Geological model, advanced methods help unlock oil in Italy's Apennines

Journal Article · Mon Aug 23 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:5326219

D'Andrea, S; Pasi, R; Bertozzi, G; Dattilo, P ^[1]

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1. FINA Italiana SpA, Milan (Italy)

Tempa Rossa oil field is 50 km south of Potenza in the Basilicata region on the eastern side of the southern Apennine mountains at more than 1,000 m elevation. It represents one of the most interesting oil fields discovered in the Apulian platform target beneath a regional thickness of allochthonous strata of 4,000 m. The paper describes exploration techniques which should be used to explore this area, the geological framework, the Apulian platform foreland carbonates, well histories, and the Tempa Rossa reservoir. The Tempa Rossa oil discovery confirmed the remarkable petroleum potential of the southern Apennines. Other fields will be found only through improving and updating the geological model and testing the new geophysical processing techniques.

• OSTI ID: 5326219
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 91:34; ISSN OIGJAV; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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