New perspective for the post-Taconian Gaspe Belt of northern New Brunswick: hydrocarbon potential from new organic matter data

摘要

The surface maturation data reveal, for the first time, a wide area in northernmost New Brunswick that lies well within the oil window, with a surrounding envelope within the condensate zone. This area is known as the Squaw Cap block. Fewer samples west of the Sellarsville Fault and east of the McKenzie Gulch Fault indicate that these latter areas are significantly more thermally mature (dry gas to sterile zone).