2002), Deep oil plays in Po Valley: Deformation and hydrocarbon generation in a deformed foreland

Abstract

In the western Po Valley, more than 5,000 meters deep, few gas and condensate fields are present in alpine compressional structures (Malossa type). Oil fields are found in Mesozoic extensional structures (Villafortuna-Trecate type); both these petroleum systems consist of Triassic reservoir and source rocks.