Cretaceous to Holocene structural and stratigraphic development in south Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, inferred from well and three-dimensional seismic data

Castillo, María Verónica; Mann, Paul

doi:10.1306/10130505036

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“…The Maracaibo syncline closely controls the present-day geographic configuration of the basin and the location of its marginal oil seeps ( Figure 3). The convergent structural styles seen on seismic lines at deeper levels in the basin are controlled by Oligocene and Miocene inversion of Eocene rift-related structures in the central part of the basin (Escalona and Mann, 2003b;Castillo and Mann, 2006;Duerto et al, 2006). Eocene inversion of riftrelated structures also caused faulting of lower Miocene rocks overlying Eocene reservoir rocks.…”

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An overview of the petroleum system of Maracaibo Basin

Escalona

Mann

2006

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Mann

2006

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“…9, 10 and 11). To summarize the geologic interpretations and identify any observable paleogeomorphic features, maps of horizontal time slices were made for specific time slices in the manner used by Escalona and Mann (2003) and Castillo and Mann (2006) (Fig. 7).…”

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Miocene-to-recent structure and basinal architecture along the Central Range strike-slip fault zone, eastern offshore Trinidad

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Mann

Escalona

2011

Marine and Petroleum Geology

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“…This basin extended some 50 000 km 2 across portions of north-west Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia (Castillo & Mann 2006). It was part of the Lower Cretaceous passive continental margin (Vahrenkamp et al 1993) (Fig.…”

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Realizing complex carbonate facies, diagenetic and fracture properties with standard reservoir modelling software

Pöppelreiter

Balzarini

Hansen³

et al. 2008

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Geocellular modelling of diagenetically altered carbonates is challenging as geometries and pore systems often appear irregular. It has long been recognised, however, that tectonic evolution forms a framework that can influence patterns of carbonate facies, diagenesis and fracturing, the combination of which determines reservoir geometries and properties. Unravelling these processes can reveal trends that were not evident from well data alone. Such trends are useful in building geocellular models that extrapolate reservoir properties along them and can be used for economic screening of undrilled areas. This paper shows how standard reservoir modelling software can be used to model complex geology. In particular, it is shown how a carbonate reservoir model was constructed based on concepts of facies, burial diagenesis, hydrocarbon charge and fracturing. Workflows are discussed that were employed to distribute reservoir properties related to these processes.

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Cretaceous to Holocene structural and stratigraphic development in south Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, inferred from well and three-dimensional seismic data

Cited by 23 publications

References 17 publications

An overview of the petroleum system of Maracaibo Basin

An overview of the petroleum system of Maracaibo Basin

Miocene-to-recent structure and basinal architecture along the Central Range strike-slip fault zone, eastern offshore Trinidad

Realizing complex carbonate facies, diagenetic and fracture properties with standard reservoir modelling software

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