scholarly journals Developments in petroleum exploration offshore West Greenland during 1976

1977 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 33-34
Author(s):  
G Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Water Depth ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Marine Areas ◽  
Exploration Well

The first exploration well to be drilled within the concession areas granted offshore West Greenland in April 1975 reached its final depth of between 3500 and 4000 m in August 1976 and was abandoned as a dry hole. The well, Kangâmiut no. 1, was drilled in concession area 34 by the TGA-Grepco group with Total Grønland Olie A/S as operator using the dynamically positioned drill ship pelican. The well was located about 120 km west ofthe mouth of Søndre Strømfjord and its coordinates were 66° 09' 00.92" N, 56° 11' 24.28" W. The water depth was 179 m. This is the northernmost well to have been drilled in the marine areas between Canada and Greenland.

scholarly journals Review of the Survey's activities in 1976

1977 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 7-10
Author(s):  
K Ellitsgaard-Rasmussen
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Sample Material ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Important Stage ◽  
Exploration Well

In 1976 the first petroleum exploration well was drilled on the shelf off West Greenland. This marked an important stage in the development of petroleum exploration in Greenland folIowing the granting of concessions in April 1975 by the Ministry for Greenland. GGU's Oil and Gas Section was closely involved in the assessment of the drilling programme and in following the operation. Sample material and data were submitted during and after the drilling to the Ministry for Greenland and were studied in the Survey as part of the follow-up procedure. Several members ofthe GGU staff visited the drill ship Pelican during the summer.

scholarly journals Inversion structures as potential petroleum exploration targets on Nuussuaq and northern Disko, onshore West Greenland

1969 ◽  
pp. 45-48
Author(s):  
Erik V. Sørensen ◽  
John R. Hopper ◽  
Gunver K. Pedersen ◽  
Henrik Nøhr-Hansen ◽  
Pierpaolo Guarnieri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Oil Seeps ◽  
Several Intervals ◽  
Exploration Well ◽  
Offshore Petroleum

The onshore Cretaceous–Paleocene Nuussuaq Basin in West Greenland (Fig. 1) has long served as an analogue for offshore petroleum exploration. With the discovery of oil seeps on Disko, Nuussuaq, Ubekendt Ejland and Svartenhuk Halvø in the early 1990s, onshore exploration was also carried out. This eventually resulted in the GRO#3 wildcat exploration well on western Nuussuaq in 1996, which showed several intervals with hydrocarbons (Christiansen et al. 1997). Recent photogrammetric mapping of conspicuous marker horizons within the volcanic sequences of the basin shows that significant compressional structures may have developed in the latest Paleocene on central Nuussuuaq and northern Disko that could be promising potential exploration targets.

Petroleum geological activities in West Greenland in 1999

2000 ◽  
pp. 88-96
Author(s):  
Flemming G. Christiansen ◽  
Finn Dalhoff ◽  
Jørgen A. Bojesen-Koefoed ◽  
James A. Chalmers ◽  
Gregers Dam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Original Series ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Exploration Strategy ◽  
Phillips Petroleum ◽  
Year 2000 ◽  
Exploration Well

NOTE: This article was published in a former series of GEUS Bulletin. Please use the original series name when citing this article, for example: Christiansen, F. G., Dalhoff, F., Bojesen-Koefoed, J. A., Chalmers, J. A., Dam, G., Marcussen, C., Nøhr-Hansen, H., Nielsen, T., Pedersen, A. K., Riisager, P., & Sønderholm, M. (2000). Petroleum geological activities in West Greenland in 1999. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin, 186, 88-96. https://doi.org/10.34194/ggub.v186.5221 _______________ Renewed interest in petroleum exploration in West Greenland led to grants of licences for the Fylla area operated by Statoil in 1996 and the Sisimiut-West area operated by Phillips Petroleum in 1998 (Fig. 1). The first exploration well on one of the spectacular structures in the Fylla area will be drilled in the year 2000. The new exploration strategy is now in place, and a licensing round offshore West Greenland will be held in the year 2001; see details in the Ghexis Newsletter (Ghexis 1999) or the Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum’s homepage: www.bmp.gl.

Petroleum geological activities in West Greenland in 1998

1999 ◽  
pp. 46-56
Author(s):  
Flemming G. Christiansen ◽  
Anders Boesen ◽  
Jørgen A. Bojesen-Koefoed ◽  
James A. Chalmers ◽  
Finn Dalhoff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Data ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Original Series ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Phillips Petroleum ◽  
Petroleum Resources ◽  
The Government ◽  
Year 2000

NOTE: This article was published in a former series of GEUS Bulletin. Please use the original series name when citing this article, for example: Christiansen, F. G., Boesen, A., Bojesen-Koefoed, J. A., Chalmers, J. A., Dalhoff, F., Dam, G., Ferré Hjortkjær, B., Kristensen, L., Melchior Larsen, L., Marcussen, C., Mathiesen, A., Nøhr-Hansen, H., Pedersen, A. K., Pedersen, G. K., Pulvertaft, T. C. R., Skaarup, N., & Sønderholm, M. (1999). Petroleum geological activities in West Greenland in 1998. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin, 183, 46-56. https://doi.org/10.34194/ggub.v183.5204 _______________ In the last few years there has been renewed interest for petroleum exploration in West Greenland and licences have been granted to two groups of companies: the Fylla licence operated by Statoil was awarded late in 1996; the Sisimiut-West licence operated by Phillips Petroleum was awarded in the summer of 1998 (Fig. 1). The first offshore well for more than 20 years will be drilled in the year 2000 on one of the very spectacular structures within the Fylla area. To stimulate further petroleum exploration around Greenland – and in particular in West Greenland – a new licensing policy has been adopted. In July 1998, the administration of mineral and petroleum resources was transferred from the Danish Ministry of Environment and Energy to the Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum under the Government of Greenland in Nuuk. Shortly after this, the Greenlandic and Danish governments decided to develop a new exploration strategy. A working group consisting of members from the authorities (including the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland – GEUS) made recommendations on the best ways to stimulate exploration in the various regions on- and offshore Greenland. The strategy work included discussions with seismic companies because it was considered important that industry acquires additional seismic data in the seasons 1999 and 2000.

