page_title: Eastern Venezuela Basin
hierarchical_section_title: Eastern Venezuela Basin
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Orinoco tar sands assessment unit by USGS
context_page_description: The Eastern Venezuela Basin is major sedimentary basin in northeastern Venezuela that contains copious petroleum reserves. The basin lies between several geological structures. To the south it bounds Guiana Shield, to the north metamorphic rocks of the easternmost Andes, to the west the Espino Graben, to the northeast the Barbados accretionary complex and to the east it bounds to the oceanic crust of the Atlantic Ocean.
context_section_description: The Eastern Venezuela Basin is major sedimentary basin in northeastern Venezuela that contains copious petroleum reserves. The basin lies between several geological structures. To the south it bounds Guiana Shield, to the north metamorphic rocks of the easternmost Andes, to the west the Espino Graben, to the northeast the Barbados accretionary complex and to the east it bounds to the oceanic crust of the Atlantic Ocean.
caption: United States Geological Survey map of Eastern Venezuela Basin (red line) and the Orinoco Belt within it (blue line).
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