Neuquén Basin
| Neuquén Basin | |
|---|---|
| Cuenca Neuquina | |
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 Map of Vaca Muerta showing the extent of the Neuquén Basin. Colors indicate hydrocarbon maturity as measured by vitrinite reflectance. Huincul Fault is shown in grey. | |
| Coordinates | 38°14′S 69°16′W / 38.233°S 69.267°W |
| Etymology | Neuquén River |
| Location | Southern South America |
| Country |  Argentina Chile |
| State(s) | Mendoza, Río Negro, La Pampa, & Neuquén Provinces Araucanía & Bío Bío Regions |
| Cities | Neuquén, Bariloche |
| Characteristics | |
| On/Offshore | Onshore |
| Boundaries | Andean Volcanic Belt (W) San Rafael Block (NE) Sierra Pintada (E) North Patagonian Massif (SE) |
| Part of | Andean foreland basins |
| Area | 120,000 km2 (46,000 sq mi) |
| Hydrology | |
| River(s) | Río Negro, Colorado, Limay, Collón Curá & Neuquén Rivers |
| Lake(s) | Ezquiel Ramos Mexía, Los Barreales & Mari Menuco Reservoirs |
| Geology | |
| Basin type | Foreland basin |
| Plate | South American |
| Orogeny | Andean |
| Age | Triassic-Holocene |
| Stratigraphy | Stratigraphy |
| Faults | Huincul |
| Field(s) | a.o. Vaca Muerta (unconventional oil) |
Neuquén Basin (Spanish: Cuenca Neuquina) is a sedimentary basin covering most of Neuquén Province in Argentina. The basin originated in the Jurassic and developed through alternating continental and marine conditions well into the Tertiary. The basin bounds to the west with the Andean Volcanic Belt, to the southeast with the North Patagonian Massif and to the northeast with the San Rafael Block and to the east with the Sierra Pintada System.[1] The basin covers an area of approximately 120,000 square kilometres (46,000 sq mi).[2] One age of the SALMA classification, the Colloncuran, is defined in the basin, based on the Collón Curá Formation, named after the Collón Curá River, a tributary of the Limay River.
Description
[edit]Jurassic and Cretaceous marine transgressions from the Pacific are recorded in the sediments of Neuquén Basin. These marine sediments belong to Cuyo Group, Tordillo Formation, Auquilco Formation and Vaca Muerta.[3] In the Late Cretaceous, conditions in the neighboring Andean orogeny changed. A marine regression occurred and the fold and thrust belts of Malargüe (36°00 S), Chos Malal (37° S) and Agrio (38° S) started to develop in the Andes and did so until Eocene times. This meant an advance of the Andean orogenic deformation since the Late Cretaceous that made the western part of Neuquén Basin to stack in the Malargüe and Agrio fold and thrust belts.[3][4] This caused a shift in deposition from Pacific to Early Atlantic.[5]
In the south of Mendoza Province, the Guañacos fold and thrust belt (36.5° S) appeared and grew in the Pliocene and Pleistocene consuming the western fringes of the Neuquén Basin.[3][4]
Tectonics
[edit]The Huincul basement high or Huincul ridge (Spanish: dorsal de Huincul) is a geological structure that divides Neuquén Basin in two parts.[6][7] The basement high is one of the most studied features of Neuquén Basin given its importance for hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation.[7] All over the basement high runs an approximate length of 250 kilometres (160 mi).[7] There have been proposals on the nature of this structure. In the 1970s and 1980s it was proposed by that it was a transpressive fault zone.[6][7] In 2009, Pángaro described it as being made up of inverted half-grabens.[7]
Unconformities have been registered in the basin and were dated at 98, 117, 123, 129, 134 and 154 Ma.[8]
Stratigraphy
[edit]
Various stratigraphic units are named after these rivers and their tributaries.
