Petroleum Systems of the Po Basin Province of Northern Italy
and the Northern Adriatic Sea: Porto Garibaldi (Biogenic), Meride/Riva
di Solto (Thermal), and Marnoso Arenacea (Thermal)
On-Line Edition
by
Sandra J. Lindquist¹
Open-File Report 99-50-M
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1999
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FOREWORD
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
PROVINCE
GEOLOGY
Province
Boundary and Geographic Setting
Political
Entities
Geologic
Setting
Exploration
History
PETROLEUM
OCCURRENCE AND CHARACTER
Porto
Garibaldi : Plio-Pleistocene (and minor Miocene) Biogenic Gas
Mixed
Biogenic and Thermal Gas
Marnoso
Arenacea: Thermal Miocene Gas, Oil and Condensate
Meride
/ Riva di Solto: Thermal Triassic Oil, Gas and Condensate
SOURCE
ROCK OCCURRENCE, CHARACTER, AND MATURATION
Porto
Garibaldi: Plio-Pleistocene and minor Miocene Source Rock for Biogenic
Gas
Marnoso
Arenacea: Miocene Source Rock for Thermal Gas, Oil and Condensate
Meride
/ Riva di Solto: Triassic Source Rock for Thermal Oil, Gas and Condensate
OVERBURDEN
ROCK AND BURIAL HISTORY
TRAP
STYLE
DISCOVERY
HISTORY
RESERVOIR
ROCK
SEAL
ROCK
ASSESSMENT
UNITS
Porto
Garibaldi (Biogenic*) Total Petroleum System #406001
Meride
/ Riva di Solto (Thermal Triassic) Total Petroleum System #406002
Marnoso
Arenacea (Thermal Tertiary) Total Petroleum System
SELECTED
REFERENCES
FIGURES
1. Location
map
2. Stratigraphic
equivalents
3. Structural cross sections
A. Western
onshore
B. Eastern
onshore
C. Northern
offshore
D. Southern
offshore
4. Map
of fields color-coded by petroleum system
5. TPS maps
A. Porto
Garibaldi total petroleum system
B. Meride
/ Riva di Solto total petroleum system
C. Marnoso
Arenacea total petroleum system
6. Histogram
of Po Basin field sizes by source rock system
7. Events charts
A. Porto
Garibaldi Total Petroleum System
B. Meride
/ Riva di Solto Total Petroleum System
C. Marnoso
Arenacea Total Petroleum System
8. Burial
history chart
TABLES
Table
1. List of fields and their hydrocarbon
source rock
Table
2. Reserve allocation by petroleum
system
Table
3. Reserve allocation and average
reservoir properties by reservoir age
¹ Sandra
J. Lindquist
, Consulting Geologist Contractor
to U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
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