Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Stavanger
    

 

 

Publications

Dr. Alejandro Escalona

Associate Professor

Head of Petroleum Geosciences section

University of Stavanger

Department of Petroleum Engineering

4036 Stavanger, Norway

Ph: 47-51832259

Email: alejandro.escalona@uis.no

Peer review publications

2007

  • Soto, M., Mann, P., Escalona, A. and Wood, L., 2007, Late Holocene strike-slip offset of a subsurface alluvial channel interpreted from 3D seismic data, eastern offshore Trinidad. Geology, v. 35, p. 859-862

  • Gorney, D., Escalona, A., Mann, P., Magnani, M. and BOLIVAR Study Group, 2007, Chronology of Cenoozoic tectonic events in western Venezuela and the Leeward Antilles based on integration of offshore seismic reflection data and on-land geology. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v. 91, p. 653-684

2006

Co-editor and author of several publications on the special AAPG bulletin in the Maracaibo basin, Venezuela, April 2006.

  • Mann, P., Escalona, A. and Castillo, V., 2006, Regional geology and tectonic setting of the Maracaibo supergiant basin, western Venezuela. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 90, p. 445-478.

  • Escalona, A., and Mann, P., 2006, Tectonic controls of the right-lateral Burro Negro tear fault on Paleogene structure and stratigraphy, northeastern Maracaibo Basin. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 90, p. 479-504.

  • Duerto, L., Escalona, A. and Mann, P., 2006, Deep structure of the Mérida Andes and Sierra de Perijá mountain fronts, Maracaibo Basin. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 90, p. 505-528

  • Escalona, A., and Mann, P., 2006, Sequence stratigraphic analysis of Eocene clastic foreland basin deposits in central Lake Maracaibo using high-resolution well correlation and 3D seismic data. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 90, p. 581-624.

  • Escalona, A. and Mann, P., 2006, An overview of the petroleum systems of Maracaibo Basin. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 90, p. 657-678.

  • Escalona, A., 2006, Petrophysical and seismic properties of lower Eocene clastic rocks in the central Maracaibo Basin. The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 90, p. 679-696.

2003

  • Escalona, A. and Mann, P., 2003, Three-dimensional architecture and evolutionary history of an Eocene pull-apart basin, Maracaibo basin, Venezuela. Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol. 20, p. 141-161.

1998

  • Lucas, Carol MacDonald and Escalona, A., 1998, 3-D characterization of the upper sandstone member, C-2-X sand, east flank of the north dome, Centro Lago Field, Lake Maracaibo. Leading Edge, Vol. 17, p. 1748-1752

 

Abstracts in international conferences as Poster or oral presentations

2007

  • Bingham, L., Escalona, A. and Mann, P., 2007, Building an Integrated, Digital Database Using HTML and GIS Tools: A Case Study for the Northern South American Petroleum Province. GSTT annual convention, Port of Spain, poster presentation.

  • Escalona, A. and Mann, P., 2007, Overview of the subsurface geology of on- and offshore northern South America - Implications for hydrocarbon exploration. GSTT annual convention, Port of Spain, poster presentation.

  • Mann, P., Garciacaro, E., Soto, D. and Escalona, A., 2007, 3D tectonic evolution of the Columbus basin and Darien Ridge, SE Caribbean. GSTT annual convention, Port of Spain, poster presentation.

  • Bingham, L., Escalona, A. and Mann, P., 2007, Building an Integrated, Digital Database Using HTML and GIS Tools: A Case Study for the Northern South American Petroleum Province. AAPG annual convention, Long Beach, poster presentation.

  • Contreras, D., Mann, P., Escalona, A. and Nuñez, M., 2007, Structure, stratigraphy, and gas potential of the northwestern Eocene Maracaibo foreland basin, western Venezuela. AAPG annual convention, Long Beach, poster presentation.

  • El-Mowafy, H., Mann, P. and Escalona, A., 2007, Hydrocarbon Potential of the Aruba and Western Curacao Basins, Offshore Venezuela. AAPG annual convention, Long Beach, poster presentation.

  • Nordfjord, S., Escalona, A., Mann, P. and Galloway, W., 2007, Linking Tectonic and Sedimentary Events in the Northern Caribbean and Southern Gulf of Mexico Sylvia Nordfjord. AAPG annual convention, Long Beach, oral presentation.

  • Vence, E., Escalona, A., Mann, P and El-Mowafy, H., 2007, Along-Strike Continuity of Caribbean Tectonic Terranes and Their Controls on Source and Reservoir Rocks Offshore Colombia and Venezuela. AAPG annual convention, Long Beach, poster presentation.

