Sedimentology and depositional model for the Early Miocene Oficina Formation in the Petrocedeño Field (Orinoco heavy-oil belt, Venezuela)

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 354-380

  Martinius, A W ^a,b   Hegner, J ^a,c,d   Kaas, I ^a,b   Bejarano, C ^a   Mathieu, X ^a,c   Mjos R ^a,b  

^a CBP Edificio C D Centro Bahia de Pozuelos PDVSA ^*  (Spain)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c TOTAL   (France)

^d Edificio PDVSA Guaraguao   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Early Miocene sea level curve; Fluid mud; Inclined heterolithic stratification; Oficina formation; Orinoco heavy oil belt; Petrocede o; Tidal delta

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; COMPRESSIONAL TECTONICS; DELTA PLAIN; DEPOSITIONAL MODELS; EARLY MIOCENE; ESTUARY SYSTEM; MARINE SHALES; MEANDERING CHANNEL; OFICINA FORMATION; SEA-LEVEL CURVES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; THIRD-ORDER; TIDAL DELTA; VENEZUELA;

SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TIDAL POWER;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

COMPRESSION; DELTA; DEPOSITION; HEAVY OIL; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MEANDER; MIOCENE; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHALE; STRATIFICATION; TECTONICS; TRANSGRESSION;

JUNIN; ORINOCO BELT; PERU; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84861692845     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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