Western Black Sea onshore: evolution and petroleum potential

Conference · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · AAPG Bull.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5904161

Bird, P R; Clark-Lowes, D D; Gorur, N; More, C

The western Black Sea onshore area forms part of the Rhodope-Pontide fragment, one of a number of microcontinental plates which collided during the closure of the Neotethys Sea. Integration of seismic, field, and borehole data has established the tectonic evolution of the region and demonstrated its hydrocarbon potential. In the Late Jurassic a widespread, uniform sequence of carbonates was deposited. This platform began to break up in the Aptian with the onset of Black Sea rifting. Shallow marine sands of reservoir quality were deposited on relict highs, while organic-rich shales accumulated in subsiding troughs. Continued differential subsidence and turbiditic sedimentation characterized the Late Cretaceous and Eocene, resulting in the burial and subsequent maturation of Paleozoic and Cretaceous source rocks. Late to post-Eocene fold-and-thrust tectonics created the main prospective structures. Preliminary burial history analysis indicates post-tectonic generation and migration. Hydrocarbon plays exist in both the Cretaceous and Paleozoic successions.

• Research Organization: Scott Pickford and Associates Ltd., Croydon (England)
• OSTI ID: 5904161
• Report Number(s): CONF-8809346-
• Journal Information: AAPG Bull.; (United States), Vol. 72:8; Conference: Mediterranean Basins conference and exhibition, Nice, France, 25-28 Sep 1988
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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