The basin contains many stratigraphic units from the Triassic onwards, with large regional variations from east to west and north to south, often described as different formations that are laterally equivalent, this list is a comprehensive overview of described formations:
- Cenozoic
- Tromen Formation (Holocene)[9]
- Cerro Campanario Formation (Late Pleistocene-Holocene)[9]
- El Puente Formation (Middle Pleistocene)[9]
- Chapúa Formation (Early Pleistocene)[9]
- Agua de la Caldera Formation (Pleistocene)[10]
- El Sauzal Formation (Pleistocene)[10]
- Coyocho Formation (Middle Miocene-Early Pleistocene)[9]
- Bayo Mesa Formation (Late Pliocene to Pleistocene)[10][11]
- Los Pinos Formation (Late Pliocene)[12]
- Pampa Encima Formation (Late Pliocene)[13]
- Chenqueniyeu Formation (Pliocene)[14]
- Chapelcó Formation (Pliocene)[14]
- Rincón Bayo Formation (Middle Pliocene)[13]
- Chos Malal-Trahalhué Formation (Late Miocene-Early Pliocene)[13]
- El Palo Formation (Late Miocene to Early Pliocene)[10]
- Arroyo Palao Formation (Late Miocene)[15]
- Tristeza Formation (Late Miocene)[15]
- Río Negro Formation or Caleufú Formation (Middle to Late Miocene)[16]
- Barranca de los Loros Formation (Late Miocene-Early Pliocene)[17][10]
- Collón Cura Formation (Colloncuran)[18]
- Cerro Bandera Formation (Colhuehuapian)[19]
- Chichinales Formation (Colhuehuapian)[20][10]
- Vaca Mahuida Formation (Late Oligocene to Middle Miocene)[10]
- Sierra Negra Formation (Oligocene-Early Miocene)[13]
- Palauco Formation (Oligocene)[15]
- Lolog Formation (Late Eocene)[21]
- Colpilli Formation (Eocene)[13]
- Cayanta Formation (Eocene)[13]
- Ventana Formation (Lutetian, early Mustersan)[22]
- Huitrera Formation (Paleocene to Oligocene)[21]
- Mesozoic
- Malargüe Group[13][23][15]
- Agua de la Piedra Formation (Deseadan to Early Miocene)[9][note 1]
- Pircala Formation (Paleocene)[13][23][9]
- Coihueco Formation (Paleocene)[9]
- El Carrizo Formation (Danian)[10][17]
- Roca Formation (Danian in the south, late Maastrichtian in the north)[13][17][23]
- Loncoche Formation (Maastrichtian to Danian)[13][9][23]
- Jagüel Formation (middle to late Maastrichtian)[17][23]
- Allen Formation (middle Campanian to early Maastrichtian)[17][23]
- Diamante Formation (Cenomanian-Campanian)[23][15]
- Neuquén Group[23][15]
- Río Colorado Subgroup (Santonian to early Campanian)[13][23]
- Anacleto Formation (early Campanian)
- Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Santonian)
- Río Neuquén Subgroup (late Turonian to Coniacian)[13][23]
- Plottier Formation (late Coniacian ?to early Santonian)
- Sierra Barrosa Formation (middle to late Coniacian)[24]
- Los Bastos Formation (early to middle Coniacian)[25]
- Portezuelo Formation (late Turonian to early Coniacian)
- Río Limay Subgroup (Cenomanian to early Turonian)[13][23]
- Lisandro Formation (late Cenomanian to early Turonian)
- Huincul Formation (late Cenomanian)
- Candeleros Formation (early Cenomanian)
- Río Colorado Subgroup (Santonian to early Campanian)[13][23]
- Los Machís Formation (Cenomanian to Santonian)[26]
- Late Mirano unconformity (98 Ma)
- Lohan Cura Formation (Late Aptian to Albian)[23]
- Rayoso Group (Aptian to Albian)[27][23][15]
- Rayoso Formation (Albian)[13][27][23][15]
- Middle Mirano unconformity (117 Ma)
- Huitrín Formation (Aptian)[13][27][23][15]
- La Amarga Formation (Barremian to early Aptian)[23]
- Early Mirano unconformity (123 Ma)
- Centenario Formation (Valanginian) to Barremian)[28]
- Mendoza Group (early Tithonian to earliest Aptian[27][23][15][29]
- Agrio Formation (Hauterivian to earliest Aptian)[27] or late Valanginian to latest Barremian[13][23][15][29][30]
- Unconformity (129 Ma)
- Chachao Formation (Valanginian to Hauterivian)[27]
- Unconformity (134 Ma)
- Mulichinco Formation (Valanginian)[13][23][15][29]
- Bajada Colorada Formation (Late Berriasian to Early Valanginian)[23][29]
- Loma Montosa Formation (Berriasian to Valanginian)[31][32]
- Quintuco Formation (Berriasian to Valanginian)[23][29]
- Picún Leufú Formation (Tithonian to Berriasian)[23][15][29]
- Lindero de Piedra Formation[33]
- Vaca Muerta (Tithonian to Berriasian)[13][27][15][29]
- Quebrada del Sapo Formation (Kimmeridgian)[23]
- Catriel Formation (Kimmeridgian)[34]
- Tordillo Formation (Kimmeridgian)[13][27][23][15][note 2]
- Unconformity (154 Ma)
- Río Damas Formation (Late Jurassic)[35]
- Lotena Group (middle Callovian to late Oxfordian)[13][23]
- Cuyo Group (Pliensbachian to middle Callovian)[13][23][15]
- Challaco Formation (Bathonian)[23]
- Tábanos Formation (Callovian)[13][9][23]
- Calabozo Formation (Middle Jurassic)[9]
- Punta Rosada Formation[36]
- Lajas Formation (Bajocian to Bathonian)[9][23][15][36]
- Tres Esquinas Formation (Toarcian to Callovian)[9]
- Los Molles Formation (Pliensbachian to Callovian)[13][9][23][15][note 3]
- Chuchil Formation (Pliensbachian)[13][23]
- Piedra del Aguila Formation (Early to Middle Jurassic)[37]
- Sañicó Formation (Early to Middle Jurassic)[37]
- Sierra Chacaico Formation (Early to Middle Jurassic)[37]
- Puesta Araya Formation (Hettangian to Bathonian)[9][23]
- El Freno Formation (Pliensbachian to Toarcian)[23]
- Primavera Formation (Hettangian to Sinemurian)[13]
- Lapa Formation (Hettangian to Sinemurian)[23]
- Nestares Formation (Early Jurassic)[38]
- Planicie Morada Formation (Late Triassic to Sinemurian)[39]
- Paso Flores Formation (Late Triassic)[38]
- Milla Michicó Formation (Late Triassic)[13]
- Remoredo Formation (Late Triassic)[9]
- Chihuido Formation (Late Triassic)[9]
- Tronqulmalal Formation (Mid-Late Triassic)[9]
- Cordillera del Viento Formation (Early to Middle Triassic)[13]
- Paleozoic
- Choiyoi Group (Late Permian-Mid Triassic)[9]
Petroleum geology
[edit]The Neuquén Basin is an important oil and gas producing basin in Argentina. Production started in 1918 and accumulated to 928 thousand cubic metres (5.84 million barrels) of oil equivalent in 2004, representing 45% of the oil production in Argentina and 61% of its gas production.[40] The basin is also important for unconventionals, with the Vaca Muerta and Los Molles formations being major shale gas producers.
