Petroleum geology of the Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous of East and North-East Greenland: Blokelv-1 borehole, Jameson Land Basin: Petroleum potential of the Upper Jurassic Hareelv Formation, Jameson Land, East Greenland
The marine, mudstone-dominated Hareelv Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Jameson Land, East Greenland is a representative of the widespread Kimmeridge Clay Formation equivalents, sensu lato, known from the greater North Atlantic region, western Siberia and basins off eastern Canada. These deposits const...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:92c2cf854ccd4c0583f1f5a5810c7baf 2023-05-15T16:03:28+02:00 Petroleum geology of the Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous of East and North-East Greenland: Blokelv-1 borehole, Jameson Land Basin: Petroleum potential of the Upper Jurassic Hareelv Formation, Jameson Land, East Greenland Jørgen A. Bojesen-Koefoed Morten Bjerager H. Peter Nytoft Henrik I. Petersen Stefan Piasecki Anders Pilgaard 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/92c2cf854ccd4c0583f1f5a5810c7baf EN eng Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland https://eng.geus.dk/media/20462/nr42_p085-113.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1604-8156 https://doaj.org/toc/1904-4666 1604-8156 1904-4666 https://doaj.org/article/92c2cf854ccd4c0583f1f5a5810c7baf Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin, Vol 42, Pp 085-113 (2018) East Greenland Upper Jurassic petroleum source rock generation potential thermal maturity Geology QE1-996.5 Geophysics. Cosmic physics QC801-809 article 2018 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T00:22:00Z The marine, mudstone-dominated Hareelv Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Jameson Land, East Greenland is a representative of the widespread Kimmeridge Clay Formation equivalents, sensu lato, known from the greater North Atlantic region, western Siberia and basins off eastern Canada. These deposits constitute the most important petroleum source-rock succession of the region. The present study reports petroleum geochemical data from the 233.8 m thick succession penetrated by the fully cored Blokelv-1 borehole, and includes supplementary data from outcrop samples and other boreholes in Jameson Land. The succession consists of basinal mudstone intercalated with a significant proportion of gravity-flow sandstones, both in situ and remobilised as injectites. The mudstones are generally rich in organic carbon with values of TOC reaching nearly 19 wt% and high pyrolysis yields reaching values of S2 up to nearly 43 kg HC/ton. Hydrogen Indices are up to 363. The data presented herein demonstrate that weathering of abundant pyritic sulfur adversely affects the petroleum potential of the kerogen in outcrop samples. The succession is thermally immature to early mature, except where intrusions have locally heated adjacent mudstones. The documentation of rich gas/oil-prone Upper Jurassic successions in Jameson Land is important for the assessment of the regional petroleum potential, including the North-East Greenland continental shelf. Article in Journal/Newspaper East Greenland Greenland North Atlantic Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin Siberia Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada Greenland Jameson Land ENVELOPE(-23.500,-23.500,71.167,71.167) Hareelv ENVELOPE(-22.617,-22.617,70.700,70.700) |
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East Greenland Upper Jurassic petroleum source rock generation potential thermal maturity Geology QE1-996.5 Geophysics. Cosmic physics QC801-809 Jørgen A. Bojesen-Koefoed Morten Bjerager H. Peter Nytoft Henrik I. Petersen Stefan Piasecki Anders Pilgaard Petroleum geology of the Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous of East and North-East Greenland: Blokelv-1 borehole, Jameson Land Basin: Petroleum potential of the Upper Jurassic Hareelv Formation, Jameson Land, East Greenland |
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The marine, mudstone-dominated Hareelv Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Jameson Land, East Greenland is a representative of the widespread Kimmeridge Clay Formation equivalents, sensu lato, known from the greater North Atlantic region, western Siberia and basins off eastern Canada. These deposits constitute the most important petroleum source-rock succession of the region. The present study reports petroleum geochemical data from the 233.8 m thick succession penetrated by the fully cored Blokelv-1 borehole, and includes supplementary data from outcrop samples and other boreholes in Jameson Land. The succession consists of basinal mudstone intercalated with a significant proportion of gravity-flow sandstones, both in situ and remobilised as injectites. The mudstones are generally rich in organic carbon with values of TOC reaching nearly 19 wt% and high pyrolysis yields reaching values of S2 up to nearly 43 kg HC/ton. Hydrogen Indices are up to 363. The data presented herein demonstrate that weathering of abundant pyritic sulfur adversely affects the petroleum potential of the kerogen in outcrop samples. The succession is thermally immature to early mature, except where intrusions have locally heated adjacent mudstones. The documentation of rich gas/oil-prone Upper Jurassic successions in Jameson Land is important for the assessment of the regional petroleum potential, including the North-East Greenland continental shelf. |
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Jørgen A. Bojesen-Koefoed Morten Bjerager H. Peter Nytoft Henrik I. Petersen Stefan Piasecki Anders Pilgaard |
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Jørgen A. Bojesen-Koefoed Morten Bjerager H. Peter Nytoft Henrik I. Petersen Stefan Piasecki Anders Pilgaard |
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Petroleum geology of the Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous of East and North-East Greenland: Blokelv-1 borehole, Jameson Land Basin: Petroleum potential of the Upper Jurassic Hareelv Formation, Jameson Land, East Greenland |
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Petroleum geology of the Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous of East and North-East Greenland: Blokelv-1 borehole, Jameson Land Basin: Petroleum potential of the Upper Jurassic Hareelv Formation, Jameson Land, East Greenland |
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Petroleum geology of the Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous of East and North-East Greenland: Blokelv-1 borehole, Jameson Land Basin: Petroleum potential of the Upper Jurassic Hareelv Formation, Jameson Land, East Greenland |
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Petroleum geology of the Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous of East and North-East Greenland: Blokelv-1 borehole, Jameson Land Basin: Petroleum potential of the Upper Jurassic Hareelv Formation, Jameson Land, East Greenland |
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Petroleum geology of the Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous of East and North-East Greenland: Blokelv-1 borehole, Jameson Land Basin: Petroleum potential of the Upper Jurassic Hareelv Formation, Jameson Land, East Greenland |
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petroleum geology of the upper jurassic – lower cretaceous of east and north-east greenland: blokelv-1 borehole, jameson land basin: petroleum potential of the upper jurassic hareelv formation, jameson land, east greenland |
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ENVELOPE(-23.500,-23.500,71.167,71.167) ENVELOPE(-22.617,-22.617,70.700,70.700) |
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Canada Greenland Jameson Land Hareelv |
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Canada Greenland Jameson Land Hareelv |
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East Greenland Greenland North Atlantic Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin Siberia |
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East Greenland Greenland North Atlantic Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin Siberia |
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Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin, Vol 42, Pp 085-113 (2018) |
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