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A rich Middle Triassic source rock in the Barents Sea Area

Conference · · Offshore Technol. Conf.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5263056
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The scope of the work presented in this paper is an evaluation of the petroleum potential of the source rock which shows most promise for the Barents Sea Area. The evaluation is based on analysis of a large number of samples from a Middle Triassic black shale deposit on the various islands of the Svalbard Archipelago. This investigation has shown that the shale is an oil-prone source rock. Analysis of samples taken from areas in the Barents Sea, indicates that this shale sequence has similar potential as a source rock throughout the area south of Svalbard. Integration of this data with the available geophysical and geological data allows the authors to propose that the rich, oilprone Middle Triassic shale sequence also has a widespread distribution throughout the Norwegian Arctic. The results of the geochemical analysis undertaken on Mesozoic deposits of Svalbard and from subsea outcrops in the Barents Sea area is presented. In addition the significant geological data for the region are included. The geochemical data includes; total organic carbon content, Rock-Eval pyrolysis values, vitrinite reflectance and kerogen analysis in transmitted light. In addition some data on the amount and composition of extractable organic matter in the Triassic shales are mentioned.
Research Organization:
Continental Shelf Inst. (IKU)
OSTI ID:
5263056
Report Number(s):
CONF-830514-
Conference Information:
Journal Name: Offshore Technol. Conf.; (United States) Journal Volume: 3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040201* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Site Geology-- (-1989)
ATLANTIC OCEAN
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
BLACK SHALES
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHATTANOOGA FORMATION
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOLOGIC AGES
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS
GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
MATERIALS
MESOZOIC ERA
MINERAL RESOURCES
NORTH SEA
OIL SATURATION
OIL SHALE DEPOSITS
OIL SHALES
RESOURCE POTENTIAL
RESOURCES
SATURATION
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS
SURVEYS
TRIASSIC PERIOD