Title
Petroleum systems restoration of the Huallaga-MaraƱon Andean retroforeland Basin, Peru
Date Issued
01 January 2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
book part
Author(s)
Vela Y.
Hurtado C.
BolaƱos R.
Baby P.
Eude A.
Roddaz M.
Brusset S.
CalvĆØs G.
PERUPETRO S.A.
Publisher(s)
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Abstract
The Huallaga-MaraƱon retroforeland basin system of northern Peru is deformed by both thick- and thin-skinned tectonics. The thrust system is complex and resulted from the reactivation of a west-verging Permian fold and thrust belt capped by an important salt detachment. This chapter presents 2-D petroleum modeling from an updated balanced cross section and sequential restoration through the Huallaga-MaraƱon wedge-top basin. The sequential restoration has been calibrated by thermochronological dating and thickness variations in Cenozoic synorogenic sediments. It shows two important stages of the deformation (Middle Eocene and Late Early Miocene). Late Triassic/Early Jurassic Pucara Group and Late Cretaceous (Raya and Chonta formations) classic source rocks are present in the Huallaga-MaraƱon foreland basin, but the revision of the stratigraphy replaced in its updated structural context allowed us to highlight a new Late Permian source rock (Shinai Formation). 2-D modeling of kerogens maturity evolution and hydrocarbon (HC) accumulations in the sequential restoration shows that first Andean structures (Middle Eocene and Late Early Miocene) could preserve HC accumulations in the Chazuta thrust sheet footwall. In the eastern MaraƱon basin, more recent structures (Late Miocene-Pliocene) such as Santa Lucia could also have been charged. Deep subthrust structures stay unexplored in the Peruvian fold and thrust belts. The Huallaga-MaraƱon foreland system is probably the best example of subtrap attractiveness in Peru.
Start page
95
End page
116
Volume
114
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería del Petróleo, (combustibles, aceites), Energía, Combustibles
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85049802532
Source
AAPG Memoir
ISSN of the container
02718529
ISBN of the container
9780891813941
Sponsor(s)
This research project was conducted thanks to the IRD-PERUPETRO S.A. research agreement and received financial support from TOTAL and the Institut Carnot ISIFoR for field surveys and laboratory analysis. This article benefited from constructive review by Felipe Gonzalez-Penagos.
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