Hydrocarbon and Petroleum Geology of France Special Publication of the European Association of Petroleum

This special publication no. 4 of the European Association of Petroleum Geoscientists and Engineers is devoted to some recent developments in the petroleum geology of France. Most of the papers have been presented either as oral or poster communications at the special session "Hydrocarbons of France" of the EAEG - EAPG Paris Conference (June, 92). A few additional papers have been added for their thematic interest, such as recent advances in sequence stratigraphy and structural geology applied to exploration of oil and gas in complex areas. Synthetic papers are also presented, covering most of the French sedimentary basins including a few oversea French agreements and territories. Front Matter....Pages I-XV Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Exploration for and Production of Oil and Gas in France: A Review of the Habitat, Present Activity, and Expected Developments....Pages 3-27 A History of Petroleum Exploration in France....Pages 29-45 Regulations of Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production in France....Pages 47-49 Underground Gas Storage Facilities in France....Pages 51-60 Modeling Present and Past Thermal Regimes in the Paris Basin: Petroleum Implications....Pages 61-73 Front Matter....Pages 75-75 Sequence Stratigraphy of the Jurassic Series of the Paris-London Basin....Pages 77-105 Sequence Stratigraphy and Organic Matter Distribution of the Lias of the Paris Basin....Pages 107-119 Relationship Between Organic Matter and Sedimentation in the Lias of Lorraine (France)....Pages 121-136 An Integrated Approach to Reservoir Characterization for a Gas Storage in the Paris Basin....Pages 137-145 Management of Chaunoy Oil Field Multilayered Reservoir....Pages 147-153 Seismic Applications of a Paris Basin Shallow Geology Data Base....Pages 155-156 Liassic Source Rocks from Three Wells from the Sea of Iroise (French Western Approaches) and Dorset (UK) Outcrops: Nature and Modeled Maturity History....Pages 157-169 Front Matter....Pages 171-171 Deep Seismic Investigation in the Parentis Basin (Southwestern France)....Pages 173-186 Subsidence in the Parentis Basin (Aquitaine, France): Implications of the Thermal Evolution....Pages 187-198 The Arzacq-Western Pyrenees ECORS Deep Seismic Profile....Pages 199-208 A Reinterpretation of the Stress Regime of the Aquitaine Basin, Southwestern France, and Implications for Hydrocarbon Recovery....Pages 209-219 Front Matter....Pages 221-221 Structure of the Gulf of Lions (Northwestern Mediterranean Sea): A Review....Pages 223-243 Multiphase Extensional Structures, Fault Reactivation, and Petroleum Plays in the Alpine Foreland Basin of Southeastern France....Pages 245-268 Thrust Propagation and Syntectonic Sedimentation in the Savoy Tertiary Molasse Basin (Alpine Foreland)....Pages 269-280 The Southern French Alps Paleogene Basin: Subsidence Modeling and Geodynamic Implications....Pages 281-293 Front Matter....Pages 221-221 The Mid-Cretaceous Organic-Rich Sediments from the Vocontian Zone of the French Southeast Basin....Pages 295-320 Reservoir Aspects in Relationship with Sequence Boundaries in Carbonate Platforms....Pages 321-323 Front Matter....Pages 325-325 Transfer Zone in the Southern Jura Thrust Belt (Eastern France): Geometry, Development, and Comparison with Analogue Modeling Experiments....Pages 327-346 Triassic Transgressive-Regressive Cycles in the Bresse-Jura and Adjacent Basins, Eastern France....Pages 347-360 Petroleum Exploration in the French Rhine Graben....Pages 361-363 Mechanism of Fluid Paleocirculations in Fractured Rocks Determined by Vein Alteration Studies....Pages 365-378 Deformation of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais Carboniferous Coalfield (France) in the Variscan Frontal Tectonic Pattern....Pages 379-398 Polyphase Coalification in French Intermontane Coal Basins of the Late Carboniferous....Pages 399-407 Front Matter....Pages 409-409 The French Guyana Margin and the Demerara Plateau: Geological History and Petroleum Plays....Pages 411-422 Structure and Tectonic History of the Kerguelen Plateau....Pages 423-426 The Sedimentary Basins of the New Caledonia Region....Pages 427-429 Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Plays Around the French Antilles....Pages 431-443 Back Matter....Pages 445-447 The Subject Of The Book Will Be Recent Advances In The Petroleum Geology Of France, Including Papers On The Present Exploration And Production Activity, Field Descriptions, Regional Synthesis And Thematic Papers An Sequence Stratigraphy And Tectonic. A Special Attention Will Be Given To The Illustration (maps, Seismic Sections, Raw Data ...). This Will Be The First Attempt To Publish One Single Volume Devoted To The Petroleum Geology Of France.