Basin structure and prospectivity of the NE Atlantic volcanic rifted margin: cross-border examples from the Faroe–Shetland, Møre and Southern Vøring Basins
Posted on 2019-10-22 - 07:48
The northeast Atlantic volcanic rifted margins include vast underexplored basin areas neighbouring mature petroleum producing regions. We appraise the cross-border prospectivity of the outer and central Faroe–Shetland, Møre and southern Vøring basins and present insights from extensive new 3D seismic surveys. Regional seismic surfaces are used to compile a cross-border seismic profile highlighting key discoveries from the UK Rosebank field in the SW to the Norwegian Ormen Lange field in the NE. Cretaceous to Paleocene reservoirs remain the main exploration focus seaward of the platform areas, and the presence of several large untested structures present important exploration targets in the mid-Norway region. Improved imaging of the areas affected by Paleogene igneous rocks reveal major untested sub-basalt structures including some regions on the marginal highs where the basalt cover has been entirely removed by erosion, revealing sub-basalt stratigraphy and structures with pre-Cretaceous potential prospectivity. The influence of igneous rocks on both discovered and prospective hydrocarbon systems is discussed. Neogene sand injectite fields and Quaternary glacial sand bodies are extremely well imaged in the Møre Basin, documenting shallow prospectivity supported by the presence of successful regional analogue plays. New 3D seismic data is revealing previously unseen prospectivity in frontier and underexplored regions.
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Millett, John M.; Manton, Ben M.; Zastrozhnov, Dmitry; Maharjan, Dwarika; Bellwald, Benjamin; Gernigon, Laurent; et al. (2019). Basin structure and prospectivity of the NE Atlantic volcanic rifted margin: cross-border examples from the Faroe–Shetland, Møre and Southern Vøring Basins. Geological Society of London. Collection. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4706789.v1
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AUTHORS (15)
JM
John M. Millett
BM
Ben M. Manton
DZ
Dmitry Zastrozhnov
DM
Dwarika Maharjan
BB
Benjamin Bellwald
LG
Laurent Gernigon
JF
Jan Inge Faleide
DJ
David Jolley
FW
Faye Walker
MA
Mansour M. Abdelmalak
DJ
Dougal A. Jerram
RM
Reidun Myklebust
BK
Bent E. Kjølhamar
JH
Jennifer Halliday
AB
Alex Birch-Hawkins
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exploration targetshydrocarbon systemsNorwegian Ormen Lange fieldprospectivitymid-Norway regionV øring basinsexploration focus seaward3 DPaleocene reservoirsplatform areasunderexplored regionsM øre Basinrifted marginsand bodiesSouthern V øring Basinspresencesub-basalt structuresnortheast AtlanticUK Rosebank fieldunderexplored basin areas neighbouringbasin structureNE AtlanticFaroeSWsub-basalt stratigraphyNew 3 Drifted marginsNeogene sand injectite fieldsGeology