GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SKRUGARD OIL DISCOVERY, BARENTS SEA, ARCTIC NORWAY: A “PALAEO‐BIODEGRADED – GAS REACTIVATED” HYDROCARBON ACCUMULATION

• Published in: Journal of Petroleum Geology
• Main Authors: Matapour, Z., Karlsen, D.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Geology; Energy Engineering and Power Technology; Fuel Technology; Arctic; Alta; Barents Sea; Norway; Stø; Hekkingen; Nordmela; Loppa; Johan Castberg; Snøhvit
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpg.12669; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fjpg.12669; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jpg.12669

This paper investigates the filling history of the Skrugard and Havis structures of the Johan Castberg field in the Polheim Sub‐Platform and Bjørnøyrenna Fault Complex, Barents Sea (Arctic Norway). Oil and gas occurs in the Early Jurassic and Middle Jurassic Nordmela and Stø Formations at Johan Cast...