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Virtual Research Symposium
SouthEast Caribbean & Guiana basins – 17 / 18 September 2020
Guyana Suriname basin: Exploration past, brilliant present and promising future of a new world class basin
Max Torres, Partner
World class E&P plays in LatAm
Basin configuration : Gravity map and crustal elements
Guyana Suriname contract evolution 15 years
Guyana Suriname basin multiple play summary
DSDP 144 (1970) and ODP 207 (2003)
Exceptional Cretaceous source rock
Geochemical signature Cretaceous source rock
First wave: Shelf edge and platform plays
Shelf edge and platform plays – Listric rotated blocks
First wave: Shelf edge and platform plays
Carbonate reservoirs: Reef, platform and patch reef
Subtle structural closures
Second wave: Basin floor fans, slope fans and canyon plays
Third Wave : Berbice canyon play – Shallow water plays
Berbice canyon deep water play
BERBICE CANYON SYSTEM – 3dr Order Sequences
Oligocene West Tapir slope canyon play
Oligocene slope fans deep water play
Second wave: Basin floor fans and slope canyon plays
Ultra deep water plays : Aptian rotated fault block play
Ultra deep water plays : Aptian rotated fault block play analogs
Guyana Suriname plays : Suriname Aptian reef build up
Conclusions
- Powerful Aptian to Cenomanian Type II source rock
- Large influx of reservoir prone sands from PC Guyana shield
- Efficient conduits from platform/slope canyons to slope fand and basin floor fans
- Proven plays in Cretaceous basin floor and slope fan plays near 9 BBO found
- Failures related to lack of charge in shallower sections. Efficient Paleogene seal
- Future potential in Berbice canyon, Aptian rotated fault blocks and reef buildup plays