  • Escalona, A. and Mann, P., 2007, Subsurface geology of on- and offshore northern South America: implications for hydrocarbon distribution. Winter conference, Stavanger, oral presentation.

2006

  • Escalona, A. and Mann, P., 2006, Sintesis geologica del norte de Suramerica desde el Cretaceo ald Reciente. Sociedad Venezolana de Geofisicos, conferencia, Caracas, presentacion oral.

  • Escalona, A., 2006, Geologia del subsuelo de la cuenca de Maracaibo y su relacion con la tectonica Andina y del Caribe.Sociedad Venezolana de Geofisicos, conferencia, Caracas, presentacion oral

  • Castellanos, H., Escalona, A., Rodriguez, L. and Mann, P., 2006, Tectonic and stratigraphic controls on the Orinoco heavy oil belt, eastern Venezuela foreland basin. AAPG annual convention, poster presentation

  • Escalona, A., Mann, P. and Gorney, D., 2006, Multiphase tectonic evolution of northwestern Venezuela and its offshore area: Implications for the distribution of source and reservoir rocks. AAPG annual convention, Houston, oral presentation.

  • Escalona, A. and Mann, P., 2006, Oil and gas prospects in the Venezuelan offshore area identified using a regional grid of 2D seismic lines. AAPG Annual convention, Houston, poster presentation.

  • Garciacaro, E., Mann, P., Escalona, A. and Wood, L., 2006, Regional structure, tectonic history, and petroleum systems of the obliquely colliding Columbus foreland basin. AAPG Annual convention, Houston, poster presentation.

  • Mann, P., Christeson, G., Escalona, A., Levander, A., Zelt, C., Magnani, B., Sawyer, D. and Schmitz, M., 2006, Plumbing the depths of the Caribbean-South American arc-continent collisional zone using long seismic reflection and refraction transects. AAPG Annual convention, Houston, poster presentation

2005

  • Christeson, G., Mann, P., Aitken, T. and Escalona, A., 2005, BOLIVAR Project: A New Model for Grenada and Tobago Basin Evolution. AGU annual convention, San Francisco, poster presentation.

  • Garciacaro, E., Mann, P. Escalona, A. and Wood, L., 2005, Anatomy of an actively evolving foreland basin inferred from BOLIVAR project 2D lines and merged 3D seismic volumes , Columbus basin, eastern offshore Trinidad. AGU annual convention, San Francisco, poster presentation.

  • Mann, P. and Escalona, A., 2005, Regional offshore mapping of structures and depocenters of Venezuela and Trinidad:
    Implications for deepwater exploration in the Caribbean. AAPG annual meeting, Calgary, oral presentation.

  • Escalona, A., Mann, P and Bolivar Group, 2004, Tectonic reconstructions of sedimentary basins associated with the proto-Maracaibo and proto-Orinoco rivers: New constraints from BOLIVAR and GULFREX seismic data. AGU Annual convention, San Francisco, poster presentation.

2004

  • Gorney, D., Mann, P., Escalona, A. and the BOLIVAR Group, 2004, Chronology of Tectonic Events in Western Venezuela Based on Integration of BOLIVAR MCS Data with Wells and Onland Geology. AGU Annual convention, San Francisco, poster presentation.

  • Kroehler, M., Mann, P., Escalona, A. and Christeson, G., 2004, Tectonic Evolution of the Central Venezuela Margin from Integration of BOLIVAR and GULFREX MCS data, Venezuela Margin. AGU Annual convention, San Francisco, poster presentation.

  • Escalona, A. and Mann, P., 2004, Regional Tectonics, sequence stratigraphy and reservoir properties of Eocene clastic sedimentation in the Maracaibo basin, Venezuela . AAPG annual convention, Dallas, poster presentation.

2003

  • Escalona, A., Sena, A. and Mann, P.,  2003, Basement blocks and basin inversion structures mapped using reprocessed Gulfrex 2D seismic data, Caribbean-South America oblique collisional zone. AGU annual convention, San Francisco, poster presentation.

  • Escalona, A. and Mann, P., 2003, Paleogene depocenter along the NE margin of the Maracaibo basin: Structure along an exhumed, Eocene age lateral ramp fault in western Venezuela. AAPG annual convention, Salt Lake city, poster presentation.

1998

  • Escalona, A. and MacDonald, C., 1998, 3D Characterization of the upper sandstone, Member C2X, east flank of the North Dome, Centro Lago field, Lake Maracaibo. AAPG Annual convention, oral presentation.

1996

  • Escalona, A. and Duerto, L.., 1996, Reprocesamiento e interpretación estructural de 350 km de líneas sísmicas 2D en el área de Cerro Negro, Faja Petrolífera del Orinoco. Congreso Venezolano de Geofísica, Maracaibo, Oral presentation

 

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