Tectonic styles, reevaluation of plays in southeastern France

Journal Article · Mon Oct 31 04:00:00 EST 1994 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:7120057

Deville, E; Mascle, A ^[1]; Lamiraux, C ^[2]; Le Bras, A ^[3]

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1. Inst. Francais du Petrole, Rueil-Malmaison (France)
2. Minestere de l'industrie-Direction des Hydrocarbures, Rueil-Malmaison (France)
3. Compagnie Generale de Geophysique, Massay (France)

Two major onshore sedimentary basins of Mesozoic age in France, the Paris and Aquitaine basins, have been intensively explored for about 40 years and contain a significant amount of hydrocarbons which presently still accounts for 4% of oil and 10% of gas for French domestic needs. Nevertheless, other Mesozoic basins are also present in the southeastern part of France, in front of the Alpine and Provincial Tertiary thrust belts. The level of activity here is presently very low, as the first phases of exploration in the 1950s to 1970s have been rather disappointing. In order to attract new players in these frontier area the French public authorities have decided to slightly modify the policy of license attributions. Among other aspects the new policy will include: (1) a simplification of the investigation procedure related to exploration licenses by suppression of the initial public inquiry; (2) an improvement of the transparency during the awarding of mining rights, by indicating the criteria that will be required for the selecting of the petitioner; and (3) a relaxing of regulations. The paper describes the geology of S.E. France, early exploration, seismic surveys, the Jura thrust belt, Bresse basin, the Vercors-Chartreuse, Southeast basin, and Carbieres zone.

• OSTI ID: 7120057
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 92:44; ISSN OIGJAV; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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