South Atlantic Region

There are many hydrocarbon plays on the continental margins of the South Atlantic and sub-Andean basins. South Atlantic opening during the Mesozoic largely controlled the characteristics and plays in many of these basins. CASP South Atlantic research has integrated literature and field-based data from a number of areas to understand better the distribution of plays on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Most Recent Reports

• Palaeoecology, taphonomy and diagenesis of Early Jurassic shell accumulations in Lake Sichuan, China, and their implications for Pre-Salt reservoirs in the South Atlantic
• Early Jurassic coquinas from Lake Sichuan, China – a depositional analogue for Cretaceous Pre-Salt reservoirs in the South Atlantic?
• Paleontology of the Maceió Fm (Alagoas, NE Brazil): New depositional model and its implications for source rock distribution
• Appendices to the rift evolution of NE Brazil project syn-rift evolution of the Sergipe Alagoas Basin. Summary report, GIS and PDF files, amendments and complete references
• Petrological study of rift sediments from the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin: Implications for reservoir geology and hydrocarbon exploration