Maracaibo Basin
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The Maracaibo Basin is a large sedimentary basin in northwestern Venezuela known for its rich petroleum reserves and encompassing Lake Maracaibo.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lake Maracaibo basin | 2 |
| Catatumbo Basin | 1 |
| Maracaibo Lake basin | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
petroleum basin
ⓘ
sedimentary basin ⓘ |
| administrativeRegion |
Zulia State
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
parts of Mérida State ⓘ parts of Trujillo State ⓘ parts of Táchira State ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Andes Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sierra de Perijá NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuelan coastal ranges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | tropical ⓘ |
| contains |
Lake Maracaibo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
offshore oil fields in Lake Maracaibo ⓘ onshore oil fields ⓘ |
| containsStructure |
fault-bounded blocks
ⓘ
folds ⓘ thrust faults ⓘ |
| country | Venezuela ⓘ |
| drainageBasinOf | Lake Maracaibo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalAge |
Cenozoic
ⓘ
Mesozoic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBasinType |
intracratonic basin
ⓘ
strike-slip influenced basin ⓘ |
| hasCityOnMargin | Maracaibo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportance |
key component of Venezuelan petroleum industry
ⓘ
major oil-producing region of Venezuela ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalIssue |
oil pollution risk in Lake Maracaibo
ⓘ
subsidence related to hydrocarbon extraction ⓘ |
| hasExplorationHistory | one of the earliest developed oil basins in Latin America ⓘ |
| hasHydrology | connected to Gulf of Venezuela via Tablazo Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNaturalResource |
natural gas
ⓘ
petroleum ⓘ |
| hasOperator | Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSedimentFill |
carbonates
ⓘ
clastic sediments ⓘ |
| hasStratigraphy | thick sedimentary sequence ⓘ |
| hydrocarbonSystem |
multiple petroleum source rocks
ⓘ
stratigraphic traps ⓘ structural traps ⓘ |
| knownFor | rich petroleum reserves ⓘ |
| languageOfRegion | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northwestern Venezuela ⓘ |
| majorIndustry |
oil production
ⓘ
refining and petrochemicals ⓘ |
| overlies |
Paleozoic basement
ⓘ
Precambrian basement ⓘ |
| partOf |
Caribbean-South American plate boundary region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | foreland basin ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Maracaibo Lake basin
this entity surface form:
Lake Maracaibo basin
this entity surface form:
Catatumbo Basin
this entity surface form:
Lake Maracaibo basin