Seismic and petrophysical properties of Faroe Islands basalts: the SeiFaBa project
Flood basalt-covered basins exist worldwide along continental margins and are now in focus as targets for future hydrocarbon exploration. It is generally difficult to image through the basalt cover by conventional seismic reflection methods, and this is a major challenge to future petroleum explorat...
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ftjgeusbullet:oai:geusjournals.org:article/4784 2023-05-15T16:10:29+02:00 Seismic and petrophysical properties of Faroe Islands basalts: the SeiFaBa project Japsen, Peter Sparre Andersen, Morten Boldreel, Lars Ole Waagstein, Regin White, Robert S. Worthington, Michael 2004-07-20 application/pdf https://geusbulletin.org/index.php/geusb/article/view/4784 https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v4.4784 eng eng Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) https://geusbulletin.org/index.php/geusb/article/view/4784/10423 https://geusbulletin.org/index.php/geusb/article/view/4784 doi:10.34194/geusb.v4.4784 GEUS Bulletin; Vol. 4 (2004): Review of Survey activities 2003; 53-56 2597-2154 2597-2162 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Rapid Communication. Peer-reviewed Article. 2004 ftjgeusbullet https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v4.4784 2022-03-15T17:22:15Z Flood basalt-covered basins exist worldwide along continental margins and are now in focus as targets for future hydrocarbon exploration. It is generally difficult to image through the basalt cover by conventional seismic reflection methods, and this is a major challenge to future petroleum exploration offshore the Faroe Islands. Long-offset profiling has proven very successful (White et al. 2003). Surprisingly, however, it is possible to image through kilometre-thick basalt sequences on some conventional profiles. Details of basalt stratigraphy are revealed on old, reprocessed seismic profiles as well as on recently acquired profiles, even though the imaging may be unsuccessful on nearby profiles (e.g. Boldreel & Andersen 1993). This stresses the need for a better understanding of the acoustic and other physical properties of basalt as well as of the degree of three-dimensional heterogeneity. The SeiFaBa project (Seismic and petrophysical properties of Faroes Basalt, 2002–2005) is funded by the Sindri Group as part of the programmes for licensees within the Faroese offshore area, and addresses these issues with special focus on the subaerially extruded flood basalts of the Faroe Islands (cf. Japsen et al. in press). Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands Faroes GEUS Bulletin (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland) Faroe Islands Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) Bulletin 4 53 56 |
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Flood basalt-covered basins exist worldwide along continental margins and are now in focus as targets for future hydrocarbon exploration. It is generally difficult to image through the basalt cover by conventional seismic reflection methods, and this is a major challenge to future petroleum exploration offshore the Faroe Islands. Long-offset profiling has proven very successful (White et al. 2003). Surprisingly, however, it is possible to image through kilometre-thick basalt sequences on some conventional profiles. Details of basalt stratigraphy are revealed on old, reprocessed seismic profiles as well as on recently acquired profiles, even though the imaging may be unsuccessful on nearby profiles (e.g. Boldreel & Andersen 1993). This stresses the need for a better understanding of the acoustic and other physical properties of basalt as well as of the degree of three-dimensional heterogeneity. The SeiFaBa project (Seismic and petrophysical properties of Faroes Basalt, 2002–2005) is funded by the Sindri Group as part of the programmes for licensees within the Faroese offshore area, and addresses these issues with special focus on the subaerially extruded flood basalts of the Faroe Islands (cf. Japsen et al. in press). |
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Seismic and petrophysical properties of Faroe Islands basalts: the SeiFaBa project |
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