Pronóstico gasopetrolífero en la asociación ofiolítica cubana aplicando modelación matemática

Abstract

Cuba is among the few places in the world where petroleum production is obtained from ophiolitic rocks, basically serpentines.The oldest discovery was in the year 1881 (Motembo oil field) and the most recent in 1978 (Cantel oil field). Oil migratedfrom underlying sedimentary rocks, mainly carbonates. The ophiolites and underlying rocks are overthrust from south to north.Oil fields are small but shallow and initially prolific. They were found by drilling near oil seeps or searching for deepercarbonate targets -Placetas and Camajuani TSU's. Recently a new genetic-dynamic hypothesis was created concerning theoverthrust belt, and a new geologic model of these traps, applying mathematical simulation of pattern recognition about littleformalizedknowledge, was used.