Namibe basin: geology and hydrocarbon potential, Angola

Conference · Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1989 · AAPG (Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol.) Bull.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5966530

Abilio, S; Inkollu, S N.M.

Namibe basin is located in the south-central Atlantic off southern Angola. Its occurrence in Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous continental rifting is coeval to the Santos of eastern Brazil. In this frontier-type, marginal sag basin, a 420-km sediment depocenter is estimated along a north-south elongation axis. Walvis Ridge bounds the basin's southern flank offshore, and desert sand covers the onshore strata. Regional unconformities are drawn from contiguous Kwanza and Congo basins. A potentially large reservoir is a 100-mi linear shelf-edge Albian carbonate inferred to be a buildup or bank. Other potential reservoirs are lacustrine sands/carbonates found near basement horst blocks and deep-basin Tertiary turbidites sourced from the shelf due to rapid sand deposition on a steep shelf-slope. The basin's excellent hydrocarbon potential is emphasized by marine and lacustrine source-rich shale deposition in optimal mature zones.

• Research Organization: Sociedade Nacional de Combustiveis de Angola, Luanda
• OSTI ID: 5966530
• Report Number(s): CONF-890404-
• Journal Information: AAPG (Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol.) Bull.; (United States), Vol. 73:3; Conference: AAPG annual convention with DPA/EMD Divisions and SEPM, San Antonio, TX, USA, 23-26 Apr 1989
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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