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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
The study focuses on reservoir characterization of the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous successions In the Loppa High and the Hammerfest Basin, Norwegian Barents Sea. Characterization of reservoirs is based on petrophysical ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Outcrop analogs can provide more information about a depositional environment than standard subsurface datasets, which can be used to better understand the sedimentological character of units below seismic resolution. For ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Available 2D multi-channel seismic profiles and a 3D seismic survey are utilized together with potential field and limited well data to study the Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the Vesterålen ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
Importance of Deep Structural Grain for Late Paleozoic and Mesozoic Evolution in the Fingerdjupet Subbasin to Bjarmeland Platform Region Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
In this study, high resolution 3D seismic data, supplemented with regional 2D seismic lines covering the Fingerdjupet Subbasin to Bjarmeland Platform region have been interpreted. The scope of this study has been to constrain ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Exploration in the Barents Sea has shown to be difficult, due to the regional tectonic history to the area. Multiple uplift events, faulting and erosion make the well log data behave differently than expected in other areas ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
The evolution of the Øygarden Fault Complex (ØFC) footwall is studied using tectonostratigraphic analysis of 3D seismic reflection data. The footwall is comprised of a North-South trending graben bounded by three reactivated ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Although the Triassic-Jurassic sandstones of the Realgrunnen Subgroup form the primary reservoir units in the Barents Sea, there are relatively few published studies targeting these formations in the central and northern ...
Reservoir characterization of the Realgrunnen Subgroup (Fruholmen and Stø formations) in well 7325/4-1 within the Hoop Fault Complex Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
An eastward (releasing) bend in the Eocene dextral Barents Shear Margin gave rise to the formation of the Vestbakken Volcanic Province. The area has been affected by complex tectonics and both extensional and contractional ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
This thesis presents a simple binary filter method for feature extraction and fault enhancement of fault attribute data. Fault attributes are commonly used in structural interpretive studies to detect faults. However, they ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
A reservoir characterization of the Stø formation has been performed in two wells linked to the Snøhvit field within the Hammerfest Basin in the South-Western Barents Sea. The reservoir quality of the Stø formation has ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
Prinicples of sequence stratigraphy were applied to 2D seismic data to study the evolution of a N-S prograding system that developed in the southwestern Barents Sea during Eocene. Four units were interpreted in the basin, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
The SW Barents Sea is a relatively unexplored area compared to the Northern North Sea and the Norwegian Sea. The area has undergone several events of upliftment and erosion making it very complex, with numerous source rocks ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
This study presents reservoir characterization of Triassic and Jurassic sandstones using petrophysical analysis, rock physics diagnostics and AVO modeling with data from eight exploration wells in and around the Bjarmeland ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
An investigation of the depositional architecture of the Curtis Formation and an evaluation of how the observed facies distribution affects overall reservoir quality is conducted. This tidally influenced marginal marine ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
The Lofoten margin segment is located offshore northern Norway, in between the volcanic rifted Vøring and Vesterålen margins. Several available datasets have been integrated in order to study in detail the tectono-stratigraphic ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
Reduction of porosity in sandstones with increasing burial is a function of mechanical compaction causing reorganization and crushing of grains with increasing pressure, and chemical compaction, mainly precipitation of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
Outcrops in the central and southern Mandawa Basin have been examined and studied in detail, with the emphasis on describing facies and facies associations. This has been done to provide information about the depositional ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
Two-dimensional seismic data and a regional seismic sequence analysis of the Paleocene succession in the southwestern Barents Sea are presented and discussed. The Paleogene Torsk Formation is bounded by a Cretaceous – ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
A key focus of this thesis is if migrated bitumen from Lower to Middle Jurassic and Cretaceous age sandstones in the 6609/11-1, 6610/7-1 and the 6609/5-1 wells in the Helgeland Basin might originate from Devonian source ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
Sedimentary successions of Permo-Triassic to Early Cretaceous age have been studied in core 16/1-13 from the Edvard Grieg Field, located on the Utsira High, in the North Sea. Sedimentary field data combined with petrographical ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
Reservoir quality of the Stø and Nordmela Formations in well 7220/8-1, Johan Castberg Area in the SW Barents Sea. Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
This project aims to increase the understanding of reservoir quality of the Stø and Nordmela Formations in the Skrugard well (7220/8-1) in the SW Barents Sea. The selected interval from 1292.3 m to 1404.25 m in the Skrugard ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
At the Julian 1-2, a period major break in reef growth took place in the Tethys realm. This lithological change from carbonates to siliciclastics is interpreted to be the result of increased runoff. Increased continental ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
