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The Ghadames Basin of NW Libya contains more than 10 B brls oil‐equivalent in Palaeozoic siliciclastic reservoirs which are charged by organic‐rich “hot shales” in the Lower Silurian (Rhuddanian) Tanezzuft Formation. Geochemical analysis of 85 shale samples and ten oils from three fields (NC2, NC4 and NC7) in the central and northern part of the basin provides a robust description of the Tanezzuft...