| Abstract: | The Transylvanian Composite Total Petroleum System and the Transylvanian Neogene Suprasalt Gas Assessment Unit were identified in the Transylvanian Basin Province (4057), which lies entirely within the country of Romania. The assessment unit is composed of middle Miocene (Badenian) to Pliocene strata. Gas from the assessment unit is biogenic and originated from bacterial activity on dispersed organic matter in shales and siltstones. Gas migration is believed to be minimal, both vertically and laterally, with gases trapped in local stratigraphic traps and in structural traps (most likely domes and anticlinal folds created by salt diapirism) in the central part of the basin. For this reason, the gas fields also are concentrated in the central part of the basin. Reservoirs are isolated and composed of vertically stacked sandstones and siltstones sealed by shales and possibly by evaporite layers. Traps result from stratigraphic and facies changes within the entire assessment unit stratigraphic section. Some gas fields contain as much or more than a trillion cubic feet, but in most, the estimated resources are between 6 billion and 96 billion cubic feet. Petroleum exploration in the province is in the mature stage, which, combined with the geologic complexity of the region, is considered to limit future discoveries to a relatively few small fields. The undiscovered resources for the Transylvanian Basin Neogene Suprasalt Composite AU in the Transylvanian Hybrid Total Petroleum System (4057) are, at the mean, 2.083 trillion cubic feet of gas. No oil is produced in the basin. Rocks underlying the salt layers were not assessed for hydrocarbon potential. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 72291 |
| Citation Author: | Pawlewicz, Mark |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Central Region Energy Resources Program |
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| Citation Language: | ENGLISH |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | World Petroleum Assessment 2000 |
| Citation LatN: | 0520000 |
| Citation LatS: | 0430000 |
| Citation LonE: | 0300000 |
| Citation LonW: | 0140000 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iii, 10 p. |
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| Citation Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Citation Series: | Bulletin |
| Citation Series Code: | B |
| Citation Series Number: | 2204-E |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Transylvanian Composite Total Petroleum System of the Transylvanian Basin Province, Romania, Eastern Europe; 2005; B; 2204-E; World Petroleum Assessment 2000; Pawlewicz, Mark |
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| Citation Year: | 2005 |
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| Text: | Transylvanian Composite Total Petroleum System of the Transylvanian Basin Province, Romania, Eastern Europe; 2005; B; 2204-E; World Petroleum Assessment 2000; Pawlewicz, Mark |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/2204/e/ |
| Date Other: | Mon, 19 Sep 2005 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
