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Unconventional Methods for Oil & Gas Exploration in Cuba

The Redox Complex

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Authors:
  1. Manuel E. Pardo Echarte

    1. Depatment of Regional Geology and Geological Survey, Scientific-Research Unit Exploration, Centro de Investigaciones del Petróleo, El Cerro, Cuba

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  2. Osvaldo Rodríguez Morán

    1. Depatment of Regional Geology and Geological Survey, Scientific-Research Unit Exploration, Centro de Investigaciones del Petróleo, El Cerro, Cuba

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  • Presents oils and gas
  • exploration techniques currently being employed in Cuba
  • Examines the Redox
  • Offers an insightful guide for all those involved in oil, gas and mineral exploration
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences (BRIEFSEARTHSYST)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The Redox Complex: Methodological and Theoretical–Empirical Considerations

    • Manuel E. Pardo Echarte, Osvaldo Rodríguez Morán
    Pages 1-17

  3. Historical Development of Redox Complex

    • Manuel E. Pardo Echarte, Osvaldo Rodríguez Morán
    Pages 19-35

  4. Processes Controlling Metal Mobilization, Transport, and Accumulation in the Surficial Environment over Buried Ore Bodies and Hydrocarbon Deposits: A Review

    • Manuel E. Pardo Echarte, Osvaldo Rodríguez Morán
    Pages 37-47

  5. The Redox System: The Redox Complex Database and Interpretation System

    • Manuel E. Pardo Echarte, Osvaldo Rodríguez Morán
    Pages 49-58

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 59-69
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This book studies the “Redox Complex”, a complex of unconventional geophysical-geochemical exploration techniques used for the indirect detection, characterization and evaluation of various metal targets, while also illustrating selected applications of unconventional geophysical-geochemical methods for oil exploration in Cuba. This complex is successfully applied in various fields: oil & gas and metal ores exploration; studies of oil and metal contaminants in soils; and the search for metallic archaeological burials. The use of these techniques is intended to complement the conventional prospecting complex by reducing areas and/or facilitating the selection of the most favorable targets, improving the economical-geological effectiveness of investigations in the process. Further, the Redox Complex can be implemented without physical or chemical damage to the environment. 
The book’s primary goals are to: 1) outline the general features characterizing the processes of metal mobilization, transport   and accumulation on surficial media; 2) outline the methodology, data interpretation and mathematical apparatus that support     quantitative estimates of the Redox Complex; and 3) design a database and applications system (the Redox System) to address storage processes, reports, graphics and the corresponding interpretations of the Redox Complex in a quick and reliable way. 
To do so, it examines the regions of Havana-Matanzas (Varadero Oil Field, Cantel Oil Field and Madruga Prospect) and Ciego de Ávila (Pina Oil Field, Cristales Oil Field, Jatibonico Oil Field, Jatibonico Oeste Prospect and Cacahual Prospect). The methods covered include, in some cases, airborne gamma spectrometry (K/eTh ratio) beside ORP  and, in others, the Redox Complex with reduced or standard attributes. In all cases, the anomalous complex of interest corresponds to the correlation of the minimum K/eTh ratio with minimum ORP and, in the case of the Redox Complex, Magnetic Susceptibility highs with ORP lows, Spectral Reflectance lows and maximum Content of Chemical Elements (V, Ni, Pb, Zn, Fe).

Authors and Affiliations

  • Depatment of Regional Geology and Geological Survey, Scientific-Research Unit Exploration, Centro de Investigaciones del Petróleo, El Cerro, Cuba

    Manuel E. Pardo Echarte, Osvaldo Rodríguez Morán

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