There are a number of petroleum systems which have been identified in the Kurdistani Zagros Province.The Zagros Mountains of Kurdistan region are one of the most prolific fold- thrust belts in the World.The Zagros Mountains of Kurdistan region are one of the most prolific fold- thrust belts in the World.The Kurdistan segment of the Zagros is bounded by the Zagros suture from NE and laps on to the Arabian plate as the deformation front has migrated southwestward since the collision.Inefficiently-explored foldbelt/foreland basin with world-class HC system and partly undeveloped discovered resources in Tertiary-Cretaceous carbonate and clastic reservoirs in large anticline traps.The region is characterized by complex geology with widely distributed fold-and-thrust dislocations which attenuate south-westwards - from Zagros folded zone to the Mesopotamian lowlands