From Kitchen to Coast: 3D Seismic Evidence for Shallow-Water Prospectivity in Suriname

Paper submitted to AAPG Suriname Technical Symposium 2026, by Kyle Reuber and Henri Houllevigue (TGS)

Summary

The shallow-water shelf of Suriname occupies the migration corridor linking the prolific deepwater Cretaceous kitchen to the giant onshore Tertiary fields of Tambaredjo and Calcutta. Established charge models indicate hydrocarbons migrated laterally and vertically from the proven Albian-CenomanianTuronian (ACT) source through fault networks and carrier beds toward these onshore accumulations, implying that intervening shallow-water traps along the same pathway are similarly charged. Reservoir targets across this corridor span carbonate patch reefs, fluvial-deltaic complexes, and base-of-slope deposits, raising the likelihood of hydrocarbon "hoteling" and commercial accumulations along strike.