The Gulf of Mexico Sedimentary Basin: Depositional Evolution and Petroleum Applications

John W. Snedden (University of Texas, Austin),William E. Galloway (University of Texas, Austin)

The Gulf of Mexico Sedimentary Basin: Depositional Evolution and Petroleum Applications
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
21 November 2019
Pages
344
ISBN
9781108419024

The Gulf of Mexico Sedimentary Basin: Depositional Evolution and Petroleum Applications

John W. Snedden (University of Texas, Austin),William E. Galloway (University of Texas, Austin)

The Gulf of Mexico Basin is one of the most prolific hydrocarbon-producing basins in the world, with an estimated endowment of 200 billion barrels of oil equivalent. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the basin, spanning the US, Mexico and Cuba. Topics covered include conventional and unconventional reservoirs, source rocks and associated tectonics, basin evolution from the Mesozoic to Cenozoic Era, and different regions of the basin from mature onshore fields to deep-water subsalt plays. Cores, well logs and seismic lines are all discussed providing local, regional and basin-scale insights. The scientific implications of seminal events in the basin’s history are also covered, including sedimentary effects of the Chicxulub Impact. Containing over 200 color illustrations and 50 stratigraphic cross-sections and paleogeographic maps, this is an invaluable resource for petroleum industry professionals, as well as graduate students and researchers interested in basin analysis, sedimentology, stratigraphy, tectonics and petroleum geology.

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