Talara Basin ( Spanish: Cuenca de Talara) is a depression filled with sedimentary rock, that is a sedimentary basin, in northwestern Peru. [1] On wider scale Talara Basin is located within rocks of an older and larger sedimentary basin that developed in the Mesozoic and Paleozoic. [1] Talara Basin contains various minor oil and gas fields. [1] The oil and gas reservoirs of the formation are trapped structural and stratigraphical features. [1] The source rock of the oil and gas is thought to be marine shales of Cenozoic age but some may come from similar shales but of Cretaceous age. [1] Oil has been extracted from its onshore field since the mid-1800s. [2] The basin covers an area of no less than 15,000 km2. [2]
Talara Basin ( Spanish: Cuenca de Talara) is a depression filled with sedimentary rock, that is a sedimentary basin, in northwestern Peru. [1] On wider scale Talara Basin is located within rocks of an older and larger sedimentary basin that developed in the Mesozoic and Paleozoic. [1] Talara Basin contains various minor oil and gas fields. [1] The oil and gas reservoirs of the formation are trapped structural and stratigraphical features. [1] The source rock of the oil and gas is thought to be marine shales of Cenozoic age but some may come from similar shales but of Cretaceous age. [1] Oil has been extracted from its onshore field since the mid-1800s. [2] The basin covers an area of no less than 15,000 km2. [2]