The main objective of this study is to attempt to correlate twelve (12) core and (1) one outcrop source rock samples, recovered from the Hammerfest Basin, the Nyslepp/Måsøy Fault Complex, the Finnmark Platform, the Nordkapp ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
The mid-Norwegian continental margin that has been tectonically active from Caledonian Orogeny to early Cenozoic time is divided into a number of structural provinces and the main tectonic phases records the transition ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
This thesis represents the findings concerning core samples from 15 examined exploration wells (with a total of 91 samples) on the eastern flank of the Viking Graben, North Sea, that were classified as dry by NPD (meaning ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
The Barents Sea is a prospective area in terms of hydrocarbon resources with high ratio of discovery wells. This study focuses on reservoir quality of two sandstone reservoirs of Knurr and Stø Formations in the Hammerfest ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
The Bremstein Fault Complex is located on the Mid-Norwegian Continental Margin, where it functions as a boundary zone between the Halten Terrace and the Trøndelag Platform. There has been ongoing activity along the Bremstein ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
A large-scale 2D seismic sequence analysis of the Lower Cretaceous successions in the eastern part of the south-western Barents Sea is presented. Well and shallow borehole data are used to further constrain and assist the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
The Stø and Nordmela Formations of Early to Middle Jurassic age are represented in wells 7119/12-1, 7120/7-1and 7120/7-3 located in the Tromsø/Hammerfest transition zone area and in wells 7120/8-1, 7120/9-1, 7121/4-1, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
The Ling Depression is a structural feature with a unique orientation in the Central North Sea which depicts the trend and linkage of deep extensional zones with the overlying structures. The Ling Depression is studied and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
The main focus of this study is to image reservoir quality of the ‘Alka discovery located in the southern part of the Hammerfest Basin, Norwegian Barents Sea. A total of five exploration wells (7120/12-1, 7120/12-2, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
The Late Cenozoic outbuilding in the northern North Sea and southeastern Norwegian Sea demonstrates strong relationship between uplift, erosion, subsidence, variations in relative sea level, basin infill, glacial dynamics ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This study deals with the weathering of basement, resulting particle formation, depositional conditions, provenance and mode of transportation of Triassic/Jurassic strata in evolving rift basin setting in Stord Basin. Data ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
The Bjørnøya Fan is located at the SW Barents Sea continental margin and consists of a succession of glaciomarine sediments up to 3.5-4 km in thickness. The evolution of the Bjørnøya Fan is closely related to the history ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This study describes weathering pattern in saprolites of the Vånga Granite along various profiles at Ivö Klack, Scania (southern Sweden) and provides a model against which paleo-chemical weathering of ancient profiles (e.g. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This study focuses imaging reservoir quality of SW Loppa High using five exploration wells. The study area is located at the northern vicinity of the Hammerfest Basin, Norwegian Barents Sea. The geology of the Norwegian ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
The Barents Sea petroleum system contains multiple source rock intervals, with hydrocarbon generation having occurred over a long geological time. As such the area possibly represents an overfilled petroleum system. Still, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This study deals with the diagenesis and reservoir quality of deeply buried (>4 km) Upper Jurassic sandstones from the Central Graben, North Sea. Petrophysical and petrographical analysis has been done on the cored interval ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Geologically, Barents Sea consists of platform areas and basins, covered by significant amounts of sedimentary rocks ranging from Paleozoic to Cenozoic age. Several phases of uplift have been occurred, highly influenced ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Forty-eight (48) core samples from well 35/4-1, 6610/3-1 and well 6610/2-1S were obtained from the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea. These wells are classified by NPD as dry. These core samples have been studied geochemically, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
The Southern part of Ringvassøy- Loppa Fault Complex is an extensional fault complex separating the Hammerfest Basin and the Tromsø Basin. Basement movements are believed to have caused the fault complex to work as a long- ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Abstract
The present study involves 1D basin modelling of two (2) wells from the Haltenbanken Area (the Midgard well 6407/4-1 and the Smørbukk well 6506/12-9S), by employing BAS software. The core objective is to estimate ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Seismic data contains reflections along with diffractions. Diffractions in seismic data are related to different features like faults, fractures, pinchouts and rough edges of salt bodies. It follows that suppression of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
The NE-SW and N-S trending, Bjørnøyrenna Fault Complex is obviously belongs to an extensional regime. It is comprised of three main master faults (MF1, MF2 & MF3) in the study area. This large array of master faults further ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Structural analysis of the Knølegga Fault Complex has been done using 2D seismic reflection data set in order to understand the fault geometries, fault associated features, fault segmentation and temporal evolution of the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
The Leirdjupet Fault Complex is located in the southwestern Barents Sea and trends N-S from the Loppa High towards the Stappen High between 73°-73°55'N at 21°E. The fault complex divides the Bjørnøya Basin into a deep ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Detailed structural analysis of the Troms-Finnmark Fault Complex is implemented in order to understand the associated structural configuration and the stress apparatus responsible for the present day architecture of the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
