New Insights Into The Hydrocarbon System Of The Getic Depression, Romania: Implications For Exploration

The Getic Depression represents the foothills of the Southern Carpathians, north of the plains of Moesia, typically described as the foreland of the Southern Carpathians (Fig. 1). The eastern part of the depression is interpreted as the continuation, albeit on a smaller scale, of the Eastern Carpathians. Conversely, the western part of the depression corresponds to a Paleogene to Early Miocene strike-slip basin (i.e. the Getic Basin) developed on the contact zone between the Carpathians and Moesia and thrusted over Moesia during the Mid Miocene. The Getic Depression is a mature petroleum province with thousands of wells drilled and several fields discovered since the exploration started more than 100 years ago (Fig. 1). The shallow structural plays have been intensively drilled in the past. In turn, only a small number of wells targeted deep objectives typically located at more than 4 km depth. These deep wells had only limited success, but indicated the presence of a working petroleum system.