[...]... of Vietnam’s geological storage potential References 1 The Underground disposal of CO2 - Joule II Project NO CT-9 2-0 031 ADB sources 2 RETA 7575: Determining the potential for carbon capture and storage in Southeast Asia, Viet Nam Country Report - Summary (Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade and Asian development Bank co-project, 2011) 3 Địa chất và Tài nguyên Dầu khí Việt Nam NXB Khoa học - Kỹ thuật... 311 - 350 34 Szczuciński W, Jagodziński R, Nguyen TT, Kubicki A and Stattegger K Sediment dynamics and hydrodynamics during a low river discharge conditions in Nha Trang Bay, Vietnam Meyniana 2005; 57: p 117 - 132 35 Szczuciński W, Stattegger K and Schloten J Modern sediments and sediment accumulation rates on 26 PETROVIETNAM - JOURNAL VOL 6 /2012 the narrow shelf of central Vietnam, East Sea Geo-Marine... changes In: Dalrymple, R.W., Boyd, R., Zaitlin, B.A (Eds.), Incised-Valley System: Origin and Sedimentary Sequences, SEPM Special Publications 1994; 51: p 45 - 60 PETROVIETNAM The Vietnam carbon dioxide storage capacity Tran Chau Giang Petrovietnam Exploration Production Corporation Nguyen Anh Duc Vietnam Oil and Gas Group Nguyen Hong Minh Vietnam Petroleum Institute Our planet is warmed by a natural greenhouse... R3, ordered I/S) (B) The relation between smectite-to-illite conversion via mixed-layer I/S mineral and hydrocarbon generation (Richard M.R et al., 1993) PETROVIETNAM - JOURNAL VOL 6 /2012 13 PETROLEUM EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION that mixed-layer IS mineral is a precursor of authigenic illite As discussed earlier, a major factor that controls the smectite-to-illite reaction is temperature, as conirmed by... dissolution of primary K-feldspar (B) Individual micro-quartz within ine clay matrix Q, quartz; Al, albite; KF, K-feldspar; Cl, clays 12 PETROVIETNAM - JOURNAL VOL 6 /2012 PETROVIETNAM An absence of smectite and IS mineral at burial depths below 2,965m is fair evidence of the smectite-to-illite transformation with increasing burial depth Occurrences of minor microcrystalline quartz incorporated with... additional work, possibly Fig 5 Kinetic modeling of smectite-to-illite transformation in comparison to K/Ar dating, may help to better estimate the clay mineral data from Oligocene-Miocene sediments in the Cuu Long basin thermal history In addition, because this research is base on the limited data set, so 14 PETROVIETNAM - JOURNAL VOL 6 /2012 PETROVIETNAM larger data sets with better references about geological... are pinching out landward at water depth of 100 - 120m Fig 11 Contour map of the LGM surface SB1 with reference to the modern sea-level constructed from seismic proiles Basically the lowstand surface was blocked at the LGM sea-level around -1 25 to -1 30m and its seaward extension was merged with the transgressive surface (TS) 22 PETROVIETNAM - JOURNAL VOL 6 /2012 The HST period on the Nha Trang Shelf began... their variability Earth-Science Reviews 2003; 62 ( 3-4 ): p 187 - 228 7 Cattaneo A, Correggiari A., Langone L and Trincardi F The late-Holocene Gargano subaqueous delta, Adriatic shelf: Sediment pathways and supply luctuations Marine Geology 2003; 193 (1 - 2): p 61 - 91 8 Catuneanu O Sequence stratigraphy of clastic systems: concepts, merits, and pitfalls J Afr Earth Sci 35: p 1 - 43 9 Catuneanu O et... Phu Khanh Basin, ofshore Central Vietnam, East Sea AAPG Bulletin 1998; 82: p 1711 - 1735 14 Emch M, Feldacker C, Yunus M, Streatield PK, PETROVIETNAM - JOURNAL VOL 6 /2012 25 PETROLEUM EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION 24 National Project KC08.12 Research on the preventative method of looding processes on the central Vietnam Final report, Hanoi 2004: p 523 25 Michelli M Sea-level changes, coastal evolution and... margin: Implications for PETROVIETNAM - JOURNAL VOL 6 /2012 15 PETROLEUM EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION Late Pleistocene - Holocene seismic stratigraphy of Nha Trang Shelf, Central Vietnam Bui Viet Dung Vietnam Petroleum Institue Karl Stattegger Institute of Geosciences, Kiel University Phung Van Phach, Tran Tuan Dung Institute for Marine Geology and Geophysics Abstract The late Pleistocene - Holocene stratigraphic . Hoa, Vietnam). Photo: Van Khoa 3 PETROVIETNAM - JOURNAL VOL 6 /2012 PETROVIETNAM 1. Introduction The XY, an oil  eld in Southern o shore Vietnam, has. in a range of 100 - 140 o C. 9 PETROVIETNAM - JOURNAL VOL 6 /2012 PETROVIETNAM containing a mixture of discrete clay minerals and mixed-layer phases. Located