Petroleum geochemistry of the deepened Lopra-1/1A re-entry well, Faroe Islands
The Lopra-1/1A re-entry well was drilled as a stratigraphic test with no immediate exploration objectives. Hence, petroleum geochemical studies were of limited extent, and restricted to non-destructive analyses. The presence of natural petroleum hydrocarbons could not be confirmed with certainty, bu...
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ftjgeusbullet:oai:geusjournals.org:article/4860 2023-05-15T16:10:47+02:00 Petroleum geochemistry of the deepened Lopra-1/1A re-entry well, Faroe Islands Bojesen-Koefoed, Jørgen A. Nytoft, H. Peter 2006-05-31 application/pdf https://geusbulletin.org/index.php/geusb/article/view/4860 https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v9.4860 eng eng Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) https://geusbulletin.org/index.php/geusb/article/view/4860/10493 https://geusbulletin.org/index.php/geusb/article/view/4860 doi:10.34194/geusb.v9.4860 GEUS Bulletin; Vol. 9 (2006): Scientific results from the deepened Lopra-1 borehole, Faroe Islands; 67-77 2597-2154 2597-2162 oil traces organic geochemistry contamination Faroes North Atlantic Lopra info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article. 2006 ftjgeusbullet https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v9.4860 2022-03-15T17:22:19Z The Lopra-1/1A re-entry well was drilled as a stratigraphic test with no immediate exploration objectives. Hence, petroleum geochemical studies were of limited extent, and restricted to non-destructive analyses. The presence of natural petroleum hydrocarbons could not be confirmed with certainty, but hydrocarbons extracted from the hydrochloric acid solute of a calcite vug present in RSWC #1 (3543 m), may represent indigenous petroleum since hydrocarbon-bearing fluid inclusions have been reported from the same sample. These hydrocarbons show some similarities to petroleum generated from the Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous Kimmeridge Clay type source rocks present in surrounding areas. Except for this sample, the results generally show the presence of a variety of contaminants of different origins such as ‘naturally greasy fingers’ (squalene and cholesterol), cosmetics such as chap stick or hand lotion (e.g. esters such as butyl-stearate, stearyl-palmitate, vitamin A), plasticisers (phthalates), diesel oil and ‘pipe dope’. Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands Faroes North Atlantic GEUS Bulletin (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland) Faroe Islands Lopra ENVELOPE(-6.771,-6.771,61.444,61.444) Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) Bulletin 9 67 77 |
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The Lopra-1/1A re-entry well was drilled as a stratigraphic test with no immediate exploration objectives. Hence, petroleum geochemical studies were of limited extent, and restricted to non-destructive analyses. The presence of natural petroleum hydrocarbons could not be confirmed with certainty, but hydrocarbons extracted from the hydrochloric acid solute of a calcite vug present in RSWC #1 (3543 m), may represent indigenous petroleum since hydrocarbon-bearing fluid inclusions have been reported from the same sample. These hydrocarbons show some similarities to petroleum generated from the Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous Kimmeridge Clay type source rocks present in surrounding areas. Except for this sample, the results generally show the presence of a variety of contaminants of different origins such as ‘naturally greasy fingers’ (squalene and cholesterol), cosmetics such as chap stick or hand lotion (e.g. esters such as butyl-stearate, stearyl-palmitate, vitamin A), plasticisers (phthalates), diesel oil and ‘pipe dope’. |
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Petroleum geochemistry of the deepened Lopra-1/1A re-entry well, Faroe Islands |
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Petroleum geochemistry of the deepened Lopra-1/1A re-entry well, Faroe Islands |
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Petroleum geochemistry of the deepened Lopra-1/1A re-entry well, Faroe Islands |
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Petroleum geochemistry of the deepened Lopra-1/1A re-entry well, Faroe Islands |
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Petroleum geochemistry of the deepened Lopra-1/1A re-entry well, Faroe Islands |
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