Barents Sea – Paleocene and Supra Paleocene plays

	Group/Formation	Age	Area	Reservoir rock	Depositional environment	Trap	Source rock	Critical factors	Examples of discoveries	Examples exploration wells
bpc-1 (unconfirmed)	Sotbakken Group with Torsk Formation	Danian-Chattian	Harstad Basin	Sandstone	Deltaic and shallow marine, submarine fan deposits	Rotated fault blocks. Stratigraphic pich-out.	Late Jurassic and Cretaceous shale	Presence of reservoir rock. The area has been affected by tilting, reactivation of faults and Cenozoic uplift and erosion
beo-1	Sotbakken Group with Torsk Formation	Ypresian-Priabonian	Sørvestsnaget Basin, Hornsund Fault Complex and Vestbakken volcanitic province	Sandstone	Shallow marine to moderately deep marine	Rotated fault blocks. Stratigraphic pich-out.	Cretaceous shale	The area has been affected by tilting, reactivation of faults, and Cenozoic uplift and erosion	7316/5-1 7319/12-1	7016/2-1 7117/9-1 7119/12-1 7120/12-1 7216/11-1 S 7218/11-1
bpc-2	The Sotbakken Group with Torsk Formation	Ypresian-Priabonian	Sørvestsnaget Basin, Hornsund Fault Complex and Vestbakken volcanitic province	Sandstone	Deltaic and shallow marine, submarine fan deposits	Rotated fault blocks. Stratigraphic pich-out.	Late Jurassic and Cretaceous shale	Presence of reservoir rock. The area has been affected by tilting, reactivation of faults and Cenozoic uplift and erosion.	7319/12-1