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GUAJIRA BASIN
Generalities
Wells and Seeps
Source Rock Characterization
Gas Characterization
ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY ATLAS OF COLOMBIA
Generalities
GUAJIRA BASIN
LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES
BOUNDARIES
North and Northwest: Caribbean shoreline e*
Northeast: Caribbean shoreline
Southeast: Colombia-Venezuela border
VENEZUELA
South: Oca Fault (O.F.)
Color code according to the commission for the Geological Map of the World (2005)
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1850000-
1800000
1750000
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0 -j
Immature Overmature
1000 - (Gas Window) LEGEND
1
>.: MAICAO-1
2000 - ft- UASHIR-1
3000
4000 -
% 5000 -
<D
_ 6000 -
a. 7000 -
0)
Q
8000 -
9000 -
>
I
10000 -
11000 - * *
T n
12000
0.1 1 10
%Ro
The maturity data of the wells sampled in the basin suggests that the stratigraphic sequence is immature.
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Gas Characterization
C 2 + (%)
20 30 50
J B Biogenic gas
RO 8"CcH4 T Crude oil gases
(%) (BPm
70 - To/Tc Crude and condensate
gases
TT(m) Dry gases associated
to sapropelic organic
-60
matter.
TT(h) Gases associated to
humic organic matter
0.5
M Mixed gases
E
Q. Md Deep Migration
Q. -50
Ms Shallow Migration
I
o
o LEGEND
1.2 .. -40
3.0
-30 -
1.2
2.0
30% 3.0
Migration? -20 -
4 -i Primary r
cracking/
L
Open system trend
2 -
0 -
- The C2+ vs d13C CH4 (ppt) and the relationship with organic
m "2H
\i I \ Hydrocarbons secondary
cracking - *"
~ "" matter maturity (Schoell, 1983), suggest that the gas samples
Q
a. i \ ** mainly correspond to biogenic gases.
s
^ -4 H \ \
CO 0.9- 1 . l \
U
-6
Close system ,
trend /
- The C2/C3 vs d13C C2 - d13C C3 (% PDB) diagram shows that
co \ \
\s \^ / the gases could reach a high thermal state of evolution, in
\ i Gas secondary cracking
\ X \
which hydrocarbons secondary cracking has ocurred.
CM
O \^ \
CO 1.3 15
-10 -
N
\ \
X
-12 -
\
N
xX *X ^
\ \
O 1.8-2^0 >i
-14 -
* ^ \
x
Ro %
-16 -
1 1 1
12
C 2 / C 3 (mol/mol)
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