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Cenomanian

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Cenomanian [¦sen·ə¦mān·ē·ən]
(geology)
Lower Upper Cretaceous geologic time.


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The Upper Cenomanian and the Lower Cenomanian which are separated by an impermeable strata several hundred meters thick.
Ninety-two million years ago, the oceans of the earth suffered a mild mid-life crisis when various species of clams, plankton and nautilus-like creatures died out abruptly, an event that marks the boundary between the Cenomanian and Turonian ages in the geologic record.
The two main reservoirs, the Turonian and the Cenomanian, which tested hydrocarbon successfully in both Aje-1 and Aje-2 were found to be significantly down dip from the discovery well as well as below the existing oil water contact defined in Aje-2 at the Cenomanian level.
 
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