Project:
NORWEGIAN SEA RESEARCH CONSORTIUM

Recent poor exploration results in the Møre and Vøring Basin indicate a serious problem in the prediction of the presence of reservoir sands. Seismic features such as flatspots have not proven to be prospective. Existing sand fairway models have been falsified. Furthermore, with the available well data, it has been very difficult to derive any indications of the presence of reservoir sand in the vicinity of or at a distance from the existing basinal wells.

The aim of the project is to address two main uncertainties in the exploration process:

Furthermore, clay diagenesis data will reveal differences in the accumulated local heatflow, which may be crucial for the understanding of the hydrocarbon generation history.

 A last but not less important aim of this consortium would be to establish/ develop/ maintain a viable, high-quality “shale rock properties” and clay mineralogical expertise in Norway, possibly including the introduction of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) as an additional bulk mineralogy tool.