Petroleum geological activities onshore West Greenland in 1996, and drilling of a deep exploration well

1997 ◽  
pp. 17-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flemming G. Christiansen ◽  
Anders Boesen ◽  
Finn Dalhoff ◽  
Asger K. Pedersen ◽  
Gunver K. Pedersen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Summer ◽  
Summer Season ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Press Releases ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
Potential Reservoir ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Deep Exploration ◽  
Exploration Well ◽  
Shed Light

NOTE: This article was published in a former series of GEUS Bulletin. Please use the original series name when citing this article, for example: Christiansen, F. G., Boesen, A., Dalhoff, F., Pedersen, A. K., Pedersen, G. K., Riisager, P., & Zinck-Jørgensen, K. (1997). Petroleum geological activities onshore West Greenland in 1996, and drilling of a deep exploration well. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin, 176, 17-23. https://doi.org/10.34194/ggub.v176.5055 _______________ The 1996 summer season saw continued petroleum geological activities in the Disko–Nuussuaq area, onshore West Greenland. These took the form of a geological field project led by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), and continued commercial exploration by grønArctic Energy Inc. (grønArctic). In the second year of their licence, grønArctic carried out an airborne geophysical programme early in 1996 and drilled a c. 3 km deep exploration well on Nuussuaq, GRO#3, in the late summer (Fig. 1). Although the detailed results from grønArctic’s exploration are confidential (apart from the information made available at conferences and in press releases), it is evident that knowledge of the Nuussuaq Basin has greatly increased in recent years and that the basin has considerable exploration potential of its own (see Christiansen et al., 1995b, 1996a). The activities by GEUS and the exploration by grønArctic will significantly improve the understanding of the petroleum system of the basin; available data from the 1996 activities have shed light on the types and distribution of oils, source rocks and potential reservoir units.

PETROLEUM SEEPAGES AT ASUK, DISKO, WEST GREENLAND: IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONAL PETROLEUM EXPLORATION

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Bojesen-Koefoed ◽  
T. Bidstrup ◽  
F. G. Christiansen ◽  
F. Dalhoff ◽  
U. Gregersen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
West Greenland

2010 Offshore petroleum exploration release

2010 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
John Hartwell
Keyword(s):  
Water Depth ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Geophysical Data ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Economic Environment ◽  
Geological Data ◽  
Australian Government ◽  
Investment Opportunities ◽  
Offshore Petroleum

The sustainable annual release of quality petroleum exploration acreage, to provide the global petroleum exploration industry with a variety of investment opportunities in Australian waters, is a key objective of the Australian Government. The annual Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release (Acreage Release) is underpinned by Australia’s stable economic environment and well-established regulatory framework for offshore petroleum activities. The 2010 Acreage Release areas are located across five basins. Release areas have been carefully selected to offer a range of investment opportunities; areas vary in size, known prospectivity, water depth and level of existing geological data and knowledge. Areas are supported by pre-competitive geological and geophysical data and analysis undertaken by Geoscience Australia.

2017 offshore petroleum exploration acreage release

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 301
Author(s):  
Bruce Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Water Depth ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Offshore Petroleum

The Australian Government’s 2017 Offshore Petroleum Acreage Release consist of 21 areas located across eight basins. The areas vary in water depth and maturity and offer exploration opportunities for companies of all sizes. All areas have been nominated by industry, publicly consulted on, and assessed by government before release.

Geothermal gradients in the Hinton area of west-central Alberta

1982 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 755-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. L. Lam ◽  
F. W. Jones ◽  
C. Lambert
Keyword(s):  
Hot Springs ◽  
Rocky Mountain ◽  
Geothermal Gradient ◽  
Temperature Data ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Well Logs ◽  
Thermal Gradients ◽  
Disturbed Region ◽  
West Central ◽  
Exploration Well

Temperature data from petroleum exploration well logs of 3360 wells in a region of west-central Alberta are used to estimate thermal gradients. A relatively high geothermal gradient (~36 °C/km) of oblong shape located near Hinton is observed. The axis of the anomaly strikes approximately southwest–northeast and passes through the Miette Hot Springs area. It appears that water is heated at depth in the Rocky Mountain disturbed region and travels eastward and toward the surface along fault planes.

scholarly journals Developments in petroleum exploration offshore West Greenland

1980 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 55-58
Author(s):  
J.B Risum ◽  
C.A Croxton ◽  
F Rolle
Keyword(s):  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Preliminary Evaluation ◽  
The West ◽  
West Greenland ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Exploratory Wells ◽  
Exploration Activity

The West Greenland shelf south of 72°N has been the subject of petroleum exploration since 1970. A preliminary prospecting phase from 1970 to 1973 led to the granting of 13 exclusive concessions in April 1975. In 1975, 1976 and 1977 the exploration activity on the shelf was intensified and five exploratory wells were drilled. These five wells all proved to be dry and therefore the preliminary evaluation of the area was negative. As aresult of this all concessions were relinquished by 31st December 1978.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document