- Title
- Introduction to the thematic issue: Adriatic and ionian seas: proven petroleum systems and future prospects
- Creator
- Zelilidis, A.; Maravelis, A. G.
- Relation
- Journal of Petroleum Geology Vol. 38, Issue 3, p. 247-253
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpg.12609
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- Fold-and-thrust belts have been extensively explored for hydrocarbons in many parts of the World and in some areas have yielded substantial reserves of oil and gas (e.g. Albania, southern Italy, Iran and Iraq, and Canada). Exploration successes in fold-and-thrust belt systems are often due to the occurrence of large-scale anticlines with which traps for hydrocarbons are associated. Nevertheless, significant commercial discoveries have only been reported in relatively few fold-and-thrust belt systems, and the long-term preservation of hydrocarbons is often problematic due to factors including erosion, fault leakage, biodegradation and gas flushing. Hydrocarbons will tend to seep from all traps over time, regardless of seal quality and are most likely to be preserved in relatively young fold-and-thrust belts (Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic). The presence of an accumulation is usually attributed to factors controlling preservation rather than to the volumes of petroleum originally present.
- Subject
- fold-and-thrust belts; hydrocarbons; oil and gas; Adriatic region
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1336395
- Identifier
- uon:27605
- Identifier
- ISSN:0141-6421
- Language
- eng
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