Petroleum Exploration and Exploitation in Norway: (v. 4 Norwegian Petroleum Society Special Publications)

This conference was arranged by the Norwegian Petroleum Society in order to commemorate the first 25 years of exploration on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Sixty papers and posters were presented of which 25 have been selected for this volume. Since the start of exploration activities during the mid 1960s, the North Sea has not only proved to be one of the main petroleum provinces in the world, but has also established itself as an excellent laboratory for geoscientific research and application. This development has been stimulated greatly by the openness towards exchange of technical data encouragement by the Norwegian authorities. The objective of the book is to assess the results of 25 years of exploration in Norway. It focuses on lessons learned from past experiences as well as considering future challenges facing geoscientists in the industry, (related to both exploration and exploitation activities). Included are papers which assess the status and future trends of exploration in the main geological provinces on the Norwegian Continental Shelf from the Central Graben in the south to Svalbard and the Russian Arctic in the north.

Table of Contents:
Opening address, K.O. Gilje; in the beginning, F. Lied; the early marine geophysical investigations on the Norwegian continental shelf, M.A. Sellevoll and Y. Kristoffersen; Norwegian exploration and production in a global context, K.J. Chew; strategies and techniques for exploring the remaining hydrocarbon potential of the Norwegian Continental Shelf, R.M. Larsen et al; the Norwegian Central Graben - potential pitfalls, M.B. Gowers; from the Chalk to the Palaeozoic, the new frontier in Central Graben exploration, C.E.J. Needham and L. Jacobs; local tectonics and effects on sediment distribution within the Eldfisk Field, J.E. Brasher; petroleum exploration in the Ula Trend, H.M. Bjornseth and J. Gluyas; exploration trends in marginal basins - from Skagerrak to Stord, S. Sorensen and O.H. Tangen; exploration trends in the nothern North Sea (60-62 degrees N), G.O. Knag et al; Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic reservoir rocks in the Tampen Spur area, Norwegian North Sea, J.P. Nystuen and L.-M. Falt; exploring stratigraphic traps - an example from the Upper Jurassic in Block 33/9, the Norwegian North Sea, S.A. Ghazi and W.J. Schmidt; Jurassic reservoirs - field examples from the Iseberg and Troll fields - Horda Platform area, J.R. Johnsen et al; exploration trends of the Halten Terrace, J.-O. Koch and O.R. Heum; exploration trends in the Southern Barents Sea, D.J. Stewart et al; hydrocarbon potential of the Bjornoya West Province, western Barents Sea Margin, E. Rasmussen et al; integrated basin modelling for maturity predictions in the Bjornoyrenna Fault Complex, M.A. Stephenson et al; structural-tectonic zonation and evolution history of the West Arctic metaplatform, Russian Barents Sea, E.A. Ignatenko; the Barents shelf investigations main results, Ya P. Malovitsky and V.N. Matirossyan; history of tectonic models on the Norwegian continental shelf, R.H. Gabrielsen and A.G. Dore; advances in prestack depth migration, D.W. Hanson et al; nonmarine sequence-stratigraphic concepts and application to reservoir description in the Statfjord Formation, Statfjord Field, northern North Sea, J.C. Van Wagoner et al; remote sensing methods in offshore exploration, B.M. Saether et al; the role of the Airborne Laser Fluorosensor (ALF) and other see page detection methods in exploring frontier basins, A. Williams et al.