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A NEW TECTONIC PROVINCE

PROPOSAL AND PROSPECTIVITY OF THE
MIDDLE MAGDALENA VALLEY BASIN
Ivan D. Olaya Lopez
Geologist
M.Sc. Geology
Master in Business Administration
Exploration Geophysics Specialist
International Oil Management Specialist
14/05/2021
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 Iván Dario Olaya

• Geologist (UIS)
• Master of Science in Geology (Colorado School of Mines)
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) (Universidad de Los Andes)
• Specialist in Exploration Geophysics (Colorado School of Mines)
• Specialist in International Management of Hydrocarbons (U. de Los Andes)

Experience

• Ecopetrol (17 years)

• Hocol (2 years)
• Pacific Rubiales (8 years)
• Mansarovar Energy (4 years)

Volunteering

• AAPG Latin America: Visiting Geologist

• ACGGP Colombia Visiting Geologist
• Bull Scout Colombia 2020 - Present
• ACGGP President 2010-2011
• Guest speaker in topics such as: Seismic Interpretation, Sequence Stratigraphy, Advanced Petroleum Geology in many Faculties of
Latin America
• Author of the Lecture Series “Tour Sísmico por varias cuencas sedimentarias de Latinoamérica” (Seismic Tour by many sedimentary
basins of Latin America)

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 Disclaimer

▪ Only public data was used with academic purposes

▪ The interpretations are regional and author responsibility

▪ Confidential data and reports that modify these interpretations could exist

▪ The main intention is making general statements and not exact locations of prospects

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AGENDA

Basin overview
Tectonic Provinces, Types of Plays, Petroleum Systems

North Zone
From Buturama Field to Boranda

Central-East Zone
Fields La Cira-Infantas, Casabe & Llanito

Foothills Zone
Fields Provincia-Las Monas-La Tigra

Central -West Zone

Fields Velasquez-Palagua-Teca-Cocorná

South Zone
Fields Totare, Ambrosia, Rio Opia, Toqui Toqui and Puli 5
Play Types in the Middle Magdalena Basin

Cantagallo Field Provincia Field

Acordionero Field Velasquez Field

Source: IHS
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Wheeler Diagram
Middle Magdalena Valley Basin

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 North Zone

Tectonic
Provinces of the East

Middle
Central
Zone

Magdalena Basin West

Central Foothills Zone
Zone

South Zone

Source ANH 2011

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 Lisama Fm Sub-crop

Umir Fm Sub-crop

La Luna Fm Sub-crop

Simiti-Tablazo-Paja Fm Sub-crop
North Zone

Subcrop
Rosablanca Fm Sub-crop North Zone

Buturama

Below the
Eocene
Discordance
East
Central
Zone

Map at the
Middle West
Central
Yarigui-Cantagallo Provincia

Magdalena
Zone Foothills Zone East
Central
Zone

Valley Basin
South La Cira Foothills
Zone Zone
West
Central
Zone

Fuente ICP 1998

Source ANH 2011

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 La Luna Fm sub-crop
below the Eocene
Unconformity

Rosablanca Fm
sub-crop below the
Eocene
Buturama Unconformity

Buturama

TWT Structural North Zone

North Zone

Maps at the Top

of La Luna and
Rosablanca Fms in
the Middle
Magdalena Basin
Yarigui-Cantagallo
Provincia
Yarigui-Cantagallo
Provincia

East
Central East
Zone Central
Zone
La Cira

La Cira Foothills
Foothills Zone Zone
West
Central
West
Zone
Source ICP 1998 Central
Zone 10
 North Zone

Petroleum Systems
Map of the Middle East
Central
Magdalena Basin Zone

Foothills Zone
West Central Zone

South Zone

Source ANH 2011

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Isogravity Map of
the Middle
Magdalena Valley
Basin

Source IHS
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 Wells and
Seeps Map of
the MMVB

Source: ANH Atlas de Geoquímica (Geochemical Atlas), 2010

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 Geological Meaning of the
North Zone identified Alignments
Source Sarmiento-Rojas, 2003

East
Central
Zone

West
Central Foothills Zone
Zone

South Zone

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AGENDA

Basin overview
Tectonic Provinces, Types of Plays, Petroleum Systems

North Zone
From Buturama Field to Boranda

Central-East Zone
Fields La Cira-Infantas, Casabe & Llanito

Foothills Zone
Fields Provincia-Las Monas-La Tigra

Central -West Zone

Fields Velasquez-Palagua-Teca-Cocorná

South Zone
Fields Totare, Ambrosia, Rio Opia, Toqui Toqui and Puli 15
North Zone of the Middle Magdalena
Valley Basin

Source ANH, 2011 16

 North Zone: Buturama Field in the Middle
Magdalena Basin (Seismic Line BSM-1991-2690)
SE
NW

Oil
Migration
Pathway

Source Seismic Atlas 1998

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North Zone: Buturama, Olivo & Catalina Fields

