Norwegian Sea – Basement play

Norwegian Sea - Basement play

	Group/Formation	Age	Area	Reservoir rock	Depositional environment	Trap	Source rock	Critical factors	Examples exploration wells
nhpe-1 (unconfirmed)	Undifferentiated	Precambrian	Utrøst Ridge, Ribban Basin, Jennegg High, Marmæle Spur, western part of Røst High	Fractured and partly weathered basement	Arial exposure	Stratigraphic over rotated basement blocks	Upper Jurassic shale (Spekk Formation)	Reservoir, bottom and top seal, migration, retention	Proved weathered basement below sediments of Jurassic age. Information from this borehole is available on SINTEF's homepage 6814/4-U-1

Group/Formation

Age

Area

Reservoir rock

Depositional environment

Trap

Source rock

Critical factors

Examples exploration wells

nhpe-1 (unconfirmed)

Undifferentiated

Precambrian

Utrøst Ridge, Ribban Basin, Jennegg High, Marmæle Spur, western part of Røst High

Fractured and partly weathered basement

Arial exposure

Stratigraphic over rotated basement blocks

Upper Jurassic shale (Spekk Formation)

Reservoir, bottom and top seal, migration, retention

Proved weathered basement below sediments of Jurassic age. Information from this borehole is available on SINTEF's homepage