below we expand our knowledge of the role of sedimentary rocks within the oil

industry it, as to the views of experts and field operations could draw the penetration of the
earth's crust they began to understand many aspects achieving progress in the
assessment relating to chemical and mechanical agents responsible for the origin,
disintegration and transport of rocks, their physical characteristics and composition. They
were identified agents and influential aspects of sediment deposition, lamination and
compaction. He began to appreciate the transformation of plant and animal organic matter
and hydrocarbons and the conditions for such a transformation.
It was verified that the oil comes from formations or strata of different geological
ages. In Venezuela, the most productive deposits are Mesozoic, is it? yes specifically the
Cretaceous period.
Sedimentary rocks are derived from igneous and metamorphic rocks through the
action of several disintegrating agents such as wind, water, temperature changes, bodies
of water currents, waves, and chemical action dissolved in water. Sedimentary rocks are
represented for example by gravels, conglomerates, sand, sandstone, clay, shale,
limestone, dolomite, gypsum, anhydrite and rock salt.
Among some sedimentary rocks are of detrital sandstone encontramosLa type
(when sediment is an accumulation of material that originates and is transported in the
form of clasts from mechanical and chemical weathering), varying in color, containing
clasts of sand size. After the shale, it is the most abundant sedimentary rock. The beans
are thick, thin to medium, well rounded; of detrital or plastic texture.

The sandstones are among the more consolidated porous rocks. Depending on the
size and arrangement of empty spaces or pores, sandstones show various degrees of
permeability.
They may be producing rocks (source rocks) or containers rocks.
Shale rock is a detrital, ie formed by debris, and is composed of particles sized clay and
silt.
Black shales in the color due to the presence of organic matter and, if the amount
of this is very high, we speak of "bituminous shales". He is known to be the bedrock or
store par excellence, given their conditions of porosity and permeability
They are also rocks seals when their permeability values are relatively
bajos.Calizas common type of sedimentary rock, widespread, composed entirely or mainly
of calcite (calcium carbonate, CaCO3). It is characterized by the excitement, cold, contact
with an acid. Like the sandstone rocks or containers can be source rocks.

We can conclude that the earth is made up of igneous, metamorphic and

sedimentary rocks, the latter in the interest of the oil explorer because they are large
basins where they have discovered oil fields and deposits in the world focuses being. In
their capacity as warehousing and geological and geographical spread as producers
protruding rocks sands, sandstones, limestones and dolomites; but also sources of
production in certain parts of the world, fractured shales, the arcosa, the gneiss,
serpentine and basalt. That is sedimentary rocks threads are best-storing, as they are
more porous and many of these pores are connected so pemitiendo storing hydrocarbons.

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MATURIN- EDO- MONAGAS

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OIL

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Maturn, mayo del 2015