The north-east Baffin Bay region, offshore Greenland
In recent years the Arctic has come into focus for hydrocar-bon exploration, and areas offshore both West and East Greenland have been evaluated as promising frontier hydro-carbon provinces. Seven hydrocarbon exploration and ex-ploitation licenses were awarded in 2007–2008 offshore the Disko–Nuussua...
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| Summary: | In recent years the Arctic has come into focus for hydrocar-bon exploration, and areas offshore both West and East Greenland have been evaluated as promising frontier hydro-carbon provinces. Seven hydrocarbon exploration and ex-ploitation licenses were awarded in 2007–2008 offshore the Disko–Nuussuaq region (Fig. 1), and two more have been awarded in the open-door region offshore south-western Green-land. In 2007, an extensive amount of new seismic and aero-magnetic data was acquired by the TGS-NOPEC Geo physical Company in the north-eastern Baffin Bay region. Geophysical mapping has been initiated by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) in the Melville Bugt region offshore North-West Greenland (Fig. 1) with the purpose of evaluating the hydrocarbon prospectivity. Initial interpretation of seismic and gravity data suggests the presence of deep sedimentary basins separated by structural highs. |
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