petroleum geology Flashcards
includes both the depression and sediment
basin
- a complex igneous and metamorphic rocks in continental areas
- negative relief with respect to their surrounding
basement
areas that receives normal veneer of sed cover over the basement
-neutral reliefr
platform or shelves
- recieve thinner than ave seds
- persistent regional positive relief
arches
3 types of basements
igneous volcanic complex
sedimentary basements
metamorphic complexes
geometry of basins
- 1000 sq. km
- 2-10 km thickness
- varies in shape
- some are embayments
tectonic settings of basins
- convergent
- divergent - 1st stage of rifting
types of basins used in the phillippines
3 - forearc, backarc, rift
a basin with moderate to high geothermal gradient and typified by volcano-clastic reservoirs
backarc basin
a type of basin with limited HC potential, low geothermal gradient, and scarcity of good clastic reservoir
forearc basin
basin with insufficient trap size, high geothermal gradient, and inadequate development of source rocks
rift basins
how many basins does the philippines have
16 - all in all
9 - phil mobile belt
backarc basins in the philippines
- visayan basin
- southheast luzon basin
- cotabato basin
- sulu sea basin
forearc basins in the philippines
- ilocos trough
- central luzon basin
- west luzon basin
- west masbate-iloilo basin
- agusan-davao basin
- bicol shelf
- east palawan basin
rift basins in the philippines
- NW palawan basin
- Mindoro-Cuyo platform
- SW palawan basin
- reed bank basin
biggest basin in the philippine sea plate
west philippine basin
it refers to the specific set of geological disciplines that deals with the study of origin, movement, accumulation, and exploration of HC fuels
petroleum geology
the mineralogy composition of rocks and pore-fluid chemistry
geochemistry
structures involved in trapping and data gathering in wells
geophysics
transformation of plants and animals into HC and fossil life
biology - biochem, paleo
used for the identification of maturity of the petroleum
paleontology
comes from the word “petra” means rock and “oleum” means oil and essentially made up of HC compound
petroelum