1. La Luna Shale (oil)

2. Salada Limestone (oil)
3. Simiti Shale (Gas + NGLs)
4. Tablazo Shale (light oil)
5. Rosa Blanca Limestone (light oil)

• Olivo-1 Basal La Luna (Salto or Salada

Limestone produced 14° oil from a horizontal
section at an initial rate of 5,000 bopd with a
cumulative of 675,000 barrels)

• Catalina-1 “Basal Limestone” or Rosablanca

produced 38° oil from a horizontal section at an
initial rate of 7,500 bopd with a cumulative of
600,000 barrels

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North Zone: Cayena Discovery (Fortuna Block)
by Parex in the Middle Magdalena Basin

Horizontal Well

~ 242 bopd
>30oAPI
BSW<1%

Source Parex Web Page

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 North Zone: Los Angeles & Tisquirama Fields
(Seismic Line MM 1976-01C&01D)
N Buturama Field Totumal Field Los Angeles-Tisquirama Fields S
(Projected)

Oil
Migration
Pathway

Source: Seismic Atlas, 1998

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 North Zone: Reses – 1 Well
(Seismic Line MM-1976-14)
Mono Arana Los Angeles
NW Projected Projected
SE

Oil
Migration
Pathway

Source Seismic Atlas, 1998

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Oso Pardo – 1 Discovery (Lisama Fm Producer)

Oso Pardo Production:

171 BOPD (Jun/16)

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Mono Araña- 1&2 (Lisama Fm Producer)

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 Recent Discoveries Map from the North
Zone of the MMVB

Acordionero-1
Petronorte, 2013
TD 8878’
3.226 bopd 23ºAPI
GOR 259 SCF/STB
BS&W<1%
Choke 64/64
Tubing Pressure 169 psi
Casing Pressure 30 psi

Colon-1
PetroCaribbean, 2008
TD 8878’

Boranda-1
Parex, 2017
TD 12,173´

Cagui-1
Ecopetrol, 2004
TD

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 Acordionero-1 Discovery (Petrolatina, 2013)

Torcoroma-2 Torcoroma-3
(Texas, 1966) (Texas, 1966)

“An Unusual Large Stratigraphic Trap

within the Paleocene Lisama Formation”

January of 2020: 14,709 bopd

From Prince et al, 2016

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 North Zone: Boranda-1 Discovery

Cacao-1 Boranda-1

Oil
Cacao-1 Migration
Pathway

ECP WI 50%; PAREX 50%

Total depth of 12,173 feet
Objective: La Paz Formation
94 bopd of 20o API oil
Boranda-1

Source: “Atlas Sísmico de Colombia” (Seismic Atlas of Colombia)

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Cagui – 1 Well & Eocene Prospectivity

Oil
Migration
Pathway

Courtesy by Peña, Anderson 28

North Zone: Flamencos-1 Discovery
W
Culimba-1 E
Braval-2 Las Garzas-1 Flamencos-1

Oil
Migration
Pathway

UNIDADES INTERPRETADAS
T5
T4
T3
T2
T1
Discordancia Eoceno
Tope Formación Umir
Tope Formación La Luna
Tope Formación Simití
Tope Formación
Rosablanca
Jurásico

Source: Ecopetrol (1999)

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 North Zone: Block VMM-28-1 Additional
Prospectivity
A A’
TWT Structural
Map near top La
Luna Fm

Oil
Migration
Pathway

Legend
Esmeraldas
Fm.

Source Parex Web Page

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AGENDA

Basin overview
Tectonic Provinces, Types of Plays, Petroleum Systems

North Zone
From Buturama Field to Boranda

Central-East Zone
Fields La Cira-Infantas, Casabe & Llanito

Foothills Zone
Fields Provincia-Las Monas-La Tigra

Central -West Zone

Fields Velasquez-Palagua-Teca-Cocorná

South Zone
Fields Totare, Ambrosia, Rio Opia, Toqui Toqui and Puli 31
 Composite Section Casabe - Peroles

E
W

North Zone East Central Zone Foothills Zone

3 Km

CASABE
N40W
LA CIRA

Fuente Ecopetrol 1999

Oil
Migration
Pathway

Source: Ecopetrol (1999)

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Recent Discoveries in the Esat Central
Zone: Infantas Oriente & Coyote

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 Colorado Field: Compare prev-T Structures
at Both Sides of the Fault

INFANTAS

Aprox La Luna Top

Source: ICP 1997

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AGENDA

Basin overview
Tectonic Provinces, Types of Plays, Petroleum Systems

North Zone
From Buturama Field to Boranda

Central-East Zone
Fields La Cira-Infantas, Casabe & Llanito

Foothills Zone
Fields Provincia-Las Monas-La Tigra

Central -West Zone

Fields Velasquez-Palagua-Teca-Cocorná

South Zone
Fields Totare, Ambrosia, Rio Opia, Toqui Toqui and Puli 35
Foothills Zone: Provincia Field