Source rock formations are predominantly the Vaca Muerta, and to a lesser extent the Agrio and Los Molles Formations. Reservoir rocks comprise the Mulichinco and Chachao Formations. Deeper reservoirs are the Lotena and Barda Negra Formations.[41] Regional seal rocks are the evaporites of the Auquilco and Huitrín Formations, with local seals the Vaca Muerta, Agrio and Catriel Formations.[42]
Notes and references
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Cuenca Neuquina". Secretaría de Energía (in Spanish). Government of Argentina. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ Howell et al., 2005
- ^ a b c Rojas et al., 2016
- ^ a b Ramos & Mahlburg Kay, 2006
- ^ Ponce et al., 2015, p.10
- ^ a b Mosquera & Ramos, 2006
- ^ a b c d e Pángaro et al., 2009
- ^ Leanza, 2017, p.150
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Onnis et al., 2018, p.38
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hoja Geológica 3969-II, 2007, p.6
- ^ Kramarz et al., 2005, p.276
- ^ Escosteguy & Franchi, 2010, p.425
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Lebinson et al., 2018, p.252
- ^ a b Escosteguy & Franchi, 2010, p.426
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Balgord, 2017, p.455
- ^ Escosteguy & Franchi, 2010, p.423
- ^ a b c d e Náñez & Malumián, 2019, p.186
- ^ Escosteguy & Franchi, 2010, p.422
- ^ Kramarz et al., 2015, p.586
- ^ Agnolin & Chafrat, 2015
- ^ a b Escosteguy & Franchi, 2010, p.421
- ^ Wilf et al., 2005
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak Balgord & Carapa, 2014, p.6
- ^ Garrido, 2011, p.237
- ^ Garrido, 2011, p.236
- ^ Escosteguy & Franchi, 2010, p.420
- ^ a b c d e f g h Gómez Dacal et al., 2018, p.113
- ^ Ponce et al., 2015, p.16
- ^ a b c d e f g Olivo et al., 2016, p.218
- ^ Voglino, 2017
- ^ Ponce et al., 2015, p.18
- ^ Iñigo et al., 2018
- ^ Ponce et al., 2015, p.27
- ^ Geologic Map, 2007, p.147
- ^ Mescua et al., 2013, p.105
- ^ a b Ponce et al., 2015, p.17
- ^ a b c Zavala, 1993, p.74
- ^ a b Zavattieri & Mego, 2008, p.484
- ^ Geologic Map, 2007, p.144
- ^ Mendiberri et al., 2004, p.1
- ^ Ponce et al., 2015, p.28
- ^ Ponce et al., 2015, p.29
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- Mesozoic
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- Vaca Mahuida Formation
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- Ventana Formation
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- Chichinales Formation
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- Cerro Bandera Formation
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[edit]- Bally, A.W.; Snelson, S. (1980), "Realms of subsidence", Canadian Society for Petroleum Geology Memoir, 6: 9–94
- Kingston, D.R.; Dishroon, C.P.; Williams, P.A. (1983), "Global Basin Classification System" (PDF), AAPG Bulletin, 67: 2175–2193, retrieved 2017-06-23
- Klemme, H.D (1980), "Petroleum Basins - Classifications and Characteristics", Journal of Petroleum Geology, 3 (2): 187–207, Bibcode:1980JPetG...3..187K, doi:10.1111/j.1747-5457.1980.tb00982.x, retrieved 2017-06-23
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| Sources | Álvarez Pontoriero, O.; Giménez, M.; Braitemberg, C.; Martínez, M.; Ruíz, F.; Introcaso, A.; Guspí, F. (2011). Principales cuencas sedimentarias de Argentina, interpretadas mediante Gravimetría Satelital. VIII Congreso de Exploración y Desarrollo de Hidrocarburos. pp. 13–20. Retrieved 2018-08-28. Mapa de cuencas sedimentarias (Map). YPF. p. 1. Retrieved 2018-08-28. | |
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