiewicz, K. Kwolek and I. Matyasik

• New contribution to the tectonic study of the Palmyrides fold belt, Syria
by M. Mouty (Damascus University)

• Geochemistry of oils, seeps and source rocks from Belize and Guatemala, Central America: indications of carbonate-sourced petroleum systems
by H. I. Petersen (GEUS, Denmark) et al.

• Flow unit distribution and reservoir modelling in a Cretaceous carbonate ramp: mid-Cretaceous Sarvak Formation, SW Iran
by H. Rahimpour-Bonab et al. (University of Tehran)

• Permeability estimation in the Fahliyan Formation, Iran
by R. Rezaee (Curtin University, Australia)

• Seismically inferred reef build-up development modes. the Halk el Menzel platform, Tunisia
by K. M. Sebei et al. (Faculty of Sciences of Tunisia)

• Geochemistry of oils and petroleum potential of the Middle Cambrian succession in the central part of the Baltic basin
by O. Zdanaviciute et al. (IGG Vilnius Lithuania)

• Diagenesis and pore-lining chlorite cements in lacustrine-deltaic sandstones from the Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, China
Xia Zhang et al. (Nanjing University)