“Ragusa asphalt basin (Hyblean Plateau, Sicily): proposal of an ascent model from the deep oilfield”

“Studio idro-strutturale dell’areale di ricarica di alcune importanti sorgenti – captate per uso idropotabile – in un acquifero fratturato e carsificato (Sicilia S.E.)

“Proposta di recupero e fruizione delle miniere di roccia asfaltica di Ragusa (Sicilia sud-orientale)-

Preliminary results of a multi-scale structural analisys in an analogue carbonate reservoir (Hyblean Plateau, Sicily, Italy)

With the aim of studying the multi-scale fault architecture and permeability in hydrocarbon-rich porous carbonate rocks, we are currently involved in a project focused on the structural analysis of fractured and faulted platform-to-ramp carbonates cropping out in the Hyblean Plateau (Sicily, Italy). The Hyblean Plateau is part of the Maghrebian foreland and forms the northern portion of the African plate. The plateau is a NE-oriented structural high crosscut by a large-scale N10°-20°E oriented strike-slip fault system, named Scicli-Ragusa, which was affected by right-lateral kinematics during the Upper Miocene-Lower Pliocene. Some authors documented a recent activity of the Scicli-Ragusa fa…