The study deals with the diagenesis and reservoir quality prediction of deeply buried Rotliegend sandstone from Northern Permian Basin (NPB) in the Central Graben. Cored intervals from two wells (1/3-5 and 2/10-2) have ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Marine seismic acquisition represents one of the most used geophysical exploration techniques employed in the petroleum industry today. However, one major challenge is that the meaningful part of the data will be distorted ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
The deeply buried Upper Jurassic sandstone reservoirs of the South Viking Graben are differentiated by highly variant reservoir quality. A combined petrophysical and petrographical approach is incorporated to analyze these ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
A grid of 2D regional seismic lines from six different surveys together with Bouguer gravity anomaly data and borehole data sets have been used to get an insight of the structural development of the Ringkøbing-Fyn High and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Late Cenozoic outbuilding of the mid-Norwegian continental shelf (62º N-69º 30’N) demonstrates strong relationship between uplift, erosion, subsidence, variations in relative sea level, basin infill, glacial dynamics and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
Conventional marine data is acquired by towed streamers and air-gun sources deployed at small distances below the sea level. A towed hydrophone records both upward travelling waves as well as downward travelling waves ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
The PDO approved Goliat Field, situated on the Finnmark Platform in SW Barents Sea region represents the first oil field to be developed on the Norwegian Barents shelf. Cenozoic exhumation still poses significant challenges ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
ABSTRACT
This study investigates the diagenesis and reservoir quality of Upper Jurassic Sandstones from the Central Graben. Petrophysical and petrographical studies have been done on cored interval from well 2/1-6.
Precipitation ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
Abstract
In this thesis the Paleocene and Eocene transition is the main focus of the analyses of Svalbard cores BH 10/06, BH 07/08 and BH 09/06, from the Central Basin. Special emphasis is laid on biotic responses ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
The Hoop Fault Complex is an old zone of weakness in SW Barents Sea which intersects Bjarmeland Platform and separates Maud Basin from Mercurius High. Reactivations during its long-lived activity have brought to the complex ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
Asterias Fault Complex is present in the SW Barnets Sea and is extensional in nature. This fault complex separates the Hammerfest Basin in south from the Loppa High in north
Variations in structural trend and frequency of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
Geologically the mid-Norwegian continental shelf (62°-69°30’N) has undergone several phases of rifting, uplifting and erosion, but the present shape of the shelf/margin developed during Plio/Pleistocene time. During late ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
The Barents Sea is an active area for frontier petroleum exploration .This study focuses on an area across the Tornerose prospect in the Hammerfest Basin, South West of the Barents Sea. Cenozoic exhumation of the entire ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
The purpose of the thesis is to characterize the reservoir quality in the Middle and Upper Jurassic sandstone reservoirs in the South Viking Graben, with emphasis on the differences between the Hugin and Draupne formations. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
This study examines the diagenesis and reservoir quality of Triassic sandstones in the Central Graben, Norwegian sector. Cored reservoir intervals from four wells (6/3-1, 7/8-4, 7/11-8, 7/11-9) have been examined by ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
The main scientific goal with this thesis is to study the configuration of the main Caledonian geological structures within the Lower Silurian succession, with emphasis on back-thrusts at Sundvollen, Ringerike in southern ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
A total of 21 core samples from well 2/7-26S of the Embla Field and One reference sample from Oseberg have been geochemically studied. In the studied well the Embla Field consists of two main reservoir units, the Upper and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
In this work I have in detailed tried to determine the age of the source rock that is responsible for petroleum impregnation in onshore samples from Novaya Zemlya. I have worked with a selected set of 6 samples. Pilot ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
In this study the transgressive-regressive developments and depositional environment of the Frysjaodden Formation in the Central Tertiary Basin, Spitsbergen have been reconstructed. The depositional environment has been ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Uplift movements, followed by erosion are amongst the main reason of the lack of success in oil discovery. These processes can dramatically affect the petroleum system, in terms of destruction of oil accumulation, and need ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Conclusion:
This study focused on the structure and Late Cretaceous Early Cenozoic tectonic
evolution of central part of the Sørvestsnaget Basin. Its location in the southwestern
Barents Sea which is close to the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Seismic 2D datasets and well ties, linked up to previous studies done in the Loppa High area are the major elements of the thesis work. To better resolve the geological history of the paleo-Loppa High area the depositional ...
Late Mesozoic Structure and Evolution of the western Hammerfest Basin (SW Barents Sea) from 3 D Seismic Interpretation Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
In this study 2D and 3D seismic data has been interpreted in a study which covers the western parts of the Hammerfest Basin, in the south-western Barents Sea. The purpose of the thesis has been to study the Middle Jurassic ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
In this thesis the aim was to investigate the largely unknown potential of coals of the Tettegras Fm. (Billefjord Gr.) in two wells from the Finnmark Platform and to evaluate the generation and expulsion properties of these ...