Focusing on the late Miocene succession stratigraphic successions including the evaporite deposits from the Messinian salinity crisis (MSC) of the Adriatic foreland basin, a revision of available boreholes and seismic data allowed us to recognize the presence of reservoirs and seals systems that can be considered of potential interest for the storage of natural and synthetic gas. Potentially good reservoir sites can be found where porous rocks referable to siliciclastic turbiditites (Marnoso-arenacea and Laga Fms) or shallow-water carbonates (Bolognano Fm) preferentially involved in anticlinal structures and covered by thick MSC evaporites, which may represent effective reservoir seals. The integrated reconstruction of porous rocks distribution and facies, thickness, and lateral continuity of the overlying evaporites, allows the identification and zonation of geological settings in the Adriatic foredeep, backbulge and foreland with peculiar stratigraphy and deformations, only partially considered before, that may deserve consideration in the research of potential gas storage sites.

The role of the Messinian evaporites in the identification of potential gas storage sites: A review of the Adriatic foreland basin system (Italy) / Manzi, V.; Bigi, D.; Lugli, S.; Balsamo, F.; Chizzini, N.; Lucca, A.; Storti, F.. - In: BASIN RESEARCH. - ISSN 0950-091X. - 36:5(2024). [10.1111/bre.70000]

The role of the Messinian evaporites in the identification of potential gas storage sites: A review of the Adriatic foreland basin system (Italy)

Manzi V.
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Bigi D.;Lugli S.;Balsamo F.;Chizzini N.;Lucca A.;Storti F.
2024-01-01

Abstract

Focusing on the late Miocene succession stratigraphic successions including the evaporite deposits from the Messinian salinity crisis (MSC) of the Adriatic foreland basin, a revision of available boreholes and seismic data allowed us to recognize the presence of reservoirs and seals systems that can be considered of potential interest for the storage of natural and synthetic gas. Potentially good reservoir sites can be found where porous rocks referable to siliciclastic turbiditites (Marnoso-arenacea and Laga Fms) or shallow-water carbonates (Bolognano Fm) preferentially involved in anticlinal structures and covered by thick MSC evaporites, which may represent effective reservoir seals. The integrated reconstruction of porous rocks distribution and facies, thickness, and lateral continuity of the overlying evaporites, allows the identification and zonation of geological settings in the Adriatic foredeep, backbulge and foreland with peculiar stratigraphy and deformations, only partially considered before, that may deserve consideration in the research of potential gas storage sites.
2024
The role of the Messinian evaporites in the identification of potential gas storage sites: A review of the Adriatic foreland basin system (Italy) / Manzi, V.; Bigi, D.; Lugli, S.; Balsamo, F.; Chizzini, N.; Lucca, A.; Storti, F.. - In: BASIN RESEARCH. - ISSN 0950-091X. - 36:5(2024). [10.1111/bre.70000]
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