The world’s deepest offshore oil well will be drilled in the Caribbean

The Colombian Geoscientists Network, CGN would like to invite you to our in-person technical talk on November 07th, 2024. This presentation dives into the untapped oil and gas potential of the offshore Colombian Basin in the Caribbean Plate.

Cost includes Hors d’Oeuvres, a drink ticket & presentation. Seating is limited. Please register and secure your ticket at your earliest convenience. Walk-ins are also accepted; however, dinner is not guaranteed without a prior reservation. Cash payments from walk ins are also preferred. Price will increase to $55 after November 3th at midnight. For specific questions about the event, contact [email protected].

This presentation shows recent observations on Caribbean tectonics derived from 13,000 km2 of 3D seismic data, combined with analyses of magnetic anomaly ages, a regional compilation of radiometric ages of the Late Cretaceous Caribbean Large Igneous Province (CLIP), paleomagnetic data, and tectonic reconstructions, that document a seafloor spreading history for the formation of the central Caribbean plate. These results have implications for the potential presence of thick syn-tectonic Coniacian-Santonian organic-rich rocks, covered by the thick Miocene-to-recent Magdalena Fan sequences. Numerous amplitude anomalies within this Magdalena Fan section are observed within 4-way structures. The correlation between the location of these structural closures with the presence of piston core hydrocarbon samples and oil seeps, suggests the presence of an untapped ultra-deepwater thermogenic system that has been strongly influenced by the crustal structure inferred from the 3D seismic data. This petroleum system will be tested this year with the world’s deepest offshore oil well – Komodo.

Juan Pablo Ramos Vargas, Ph.D., did his Bachelor’s in Geology at the National University of Colombia and finished his Ph.D. in Geology at the University of Houston, where he was a researcher for the Conjugate Basins, Tectonics, and Hydrocarbons (CBTH) Consortium. His doctoral dissertation was focused on the tectonostratigraphic evolution of the deepwater Colombian and Yucatan basins, and its implications for the tectonic origin and evolution of the Caribbean Plate. Currently, Juan Pablo works as an exploration geologist for BP in Houston.

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