Gale A. Norton, Secretary 

U.S. Geological Survey 

Available from: 

For more information about the Putumayo-Oriente-Maranon Province of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru—Mesozoic-Cenozoic and Paleozoic Petroleum Systems, please contact: 

Debra Higley higley@usgs.gov (303) 236-5791 U.S. Geological Survey Denver Federal Center P.O. Box 25046, M.S. 939 Denver, CO 80225 

READ ME FIRST 

This readme file contains the following information:

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THIS PUBLICATION MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR PC NT/WINDOWS SYSTEMS MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR MACINTOSH SYSTEMS MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR UNIX SYSTEMS DISCLAIMERS INSTRUCTIONS AND DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS DIGITAL DATA SERIES PUBLICATION

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THIS PUBLICATION 

This report is an evaluation of oil and gas resources for petroleum systems of the Putumayo-Oriente-Maranon province of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. This assessment is a product of the World Energy Project of the U.S. Geological Survey, under the direction of Thomas Ahlbrandt. For this project, the land surface of the Earth was divided into 8 regions and 937 geologic provinces for purposes of assessing global oil and gas resources. Provinces were then ranked based on volumes of discovered petroleum, and on this basis 76 “priority” provinces and 25 “boutique” provinces were selected for individual study. Priority provinces, such as the Putumayo-Oriente-Maranon province, are all outside the U.S. and were selected for their high ranking. Boutique provinces are also exclusive of the U.S. and were chosen for various geologic and other reasons. The petroleum geology of these provinces is described in a series of reports like the one presented here. Complete oil and gas resource assessment results are presented in USGS DDS-60 (2000), although some data and results are contained within individual province reports. 
 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR PC NT/WINDOWS SYSTEMS 

1. IBM or 100 percent compatible personal computer, i486™ or Pentium® processor-based 

2. MS- or PC-DOS version 3.3 or later 

3. Microsoft Windows 95, or later, or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or later 

4. Microsoft compatible mouse 

5. 10 MB of available RAM on Windows 95 and Windows 98 (16 MB recommended) 

6. 16 MB of available RAM on Windows NT (24 MB recommended) 

7. An extended-VGA video board with a minimum screen resolution of 640 by 480 pixels and 256 colors 

8. A minimum of 10 MB available hard disk space 

9. CD-ROM drive and software supporting ISO 9660 standards 

10. Adobe Acrobat Reader Installer v. 4.0 is included on this CD-ROM and can be loaded onto your computer 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR MACINTOSH SYSTEMS 

1. A Macintosh computer (Macintosh II series with 68020 or greater processor, including all Power Macintosh computers), with MacOS (Operating System) 7.1.2 or later 

2. Minimum of 4.5 MB application RAM; 6.5 MB or greater is recommended 

3. 8 MB of hard disk space 

4. This program requires a Macintosh with a 13�� or larger color monitor and CD-ROM drive. The drive and software should support ISO 9660 or HFS standards 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR UNIX SYSTEMS 

1. Sun SPARCstation, SunOS 4.1.3 or later, or Solaris 2.3, or later, Open Windows (3.0 or later), Motif (1.2.3 or later), OpenLook version 3.0, or Common Desktop Environment (CDE) 1.0, 12 MB of available hard disk space, 32 MB RAM 

2. Hewlett Packard HP workstation, 9000 series workstation model 700 or 800 HP-UX 9.0.3 or later, X Window System X11R5 with HP-VUE or CDE 1.0, 12 MB hard disk space, 32 MB RAM 

3. Silicon Graphics workstation, IRIS 5.3 or later, 12 MB of available hard disk space, 32 MB of RAM 

4. IBM RS/6000 workstation, AIR® 4.1 or later operating system CDE 1.0 or Motif window manager, 12 MB of available hard disk space, 32 MB RAM 

DISCLAIMERS 

This Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) publication was prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. 

Although all data and software published on this CD-ROM have been used by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and related materials and (or) the functioning of the software. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of this data, software, or related materials. 

INSTRUCTIONS AND DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS DIGITAL DATA SERIES PUBLICATION 

To get started 

1. Viewing the contents of this publication requires installation on a computer of Adobe Acrobat Reader, v. 4.0 and later. Acrobat Reader Installer is included on this CD-ROM. Install Acrobat Reader v. 4.0 on your hard drive if not already installed. Refer to the associated readme and text files supplied with the Acrobat Reader software for installation information. Adobe Acrobat Reader is also available for download free of charge from the following website (current as of January 2001): Adobe Incorporated (www.adobe.com). Help files and online manuals located at these websites describe installation and use of the software. The Acrobat Reader software is described in more detail in the Online Guide that can be accessed once you open the Acrobat application. 

2. Launch Acrobat Reader and open the “putumayo.pdf” file located on the CD-ROM. 

3. Hints for using Adobe Acrobat Reader. The Acrobat toolbar is located along the top of the program’s open window. Most of the icons in the toolbar are self explanatory. The arrow icons scroll through the document one page at a time. The bar-arrow icons move to the first or last page in the PDF file. The double-arrow icon allows the user to back up to previous views. 

The PDF files contain several buttons that facilitate navigation within and between files. The left and right pointing red triangles advance the reader to the previous and the next page in the PDF file. The “Go Back” button, the left pointing arrow in the toolbar, can be used to return to the previous view. This is especially useful for returning from references in the text. Several clicks on the “Go Back” button may be required since each panning or magnification change is considered a view by the Adobe Acrobat Reader software. The magnification glass icon can be accessed in the toolbar at the top of the screen to zoom in or out. The “Thumbnail” icons accessible on the left side of the screen can be clicked to jump directly to that page. The page that is currently displayed will be highlighted. A box on the “Thumbnail” shows which portion of the page is being displayed. Moving this box will display a different portion of the page. Changing the size of the box will also change the amount of enlargement. The “Bookmarks” accessed on the left side of the screen can be clicked to take the reader directly to headings, figures, and tables listed. 

The file-naming convention on this publication is primarily eight dot three (ISO 9660 convention). This indicates the file has a maximum of eight characters to the left or and three to the right of the “.”. An asterisk (*) is used in this publication as a symbol to match all characters. It commonly indicates a longer file name, for example fig*.pdf would access all files that start with “fig” and end with “.pdf”, such as fig101.pdf and fig102.pdf. UNIX is case-sensitive; almost all file names within directories (folders) are lower case. 

Contents of this CD-ROM include:

putumayo.pdf (This file is the report)

readme.pdf and readme.txt

Folders called epsgraph, pdfgraph, and pdftable contain, respectively, encapsulated postscript (eps) and Portable Document Format (pdf) graphics files, and pdf files of tables 1-3. The text file, putumayo.pdf, contains links to the table pdf’s and selected links to illustration pdf’s. The “Bookmarks” at the left of the pdf page images are also very useful navigation aids.

fig101.pdf 

fig102.pdf 

fig103.pdf 

fig104.pdf 

fig105.pdf 

fig106.pdf 

fig107.pdf 

fig108.pdf 

fig109.pdf 

fig110.pdf 

fig111.pdf 

fig112.pdf 

fig113.pdf 

fig114.pdf 

fig115.pdf

table1.pdf 

table2.pdf 

table3.pdf