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Palinologi Suriname

The document discusses how palynology plays an important role in hydrocarbon exploration in Suriname. Large-scale palynological analyses are used to understand the paleoenvironment and combine with other data to create 3D maps of paleogeography. These maps help locate potential reservoirs and 'sweet spots' for further exploration.

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Palinologi Suriname

The document discusses how palynology plays an important role in hydrocarbon exploration in Suriname. Large-scale palynological analyses are used to understand the paleoenvironment and combine with other data to create 3D maps of paleogeography. These maps help locate potential reservoirs and 'sweet spots' for further exploration.

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Geobiology

TNO | Knowledge for business

Finding the right pollen to find the oil

The role of palynology


in the onshore exploration
programme of Suriname

BenO uGE 059 05-2007

In Suriname, palynology plays an important role in hydrocarbon exploration.


In onshore prospecting, large-scale palynological analyses are carried out.
The paleoenvironmental information derived from palynology is combined
with detailed log response and sedimentological analyses. The combined
data serve as input for the 3D paleogeographic maps that are the starting
point for the further development of the field. In addition, the maps have
powerful predictive value for locating sweet spots in the immediate vicinity
of the field.

Fig. 1

Location of the Tambaredjo and Calcutta oil fields near Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname.

The Suriname-Guyana basin holds high


promise of hydrocarbons. This passivemargin basin has a thick, predominantly
clastic sedimentary cover and contains a
first-class source rock, the CenomanianTuronian Canje Formation. The expectations
for the near future are high, with major
seismic programmes being executed and
many exploration wells being spudded or
planned. Yet, despite decades of exploration
activity in the area, the only hydrocarbon
reserves to be found so far are the onshore
Calcutta and Tambaredjo oil fields in
Suriname (Fig. 1). Combined, the proven
reserves of these fields exceed more than one
billion barrels of oil. The oil in these fields is
trapped stratigraphically in coastal reservoir
sands at relatively shallow depths, but oil
exploration in the onshore area is more
complicated than it seems. While oil shows
are quite common in wildcats, finding and
developing new fields is more of a challenge.
Recently, the state-owned Staatsolie company
developed a play concept for the onshore
called the Palaeocene-Eocene Fairway.

Geobiology

The role of palynology in the onshore exploration programme of Suriname

Proxapertites cursus
Foveotriletes margaritae

Psila

Estuary

Bombacacidites annae

Lagoon

Mudflat

Potential Reservoirs!

Tidal Inlet

Apectodinium sp.

Fig. 2

3D representation of the Paleocene-Eocene paleogeography of the Suriname-Guyana Basin margin. Clays predominate in the tidal flats
(indicated in brown-grey), the estuarine and shallow marine environments are dominated by sands (indicated in yellow).
For each environment, characteristic palynomorphs are displayed.

Geobiology

The role of palynology in the onshore exploration programme of Suriname

tricolporites crassus

Adnatosphaeridium multispinosum

Mudflat

No Seal!

In this play concept, palynology fulfils an


important role. In brief, the concept predicts
that hydrocarbon accumulations are
restricted to those areas where clay is
sufficiently represented in the sedimentary
column. Typically, these clays are found
within tidal flat settings, away from major
river systems (Fig. 2). The play concept
assumes that the palaeo-valleys of the major
river systems from the Palaeocene and
Eocene ran from South to North and were
situated at the same locations as the presentday large rivers. This is supported by the
sandy nature and lack of seal in wells drilled
near the Nickerie and Corantijn rivers. In
between these rivers, mud flats with tidal
inlet complexes are expected. These mud flats
stretch out in a narrow belt parallel to the
palaeo coastline (Fig. 3). When studied in
detail, the belt can be subdivided in separate
patches (Fig. 4), each of which is represented
by an intricate 3D network of sands and
clays. Once a patch has been acknowledged
as a prospect, detailed sedimentpetrographical and palynological studies are
carried out. Log responses are used to
establish high-resolution correlations
between the closely spaced wells and
palynology is then used to map, both in time
and space, the outline and distribution of the
various palaeoenvironments.

Geobiology

The role of palynology in the onshore exploration programme of Suriname

Geobiology
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Geological Survey of the Netherlands is the
central geoscience centre in the Netherlands
for information and research to promote the
sustainable management and use of the subsurface and its natural resources.
TNO Built Environment and Geosciences
Geological Survey of the Netherlands
Princetonlaan 6
PO Box 80015
3508 TA Utrecht
The Netherlands
T +31 30 256 46 00
F +31 30 256 46 05
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Fig. 3

Cross section of the onshore basin margin against the stratigraphy. The prospective mud
flats are restricted to the narrow belt between the red lines.
Sand is indicated in yellow, clay in black and oil is indicated in green.

Fig. 4

Play map of the Paleocene Eocene Fairway, developed by the state-owned Staatsolie
Maatschappij Suriname NV.
Prospective areas are indicated in green, sand-prone areas in yellow and the producing
Tambaredjo and Calcutta oil fields in purple. The dotted line represents the SurinameGuyana Basin margin.

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