Tracing Lower Cretaceous organic-rich units across the SW Barents Shelf
On the Barents Shelf, the northernmost and least explored hydrocarbon province of the Norwegian Continental Shelf, Upper Jurassic organic-rich shales have traditionally been given most attention as these represent the most prolific source rock unit of the region. However, in the western frontier are...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/24708 2023-05-15T15:44:50+02:00 Tracing Lower Cretaceous organic-rich units across the SW Barents Shelf Hagset, Andreas Hallberg Grundvåg, Sten-Andreas Badics, Balazs Davies, R Rotevatn, Atle 2022-03-28 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24708 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105664 eng eng Elsevier Marine and Petroleum Geology Hagset AH, Grundvåg S.-A., Badics B, Davies R, Rotevatn A. Tracing Lower Cretaceous organic-rich units across the SW Barents Shelf. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 2022;140 FRIDAID 2015162 doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105664 0264-8172 1873-4073 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24708 openAccess Copyright 2022 The Author(s) Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2022 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105664 2022-04-06T22:58:30Z On the Barents Shelf, the northernmost and least explored hydrocarbon province of the Norwegian Continental Shelf, Upper Jurassic organic-rich shales have traditionally been given most attention as these represent the most prolific source rock unit of the region. However, in the western frontier areas of the Barents Shelf, the Upper Jurassic is too deeply buried. By combining high-resolution 2D seismic data, well logs, and digitalized Rock-Eval data, this study documents the lateral distribution and variability of alternative source rock units within the Lower Cretaceous succession on the SW Barents Shelf. Negative high-amplitude anomalies are traced from shallow basins on the platform westward into deeper basins along the western shelf margin. The anomalies are tied to intervals of increased total organic carbon contents in several exploration wells, and we thus establish the presence of four potential source rock units; these are the (1) upper Hauterivian, (2) Barremian, (3) lower Aptian, and (4) upper Cenomanian units. Based on the distribution of the associated seismic anomalies, we infer that the deposition and preservation of these organic-rich units are coupled to localized, fault bounded depocenters, mainly controlled by Late Jurassic – Early Cretaceous rifting and local reactivation events. The lower Aptian stands out as the most significant source rock unit, particularly in the Fingerdjupet Subbasin, where it displays a kerogen Type II composition. The distribution and development of this oil-prone source rock unit is linked to an early Aptian fault reactivation event. Due to increased sediment influx in combination with high subsidence rates during the Albian to Cenomanian, potential pre-Aptian source rock units appear to have undergone too deep burial in the Tromsø and Bjørnøya basins to be presently generative. Furthermore, organic matter dilution due to increased sedimentation rates seems to have reduced the overall potential of the upper Cenomanian unit Article in Journal/Newspaper Bjørnøya Tromsø University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Bjørnøya ENVELOPE(-67.250,-67.250,-68.151,-68.151) Tromsø Western Shelf ENVELOPE(164.448,164.448,-77.780,-77.780) Marine and Petroleum Geology 140 105664 |
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On the Barents Shelf, the northernmost and least explored hydrocarbon province of the Norwegian Continental Shelf, Upper Jurassic organic-rich shales have traditionally been given most attention as these represent the most prolific source rock unit of the region. However, in the western frontier areas of the Barents Shelf, the Upper Jurassic is too deeply buried. By combining high-resolution 2D seismic data, well logs, and digitalized Rock-Eval data, this study documents the lateral distribution and variability of alternative source rock units within the Lower Cretaceous succession on the SW Barents Shelf. Negative high-amplitude anomalies are traced from shallow basins on the platform westward into deeper basins along the western shelf margin. The anomalies are tied to intervals of increased total organic carbon contents in several exploration wells, and we thus establish the presence of four potential source rock units; these are the (1) upper Hauterivian, (2) Barremian, (3) lower Aptian, and (4) upper Cenomanian units. Based on the distribution of the associated seismic anomalies, we infer that the deposition and preservation of these organic-rich units are coupled to localized, fault bounded depocenters, mainly controlled by Late Jurassic – Early Cretaceous rifting and local reactivation events. The lower Aptian stands out as the most significant source rock unit, particularly in the Fingerdjupet Subbasin, where it displays a kerogen Type II composition. The distribution and development of this oil-prone source rock unit is linked to an early Aptian fault reactivation event. Due to increased sediment influx in combination with high subsidence rates during the Albian to Cenomanian, potential pre-Aptian source rock units appear to have undergone too deep burial in the Tromsø and Bjørnøya basins to be presently generative. Furthermore, organic matter dilution due to increased sedimentation rates seems to have reduced the overall potential of the upper Cenomanian unit |
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Tracing Lower Cretaceous organic-rich units across the SW Barents Shelf |
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Tracing Lower Cretaceous organic-rich units across the SW Barents Shelf |
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Tracing Lower Cretaceous organic-rich units across the SW Barents Shelf |
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Tracing Lower Cretaceous organic-rich units across the SW Barents Shelf |
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tracing lower cretaceous organic-rich units across the sw barents shelf |
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Marine and Petroleum Geology Hagset AH, Grundvåg S.-A., Badics B, Davies R, Rotevatn A. Tracing Lower Cretaceous organic-rich units across the SW Barents Shelf. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 2022;140 FRIDAID 2015162 doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105664 0264-8172 1873-4073 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24708 |
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