Use of 2D-seismic data and available wells to investigate the source potential of the Palaeozoic interval in the Loppa High area, SW Barents Sea

• Main Author: Hetland, Asbjørn
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2018
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Petroleum geology and petroleum geophysics: 464; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Petroleumsgeologi og -geofysikk: 464; GEO-3900; Alta; Barents Sea; Loppa; Røye
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/12814

While most established plays in the Barents Sea have occurred in the Mesozoic, the Alta and Gohta discoveries prove a new carbonate play concept, with a source rock that does not stem from the Jurassic. Based on depositional environment and TOC values from the Palaeozoic interval a source rock with...