"Sgorga il Petrolio dalla Terra d'Abruzzo": oil exploration and production history in the Abruzzo region (Central Italy) across the 20th century

Lipparini, Lorenzo; Bencini, R.; Gerali, Francesco

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“…WEC, 1987;Schlumberger, 1987;Mattavelli et al, 1991;André and Doulcet, 1991;Katz et al, 2000;Casero, 2004;Bertello et al, 2010;Casero and Bigi 2013;Cazzini et al, 2015; have been integrated with information from about 100 publicly-available well logs and reports (MISE, 2007;ViDEPI, 2015). Most of the known hydrocarbons are classified as heavy oils in the subsurface and as bitumen in exhumed reservoirs outcropping in areas such as the Maiella Mountain (ENI, 2008;Scrocca et al, 2013;Cazzini et al, 2015;Lipparini et al, , 2018aLipparini et al, , 2018b. (The characteristics of these oil occurrences are summarized below in Table 4, page 478).…”

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A New Regional Petroleum Systems Model for Central Italy and the Central Adriatic Sea Supported by Basin Modelling and an Analysis of Hydrocarbon Occurrences

Lipparini

D'Ambrosio

Trippetta

et al. 2021

Journal of Petroleum Geology

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The petroleum system in Central Italy and the Adriatic Sea is of great interest for future hydrocarbon exploration. However, major uncertainties remain about key risk elements such as source rock spatial distribution and maturation history, the timing of hydrocarbon migration, and the nature of migration pathways. This paper presents a new regional‐scale petroleum systems model based on an integrated inter‐disciplinary study which includes public‐domain subsurface data on key petroleum systems elements, heat‐flow and petroleum geochemical data, and an extensive set of 1D basin models. Results show the importance of the Mesozoic palaeogeographic and stratigraphic setting which was characterized by the presence of platform and basinal domains. Thermal data highlight an overall higher basal heat flow in platform domains which persist at the present‐day. Considering the geochemical and thermal characteristics of possible source rocks in the study area, the Upper Triassic Burano Formation appears to be the most likely active source rock but only in those geological domains where it has been deeply buried. In particular, source rocks reached maturity only during the most recent Apennine deformation phase in the late Pliocene/early Pleistocene, i.e. after the deposition of regional seals such as the Messinian Gessoso‐Solfifera Formation. Lateral migration is suggested to have occurred to explain most of the known oil accumulations. The margin of the Apulia Platform could have acted as a migration pathway for hydrocarbons, connecting basinal kitchens to the carbonate reservoir units at the top of the platform succession within which oil and gas accumulations have been proven. Heavy oils could represent early expulsion products from the source rock, but may also locally be a result of biodegradation due to recent partial exhumation of the traps and the loss of lighter components. The results of this study may support ongoing and future exploration efforts over other carbonate platforms in the study area, and more widely on carbonate targets elsewhere in the Mediterranean region.

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A New Regional Petroleum Systems Model for Central Italy and the Central Adriatic Sea Supported by Basin Modelling and an Analysis of Hydrocarbon Occurrences

Lipparini

D'Ambrosio

Trippetta

et al. 2021

Journal of Petroleum Geology

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Investment law v. supply-side climate policies: insights from Rockhopper v. Italy and Lone Pine v. Canada

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Tienhaara,

Pellegrini

2024

Int Environ Agreements

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New fossil fuel developments are inconsistent with keeping global warming below 1.5 °C, and while most climate policies focus on reducing demand for fossil fuels, an emerging transversal consensus promotes efforts to simultaneously reduce supply. In this article, we discuss the obstacles to effective supply-side climate policies posed by international investment treaties that protect corporations against state interventions through investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). We focus on two recently concluded ISDS cases (Rockhopper v Italy and Lone Pine v Canada) that concern prohibitions on fossil fuel development in ecologically sensitive areas. Italy was ordered to pay a British firm approximately € 250 million in compensation for a ban on offshore oil developments along the coastline, whereas Canada successfully defended Québec’s ban on gas development in the St. Lawrence River. Arbitrators in both cases reasoned that investors should be compensated when oil and gas exploration permits are revoked (even if such a remedy is not available under domestic law) and expressed antipathy towards civic engagement in the policy process. As companies can seek lost future profits through ISDS, these cases show that the system can engender material costs for states enacting supply-side policies. The threat of ISDS can generate a chilling effect, limiting the potential for supply-side initiatives, particularly in the Global South. Initiators of global efforts to limit further fossil fuel developments must consider the obstacles posed by international investment treaties, support efforts to abolish ISDS, and as an interim measure, promote the interpretation of treaty protections in line with climate objectives.

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Structural restoration and basin modelling of the central apennine orogen/foredeep/foreland system: New insights on the regional petroleum system

D'Ambrosio

Lipparini

Bigi

et al. 2021

Marine and Petroleum Geology

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"Sgorga il Petrolio dalla Terra d'Abruzzo": oil exploration and production history in the Abruzzo region (Central Italy) across the 20th century

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A New Regional Petroleum Systems Model for Central Italy and the Central Adriatic Sea Supported by Basin Modelling and an Analysis of Hydrocarbon Occurrences

A New Regional Petroleum Systems Model for Central Italy and the Central Adriatic Sea Supported by Basin Modelling and an Analysis of Hydrocarbon Occurrences

Investment law v. supply-side climate policies: insights from Rockhopper v. Italy and Lone Pine v. Canada

Structural restoration and basin modelling of the central apennine orogen/foredeep/foreland system: New insights on the regional petroleum system

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