The Sedimentological Development of the Fangst Group, Halten Terrace, Mid-Norway

Cores from well 6506/12-1 of the Smørbukk Field (Halten Terrace, Mid-Norway) show a nearly complete 175 meter thick section comprising the Middle Jurassic Fangst Group and the upper part of the underlying Ror Formation of the Båt Group. The Fangst Group comprises three formations: The Ile Formation,...

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Main Author: Fylling, Bjørnar
Format: Master Thesis
Language:English
Published: The University of Bergen 2010
Subjects:
Ile
Not
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1956/4037
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spelling ftunivbergen:oai:bora.uib.no:1956/4037 2023-05-15T16:30:27+02:00 The Sedimentological Development of the Fangst Group, Halten Terrace, Mid-Norway Fylling, Bjørnar 2010-06-14 7136115 bytes application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1956/4037 eng eng The University of Bergen https://hdl.handle.net/1956/4037 The author Copyright the author. All rights reserved Halten Terrace Fangst Garn Ile Not 756199 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Sedimentologi: 456 :Petroleumsgeologi 464 Master thesis 2010 ftunivbergen 2023-03-14T17:41:15Z Cores from well 6506/12-1 of the Smørbukk Field (Halten Terrace, Mid-Norway) show a nearly complete 175 meter thick section comprising the Middle Jurassic Fangst Group and the upper part of the underlying Ror Formation of the Båt Group. The Fangst Group comprises three formations: The Ile Formation, the Not Formation and the Garn Formation. The Ile-and Garn formations are sand- dominated and constitute some of the most important reservoir units in the prolific hydrocarbon province of the Norwegian Sea. The aim of the present study was to thoroughly describe the Fangst Group of well 6506/12-1 and from this interpret its sedimentological development. Correlation with well 6506/11-6 and 6506/11-8 was carried out based on wireline logs and core photos, and this correlation led to increased understanding of sand body development in the study area and formed the basis for paleogeographic reconstruction. Rifting between Norway and Greenland initiated in the Late Carboniferous and occurred in pulses until the two landmasses finally separated in Early Cenozoic times. The Mid- Jurassic has been described as a period of nearly total tectonic quiescence on the Halten Terrace, but some faulting may have occurred which influenced sedimentation when the Fangst Group was formed. A total number of 18 facies or subfacies was recognized in well 6506/12-1, and have been grouped into five facies associations (FAs). FA1 represents a prograding low-energy offshore to prodelta succession (the Ror Formation) conformably overlain by prograding, tidally reworked mouth bar deposits. These mouth bars are interpreted as the delta front of the progradational/aggradational tide-dominated delta which was responsible for deposition of the Ile Formation. FA2 represents the lower delta plain, consisting of tidally-dominated facies comprising tidal flats and channel sandstones, with minor fluvial dominance toward the top of the interval. FA3 records the backstepping of the delta plain towards the end of Ile Formation deposition, and the delta plain ... Master Thesis Greenland Norwegian Sea University of Bergen: Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA-UiB) Garn ENVELOPE(160.425,160.425,66.302,66.302) Greenland Halten ENVELOPE(8.017,8.017,63.001,63.001) Norway Norwegian Sea
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topic Halten Terrace
Fangst
Garn
Ile
Not
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VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Sedimentologi: 456 :Petroleumsgeologi 464
spellingShingle Halten Terrace
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Garn
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Not
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VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Sedimentologi: 456 :Petroleumsgeologi 464
Fylling, Bjørnar
The Sedimentological Development of the Fangst Group, Halten Terrace, Mid-Norway
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Garn
Ile
Not
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VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Sedimentologi: 456 :Petroleumsgeologi 464
description Cores from well 6506/12-1 of the Smørbukk Field (Halten Terrace, Mid-Norway) show a nearly complete 175 meter thick section comprising the Middle Jurassic Fangst Group and the upper part of the underlying Ror Formation of the Båt Group. The Fangst Group comprises three formations: The Ile Formation, the Not Formation and the Garn Formation. The Ile-and Garn formations are sand- dominated and constitute some of the most important reservoir units in the prolific hydrocarbon province of the Norwegian Sea. The aim of the present study was to thoroughly describe the Fangst Group of well 6506/12-1 and from this interpret its sedimentological development. Correlation with well 6506/11-6 and 6506/11-8 was carried out based on wireline logs and core photos, and this correlation led to increased understanding of sand body development in the study area and formed the basis for paleogeographic reconstruction. Rifting between Norway and Greenland initiated in the Late Carboniferous and occurred in pulses until the two landmasses finally separated in Early Cenozoic times. The Mid- Jurassic has been described as a period of nearly total tectonic quiescence on the Halten Terrace, but some faulting may have occurred which influenced sedimentation when the Fangst Group was formed. A total number of 18 facies or subfacies was recognized in well 6506/12-1, and have been grouped into five facies associations (FAs). FA1 represents a prograding low-energy offshore to prodelta succession (the Ror Formation) conformably overlain by prograding, tidally reworked mouth bar deposits. These mouth bars are interpreted as the delta front of the progradational/aggradational tide-dominated delta which was responsible for deposition of the Ile Formation. FA2 represents the lower delta plain, consisting of tidally-dominated facies comprising tidal flats and channel sandstones, with minor fluvial dominance toward the top of the interval. FA3 records the backstepping of the delta plain towards the end of Ile Formation deposition, and the delta plain ...
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title The Sedimentological Development of the Fangst Group, Halten Terrace, Mid-Norway
title_short The Sedimentological Development of the Fangst Group, Halten Terrace, Mid-Norway
title_full The Sedimentological Development of the Fangst Group, Halten Terrace, Mid-Norway
title_fullStr The Sedimentological Development of the Fangst Group, Halten Terrace, Mid-Norway
title_full_unstemmed The Sedimentological Development of the Fangst Group, Halten Terrace, Mid-Norway
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publisher The University of Bergen
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