"Opportunity in a World-class Hydrocarbon Basin: Trinidad and Tobago’s
Eastern Offshore Marine Province"
By: Lesli J. Wood (1) and Carolyn Roberts (2)
(1)Bureau of Economic Geology,
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
lesli.wood@beg.utexas.edu
(2)Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries,
Trinidad & Tobago, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
croberts@energy.gov.tt
Published in the June, 2001 Bulletin, posted here, May 27, 2001.
Figure One
Techno-geographic map showing regional structural features, northern South America, including the island of Trinidad and Tobago, and the extensional, minibasin and compressional provinces associated with Trinidad's eastern offshore marine (EOM) hydrocarbon basin.
Figure Two
Major structural features of the EOM area including regional roller faults, right lateral strike slip faults and offshore anticlinal ridges. Major hydrocarbon fields are distributed along these ridges.
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