Petroleum systems in the Southern Gulf of Mexico / Нефтяные системы в южной части Мексиканского залива

The petroleum geology of Mexico remains relatively unknown to the international geoscience community because of the limited number of articles published in international forums by geoscientists from Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) and the Mexican Petroleum Institute. Sensitive Pemex data have traditionally been treated with strict confidentiality. Thus, in the realm of Mexican petroleum exploration over the last 70 years, the publication of Memoir 90 is a watershed event as the first international publication that is devoted exclusively to Mexican authors from the petroleum sector. In consideration of the confidentiality issues, cultural differences, and the language barrier, this pioneering volume is a tremendous achievement. We strongly believe that it sets an important and encouraging precedent for future international publications by Mexican geoscientists.

The 20 articles that comprise this book cover the onshore and offshore Mexican basins of the CircumGulf of Mexico Basin. Most of them have a multidisciplinary approach, with special emphasis on hydrocarbon exploration and petroleum geology. General subjects include petroleum systems, salt tectonics, structural geology, petroleum geochemistry, sequence stratigraphy, sedimentology, sediment provenance, play fairways, regional geology, biostratigraphy, and more <...>