IHS Studies - Latin America

The Latin America region offers world class E&P opportunities and many different play opportunities, especially onshore for niche players. This is despite some political populism, disputes and economic turmoil. There are currently over 4,200 companies active in the region and combined on and offshore reserves stand at 261,097 mmbo.

Argentina - Five major prospective and proven basins are currently producing in the country. Several other frontier basins have been poorly explored and are considered prospective but largely unproven.

Brazil - Brazil has six main producing basins onshore and five offshore. Additionally there are numerous frontier basins that are relatively unexplored. Offshore the main producing basins of Campos, Espirito Santa, and Santos are considered the most prospective from the shelf to the ultra deepwater in a variety of play types and a number of giant discoveries still remain to be found. Many of the frontier basins have seen little drilling or seismic activity.

• The comprehensive report covers 700 well tests and almost 400 completions.
• Provides independent analyses of production, test and pressure data on a reservoir and
  completion basis.
  

Oriente Basin, Ecuador and Putumayo Basin, Colombia, 1992
The study evaluates the Oriente and Putumayo Basins under the headings, geological background, petroleum habitat, selected oil and gas fields, future exploration potential and fiscal and economic terms.

• Mexico's present production rate of 4.4 Bcfg/d will need to increase to about 10 Bcfg/d by 2010 for the country to be self sufficient, as gas demand is expected to rise by 5 to 7% annually.
• The study aids understanding of the political situation with respect to the energy industry and looks at ways in which the constitution and fiscal situation might change to allow the opening of the sector. Typical analogue regimes from comparative countries are discussed and modelled.
• Analysis of the gas reserves of Mexico, covering produced, producing and unproduced fields and discoveries, is given. This information is combined with abundantly illustrated and detailed basin by basin geological information to help companies make informed 'yet to find' estimates of remaining gas in Mexico.
• Growth in production is discussed, based upon developable reserves at various gas price
  scenarios with development and net back costs calculated for each potential producing
  basin.This study is presented in an interactive, digital format on a single CID, in html and pdf format, viewable through a web browser, allowing immediate access to all data, information and illustrations.

Mexico Country Monitor, 1996
A study of the country's geological evaluation, producing and prospective basins with a review of 635 oil and gas fields.

Mexico Oil and Gas Industry, 1996
Provides an introduction to the business environment, petroleum geology, fiscal terms, infrastructure, industry history and opportunities available.

Deepwater Exploration Opportunities Brazilian Basins, 1998
Brazil's hydrocarbon future lies in deepwater exploration. Pre requisites for success are a knowledge of the location of thick, well defined, continuous reservoirs with high flow rates; unfaulted simple traps; and thick source rocks at present day peak generation stage. This study of the deepwater Brazilian Basins can help supply this vital information, as it is based on the geological interpretation and analysis of regional seismic sections and integrates a broad knowledge of Atlantic deepwater geology.

• More than 40 regional seismic sections in an atlas format, interpreted and reproduced with superimposed interpretation.
• In order to assess the timing and probability of hydrocarbon charge, about 30 sites distributed from the upper slope to the abyssal plain have been modelled and maturity simulations undertaken, combining burial and thermal histories, to test the sensitivity of hydrocarbon generation.
• The report identifies and develops several new plays specific to the upper slope, the lower slope and the abyssal plain.
• There is extensive discussion of the huge rafted structures and wide ranging turbidite systems, anticipated to provide large, good quality combination or stratigraphic traps.
• The study is available in A3 paper format or as an interactive dcIf based CD.
• Deepwater Exploration Opportunities: South Atlantic African Basins is also available, enabling the full picture of opportunities in the whole cleepwater Atlantic realm to be reviewed.

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Exploration history, regional setting, structural and stratigraphic elements. Stratigraphy, geologic problems, hydrocarbon potential, conclusions.

• Provides basin descriptions and analysis of hydrocarbon potential.
• Describes the exploration and development history of the area.

• Maracaibo.
• Barinas-Apure.
• Eastern Venezuala.
• Falcon.
• Figures, tables and enclosures complement the text together with an atlas of 267 accumulations.

• Prospectivity, life of field and CAPEX and OPEX post tax economics, business and other risks.
• 25 countries at a range of oil price scenarios appropriate for the next five year period.

• 650+ page report.
• Illustrated with 650 graphics and 100 datasheets.

• The study shows that the world has produced 2,200 Tcf (62 T.m3) of gas; has reserves of 4,650 Tcf (132 T.m3) and a realistic undiscovered potential of 2,400 Tcf (68 Tm3).
• Discussion includes examination of the various ways to assess gas potential, such as field distribution analysis and derivative logistic or Hubbert curves.
• The seven areas discussed in detail are the Ahnet Timmoun System in Algeria,
  Barrow Dampierre Rankin, Australia; North of Western Siberia, Russia; Niger Delta, Nigeria; Anglo Dutch Basin, UK, Netherlands and Germany; Po Adriatic Gas. System, Italy; Qusaiba Sudair Gas System, Middle East.
• Written in conjunction with three of the world's leading experts on the prediction of the world's resources: Jean LaHerrere, Alain Perrodon and Colin Campbell.