ABSTRACT

The study area comprises offshore Salaverry Basin, the coast and part of the foothills, and it
extends with NW SE strike between Lima and Chiclayo latitudes. It evidence different oil
seeps in its surrounding (Trujillo Basin), as well as oil shows in wells Morsa 1-X, Lobos 1-X
and ODP-679, which reveals the existence of at least one active Petroleum System in
surrounding Salaverry Basin. Its outcrops have record from Jurassic to Cenozoic and 65% of
them correspond to Cretaceous rocks that might correlate with Cretaceous formations of
Northwest, which compose Petroleum Systems of Talara, Sechura and Lancones Basins.
The integration of lithostratigraphic and chronological data (fossils and dating) define a
chronostratigraphic framework for the Cretaceous that allows differentiate three second
order stratigraphic sequences: Lower Cretaceous Sequence (hereinafter SCI), formed by
Morro Solar and Goyllarisquizga Groups, Albian Sequence (hereinafter SAL), formed by
IncaChulecPariatambo Formations, sedimentary facies of Casma Group and Pamplona
Atocongo Formations as its lateral equivalents; and Upper Cretaceous Sequence
(hereinafter SCS), formed by PulluicanaQuilquian Groups. The integrated structural
analysis allows recognize five onshore-offshore structural domains: NESW Domain,
Andean Strike Domain, Huancabamba Deflection Domain, NWSE Domain and EW
Domain, which define structural highs and lows, basins and source areas.
The integration of all geological data, seismic and geopotential data interpretation, allows
propose a model for onshore-offshore present day distribution of each differentiated
Cretaceous Sequence, which provide the locations most likely to find remnants and interpret
its possible thickness.
Thus the study of geologicaleconomic potential of the Cretaceous Sequences focuses on
hydrocarbon generating potential. The geochemical analysis results of 248 samples belong
to Cretaceous units integrated with geological data allow interpret that the Albian
Sequence, represented by the IncaChulecPariatambo Formations, holds regular potential
to generating hydrocarbons (24 samples, averages: TOC = 1.44% wt, Tmax = 428C y Ro =
3.10%). While the Lower Cretaceous Sequence, represented by La Herradura (3 samples,
averages: TOC = 0.51% wt, Tmax = 524C y Ro = 2.60%) and SantaCarhuaz Formations
(12 samples, averages: TOC = 0.90% wt, Tmax = 315C y Ro = 4.62%), and the Upper
Cretaceous Sequence, represented by PulluicanaQuilquian Groups (TOC = [0.03%
0.29%] wt, with average of 0.10% wt), dont have potential to generating hydrocarbons.