The Tampico-Misantla Basin or TMB is a geological depression located in the North-East Mexico. The area is well-known for its oil and gas reserves and includes the Chicontepec Formation.
The TMB is located in the coastal plain of the Gulf of Mexico, extending the area 50 km to the East until shallow waters. The basin is bordered to the west by the Sierra Madre Oriental, to the north by the Tamaulipas arch, and to the south by the Teziutlán Massif. [1]
In 2018, IHS Markit considered Tampico-Misantla Basin as a global onshore Super Basin and compared the area with the Permian Basin.[2]
Oil Extraction
editOil has been extracted from the Tampico Misantla Basin since the 1920s, accounting for 7.4 billion BOE. Meanwhile, 5.2 billion BOE remains in discovered conventional fields of the basin. The geological area contains three mature sources of rocks: the Agua Nueva Formation, the Huayacocotla Formation, and the Pimienta Formation.[2]
Some of the most important oil fields in the zone are Chicontepec, Golden Lane, Remolino, San Andrés, Presidene Miguel Alemán, Coatzintla, Coralillo, M.A. Camacho, Coapechaca.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Vega-Ortiz, Carlos; Beti, Dhrupad R.; Setoyama, Eiichi; McLennan, John D.; Ring, Terry A.; Levey, Raymond; Martínez-Romero, Néstor (June 2020). "Source rock evaluation in the central-western flank of the Tampico Misantla Basin, Mexico". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 100: 102552. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102552.
- ^ a b "Tampico-Misantla, a global onshore super basin: IHS Markit". Energía A Debate (in Spanish). 4 June 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ Selley, R. C. (November 1991). E. A. Beaumont & N. H. Foster (compilers) 1990. Structural Traps I: Tectonic Fold Traps, x + 232 pp.; Structural Traps II: Traps Associated with Tectonic Faulting, xii + 267 pp.; Structural Traps III: Tectonic Fold and Fault Traps, x + 235 pp.; Structural Traps IV: Tectonic and Nontectonic Fold Traps, xii + 382 pp. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Treatise of Petroleum Geology. Atlas of Oil and Gas Fields. Tulsa. Prices US $38, 38, 30, 39 respectively (hard covers). ISBNs 0891815805; 0891815813; 089181583X; 0891815848. doi:10.1017/S001675680001983X. ISBN 0891815872.