Norwegian Sea – Upper Cretaceous plays
Group/Formation | Age | Area | Reservoir rock | Depositional environment | Trap | Source rock | Critical factors | Examples of fields | Examples of discoveries | Examples exploration wells | |
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nhku-2 | Cromer Knoll Group with Lysing Formation and younger sandstones | Cenomanian - Campanian | Halten Terrace, Dønna Terrace, Rås Basin | Sandstone | Shallow marine to deep marine | Mainly stratigraphic | Upper Jurassic shale (Spekk Formation) and possibly Cretaceous shale | Identification and mapping of reservoir, reservoir thickness and quality, trap definition |
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nhku-3 (unconfirmed) | Cromer Knoll Group with the Lysing Formation, Shetland Group with Kvitnos, Nise and Springar Formations | Turon - Maastrichtian | Ribban Basin, Lofoten Basin, Utrøst High | Sandstone | Shallow marine to deep marine | Mainly stratigraphic | Upper Jurassic shale (Spekk Formation) and possibly Cretaceous shale | Identification and mapping of reservoir, reservoir thickness and quality, trap definition |
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nhku-4 | Cromer Knoll Group with the Lysing Formation, Shetland Group with Kvitnos, Nise and Springar Formations, possibly sands of Paleocene age (Rogaland Group) | Late Cretaceous (undifferentiated) to Early Paleocene | Nyk High, Fenris Graben, Gjallar Ridge, Vigrid Syncline, Møre Basin (western part) | Sandstone | Shallow marine to deep marine | Mainly stratigraphic | Upper Jurassic shale (Spekk Formation) and possibly Cretaceous shale | Identification and mapping of reservoir, reservoir thickness and quality, trap definition |
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nhku-5 (unconfirmed) | Upper Cretaceous undifferentiated | Late Cretaceous (undifferentiated) | Træna Basin, Utgard High, Vestfjorden Basin | Sandstone | Shallow marine to deep marine | Mainly stratigraphic | Upper Jurassic shale (Spekk Formation) and possibly Cretaceous shale | Identification and mapping of reservoir, reservoir thickness and quality, trap definition |
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nhku-6 | Cromer Knoll-Group | Cenomanian - Coniacian | Slørebotn Sub-basin | Sandstone | Shallow marine to deep marine | Mainly stratigraphic | Upper Jurassic shale (Spekk Formation) and possibly Cretaceous shale | Identification and mapping of reservoir, reservoir thickness and quality, trap definition |
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