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The AAPG/Datapages Combined Publications Database
Houston Geological Society Bulletin
Abstract
Abstract: Jurassic Petroleum Trends in
Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain
and Central and Eastern
Gulf of Mexico
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The petroleum potential of the Upper Jurassic strata in
the Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain and Central and eastern Gulf
of Mexico regions is excellent. At least three Upper Jurassic
petroleum trends can be delineated in the region. An oil
trend can be identified onshore in the area north of the
regional peripheral 
fault
trend and is interpreted to extend
offshore into the area north of the Destin Anticline in the
Eastern Gulf of Mexico. An oil and gas-condensate trend
can be defined onshore between the regional peripheral fault
trend and the Wiggins arch. This trend is projected to extend
offshore into the area of the Destin Anticline. A deep natural
gas trend can be delineated onshore south of the Wiggins
arch and extended offshore into the Mississippi-Alabama
shelf area. These trends are recognized by hydrocarbon
types, basinal position, and relationship to regional structural
features. The main petroleum source rocks for the
Upper Jurassic hydrocarbons are Smackover carbonate mudstones.
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