East Central Zone Foothills Zone

Source: Ecopetrol (1999)

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 Foothills Sector: Las Monas Field
Foothills Sector
W E

SOGAMOSO-1 LAS MONAS

PERALONSO-1

Source: Ecopetrol (1999)

Interpreted Units
T5
T4
T3
T2
T1
Eocene Unconformity
Umir Fm Top
La Luna Fm Top
Simití Fm Top
Rosablanca Fm Top
Jurassic Top 37
Foothills Sector: Sequence Stratigraphy at
Las Monas Field

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 Opon Field Area: SQL-07-1030
SE

NW SE
Opon Field

1.010.000 1.020.000

Real Fm La Paz
Gr Real

Colorado

Mugrosa Fm Lisama

Esmeraldas
Fm Umir
La Paz
Fm La Luna

2 km
2.5 Km

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Búfalo-1
Discovery

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Bufalo – 1 Discovery: Western Foothills of
the Eastern Cordillera

Bufalo-1

Dry Gas Oil 35oAPI

Source ANH
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AGENDA

Basin overview
Tectonic Provinces, Types of Plays, Petroleum Systems

North Zone
From Buturama Field to Boranda

Central-East Zone
Fields La Cira-Infantas, Casabe & Llanito

Foothills Zone
Fields Provincia-Las Monas-La Tigra

Central -West Zone

Fields Velasquez-Palagua-Teca-Cocorná

South Zone
Fields Totare, Ambrosia, Rio Opia, Toqui Toqui and Puli 43
 West – Central Zone of the MMVB Play
Concept
1.2 MMB OOIP 2 MMB OOIP

NW
JAZMIN, TECA, VELASQUEZ FIELD SE
UNDER RIVER & NARE
FIELDS
Central
Cordillera
OIL SEEPS Magdalena Velasquez
River Fault

Nare
Fault

Miocene to Recent
A
B
C

Oligocene to Eocene

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West – Central Zone of the MMVB:
(Seismic Line L-1984-214)
Antorcha

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AGENDA

Basin overview
Tectonic Provinces, Types of Plays, Petroleum Systems

North Zone
From Buturama Field to Boranda

Central-East Zone
Fields La Cira-Infantas, Casabe & Llanito

Foothills Zone
Fields Provincia-Las Monas-La Tigra

Central -West Zone

Fields Velasquez-Palagua-Teca-Cocorná

South Zone
Fields Totare, Ambrosia, Rio Opia, Toqui Toqui and Puli 47
South Zone of the MMVB
Seismic Line DC-1985-1825

Source Linares, (1998)

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South Zone of the MMVB:
Seismic Line AL-1992-101

Source ICP (1998)

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 South Zone of the MMVB:
Fields Totare, Ambrosia, Rio Opia, Toqui Toqui & Puli

Southern Sector Foothills Sector

(Doima & Chicoral Fm)

(Monserrate Fm)
(Honda Fm)
(Doima Fm) Mana

(Honda)

(Chicoral - Doima)

Source: ANH

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Conclusions & Prospectivity

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 Conclusions & Prospectivity
Buturama North Zone
Totumal
Mono Arana
• Structural Traps:
• New ideas for Old Basins Los Angeles
Tisqurama
Acordionero
o In Cretaceous Limestones as in Buturama, Olivo,
• A new Tectonic Provinces Division is proposed Cayena, etc.
o In Upper Cretaceous & Paleocene as in Acordionero,
• The new proposal need additional multidisciplinary Mono araña, etc.
Boranda
studies Cristalina • Stratigraphic Traps:
• The new proposal has consequences in the o In Tertiary (mainly Eocene) as in Boranda,
Flamencos
Yarigui-Cantagallo
Provincia

hydrocarbon prospectivity: Flamencos, etc.

Llanito
Lisama

Casabe
La Cira-Infantas
East Central Zone
• Structural Traps:
Colorado

West Central Zone o In Tertiary as in La Cira-Infantas, Aguas Blancas,

• Structural Traps: Colorado, etc.
o In Tertiary as in Velasquez, • New Plays
Palagua, Caipal, Nare, etc. Opon o Structural Traps in Cretaceous & Paleocene
• New Plays o Stratigraphic Traps in Tertiary (3D required)
o Stratigraphic Traps in Tertiary Nare
Caipal
Palagua

(3D required) Velasquez

Foothills Zone
• Structural Traps:
o In Tertiary as in Provincia, Opon, etc.
Torcaz
o In Upper Cretaceous & Paleocene as in Lisama, La
South Zone Tigra, etc.
• Structural Traps: • New plays:
o In Tertiary as Mana, Toqui Toqui, etc. o Footwall of thrust as in Bufalo, etc.
o In Upper Cretaceous & Paleocene as
in Puli, etc. Guaduas

• New Plays
o Stratigraphic Traps in Tertiary (3D
required) Mana-Toqui Toqui
Puli
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Thanks
www.anh.gov.co
Ivan-olaya@hotmail.com

14/05/2021

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