BRIGHTON MARINE

Date discovered : 1952

Type of trap : Anticline

Oldest horizon : Gautier

Main reservoir : Nariva

Area developed : 3000 acres

Cumulative production :>30 million barrels

Company operating : Venture/Petrotrin

Number of wells : 148 (2001)

Reservoir Properties

Porosity : 19 - 22%

Permeabilities (air) : 280 md ( 70-1750md)

Producing depths : 1800 - 8500 feet

Average oilsand thickness: 180 feet

Oil gravity: 30 -36 API

Drive mechanism : solution gas dive


Abelwhite & Higgins - A review of Trinidad, West Indies, oil development and the accumulations at Soldado, Brighton Marine, Grande Ravine, Barrackopre-Penal and Gyayaguayare. Trans. 4th Caribbean Geological conference.


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