Petroleum System Appraisal in Compressive Area – An Example from Eastern Venezuela

E027 Petroleum system appraisal in compressive area: An example from Eastern Venezuela 1 FRÉDÉRIC J. S. SCHNEIDER Institut Français du Pétrole 1 & 4 avenue de Bois Préau 92852 Rueil-Malmaison France Email: [email protected] Introduction The area selected for this study is a north-south transect within the Eastern Venezuelan Basin. The focus of this study was to understand the geological history of the two major reservoir units (Upper Cretaceous and Oligocene Formations) of the El Furrial structure. In a first step mineralogical and geochemical data from the two Formations were collected. Some data were also collected for the surrounding seal the