From thrust-and-fold belt to foreland: hydrocarbon occurrences in Italy

Abstract

Italy is the most hydrocarbon endowed country of southern Europe, with total discovered reserves (produced þ remaining) of 1840 million barrels of oil and 30 trillion ft 3 of gas. The production of oil amounts to 43.2 million barrels per year, about 75% of which comes from the Val d'Agri Field in the southern Apennines.

Algorithms for CO2 Storage Capacity Estimation: Review and Case Study

“…2) of Plio-Quaternary foredeep terrigenous units [49,50]. Since, these areas have been extensively investigated for hydrocarbons exploration purposes, with several oil and gas fields still in production [51,52], a great amount of underground data are available (e.g., seismic profiles, well logs and structural maps, made available by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, UNMIG) [53]. These data allowed a refined interpretation of underground structures, which are mostly represented by blind ramp anticlines and anticlinal stacks belonging to the Northern Apennines arcs, currently buried below the Plio-Quaternary sequence (Fig.…”

“…Several detailed stratigraphical analyses, based on geophysical well logs, were also conducted in order to deeply characterize the whole sedimentary cover down to the pre-foredeep basement units. Even if these data show a complex geological variability, the general stratigraphy can be summarized in several group of units which have been coherently observed throughout the whole Po Plain basin [51,54]; from the top: (i) Quaternary sequence made up by alluvial deposits, clays, silts, and sands (e.g., alluvial sediments, Sabbie di Asti, Ravenna Fm. ); (ii) Pliocene group mainly characterized by clay, silt, and sand (e.g., Argille del Santerno, Portocorsini Fm., and Garibaldi Fm.…”

“…The general stratigraphy in the area of interest is summarized highlighting the presence of gas-bearing reservoir units (Modified after Ref. [51]) …”

“…The Pliocene base surface defines the reservoir bottom in these areas, which is constituted by the Porto Corsini, the Porto Garibaldi and minorly the Asti formations [51] (Fig. 2).…”

Introduction to the Thematic Issue: Adriatic and Ionian Seas: Proven Petroleum Systems and Future Prospects

“…Zelilidis et al, 2003;Bertello et al, 2010;Velic et al, 2012;Bega, 2013;Karakitsios, 2013;Konstantopoulos et al, 2013;Maravelis et al, 2014a,b). Zelilidis et al, 2003;Bertello et al, 2010;Velic et al, 2012;Bega, 2013;Karakitsios, 2013;Konstantopoulos et al, 2013;Maravelis et al, 2014a,b).…”