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Arctic Geology and Petroleum Potential

Proceedings of the Norwegian Petroleum Society Conference, Tromso, Norway, 15-17 August 1990

T.O. Vorren, etc. (Herausgeber)

T.O. Vorren, E. Bergsager, O.A. Dahl-Stamnes (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

768 Seiten

1993
Elsevier Science Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-444-88943-0 (ISBN)

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Since the search for hydrocarbon resources in the Arctic started in the 1930's the exploration activity has expanded into many of the Arctic regions, and several of the Arctic sedimentary basins have proven to be important sources of hydrocarbon. Nevertheless, the Arctic continental margins and adjacent onshore areas are still largely unexplored in the context of petroleum, and are therefore considered to be one of the few regions in the world where significant undiscovered sources of hydrocarbon may exist. The aim of the book is to give an updated overview of the geology of the Arctic sedimentary basins and their petroleum potential. Although the different basins vary significantly as regards sedimentary fill and tectonic evolution, many of the basins share some of the characteristics needed to become prolific oil and gas provinces. The book contains 45 extensively illustrated articles. It starts with papers on the Mesozoic source rocks, and oceanic natural gas clatrates in the Arctic, respectively. Then follow articles on the regional and petroleum geology of the main regions; Greenland, North American Arctic, Soviet Arctic and the Barents Sea.
Particular emphasis is placed on the Barents Sea. The two last chapters comprise articles on salt dynamics and methods. The book closes with a paper on international law in the Arctic. This volume will be of interest to both students and professional earth scientists/petroleum explorationists working in the northern latitudes. It will allow the readers to stay abreast of the development in this climatic region of the world.

Preface. List of Contributors. Part I. General. Mesozoic hydrocarbon source-rocks of the Arctic region (T.L. Leith et al.). Natural gas hydrates: Arctic and Nordic Sea potential (M.D. Max, A. Lowrie). Part II. Greenland. The southern West Greenland continental shelf - was petroleum exploration abandoned prematurely? (J.A. Chalmers, T.C.R. Pulvertaft). Depositional history and petroleum geology of the Carboniferous to Cretaceous sediments in the northern part of East Greenland (L. Stemmerik et al.). Evidence for wrenching during Mid-Permian extension in central East Greenland (D.Q. Coffield). Moscovian bryozoan-dominated build-ups, northern Amdrup Land, eastern North Greenland (L. Stemmerik). Sedimentology and diagenesis of the Upper Permian Wegener Halvo Formation carbonates along the margins of the Jameson Land Basin, East Greenland (L. Stemmerik et al.). Part III. North American Arctic. T-R sequence stratigraphy, facies analysis and reservoir distribution in the uppermost Triassic-Lower Jurassic succession, western Sverdrup Basin, Arctic Canada (A.F. Embry, E.P. Johannessen). Evaluation of maturity and source rock potential in the Lougheed Island area of central Sverdrup Basin, Arctic Canada (F. Goodarzi et al.). The source-rock potential and thermal maturity of the sedimentary succession in the Drake and Hecla hydrocarbon fields, Melville Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago (T. Gentzis, F. Goodarzi). Hydrocarbon potential of the St. George Basin, Bering Sea, Alaska (K. Carter, I. Lerche). Hydrocarbon loss from oil and gas fields of the Sverdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic Islands (D.C. Waylett, A.F. Embry). Crockerland - The northwest source area for the Sverdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic Islands (A.F. Embry). Carboniferous and Permian reefs of Sverdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic: An aid to Barents Sea exploration (B. Beauchamp). Part IV. Soviet Arctic. Main results of oil and gas prospecting in the Barents and Kara Sea inspire optimism (B.K. Ostisty, Y.F. Fedorovsky). Main petrolifereous Mesozoic complexes of the Arctic regions of western Siberia (I.I. Nesterov et al.). The Jurassic complex of the Barents Sea as a hydrocarbon exploration target (E.V. Zakharov, I.B. Kulibakina and G.N. Bogoslovskaya). The geology of Palaeozoic hydrocarbons in the eastern European U.S.S.R. and their relevance to the Barents Shelf (A. Heafford). Part V. Barents Sea: Overview. Hydrocarbon potential in the Barents Sea region: Play distribution and potential (S.E. Johansen et al.). Hydrocarbon potential of the Norwegian Barents Sea based on recent well results (R.M. Larsen, T. Fjaeran and O. Skarpnes). Hydrocarbon potential of the central Spitsbergen basin (A. Nottvedt et al.) Svalbard-Barents Sea correlation: A short review (A. Nottvedt et al.). Part VI. Barents Sea: Palaeozoic. Late Palaeozoic bioherm occurrences of the Finnmark Shelf, Norwegian Barents Sea: Analogues and regional significance (J.R. Bruce, D.F. Toomey).

Reihe/Serie	Norwegian Petroleum Society Special Publications ; v. 2
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
ISBN-10	0-444-88943-4 / 0444889434
ISBN-13	978-0-444-88943-0 / 9780444889430
Zustand	Neuware