Title: Petroleum Systems of Western South America Assessed from Oil Geochemistry and Basin Redefinitions: Abstract
Abstract: The Sub-Andean basins of South America are among the most prolific oil-producing areas of the world. From western Venezuela to southern Argentina there are no fewer than sixteen separate oil productive basins which lie directly east of the Andes. Production is from formations ranging in age from Devonian to Tertiary and recoverable oil to date exceeds 80 billion barrels, of which approximately 50 billion barrels have already been produced. The sedimentary basins of South America that occur around the PreCambrian Guyana and Brazilian shield areas, along the Andean mountain chain, and offshore on the continental margins contain sedimentary rocks ranging from Paleozoic to Cenozoic age. These basins are described by their relationship to the Mesozoic Andean volcanic arc as forearc Coastal basins and backarc Sub-Andean and Intermontane basins.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-07-26
Language: en
Type: article
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