Published September 2002
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Journal article
Reborning of the Cira Infantas
Creators
Description
The Cretaceous is more than a geologic age in which dominated the dinosaurs and in The Moon Formation, one of the biggest generating rocks of hydrocarbons was gestated in the world. Today, one of the most ambitious exploration projects represents in Colombia, with which is looked for to check the existence of hydrocarbons deposits to a bigger depth in the area of the Cira-infantas, the field that marked the beginning of the oil history of the country. This field that initially counted with some proven reserves of 800 million barrels stored in rocks of the Tertiary, it is the biggest overdraft at the beginning of the X X century in Colombia and classified by the experts as one of the most important discoveries in the world
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Spanish)
- El Renacer de la Cira Infantas
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Carta Petrolera
- Journal Issue
- no.103
- Journal Page Range
- p. 18-21
- ISSN
- 1657-7205
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Colombia
- Country of Input or Organization
- Colombia
- INIS RN
- 33061670
- Subject category
- S02: PETROLEUM;
- Descriptors DEI
- CRETACEOUS PERIOD; EXPLORATION; GEOLOGIC AGES; GEOLOGY; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; RESERVES; TERTIARY PERIOD
- Descriptors DEC
- CENOZOIC ERA; ENERGY SOURCES; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GEOLOGIC AGES; INDUSTRY; MESOZOIC ERA; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RESOURCES