Oil, gas potential in shallow water: Peru`s continental shelf basins
- BPZ and Associates Inc., Houston, TX (United States)
This third article of a series highlights the three sedimentary basins that underlie the 16 million acres of continental shelf adjacent to a 650-mile stretch of Peruvian coastline. This area lies roughly between the ports of Chiclayo and Pisco. These basins offer a variety of reservoirs, traps, and source-rock potential in water depths of less than 1,000 ft. They are characterized by a thick sequence of Neogene strata, underlain by Paleogene, Mesozoic, and Upper Paleozoic sediments down to as much as 7 sec two-way time on modern seismic records. In some places the sedimentary section may reach an aggregate thickness in excess of 50,000 ft. From north to south these contiguous shelf basins are the Sechura-Salaverry, Huacho, and Pisco basins. All three basins are described.
- OSTI ID:
- 675591
- Journal Information:
- Oil and Gas Journal, Vol. 96, Issue 46; Other Information: PBD: 16 Nov 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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