Offshore staff
OSLO, Norway — PGS will offer 3D GeoStreamer PSDM data over the Harstad Basin to companies assessing prospective Western Barents Sea areas in Norway’s current APA 2023 offshore licensing round.
According to the company, the basin has a complex burial history, including subsidence, uplift and chemical reaction, and few wells have been drilled in the area. But through application of an integrated workflow on the PGS17011NBS dataset, interpretation has revealed structure and petroleum potential in the available blocks.
This should help bidders to evaluate, predict and assess the uncertainties concerning reservoir presence, reservoir quality and hydrocarbon opportunities, said Cyrille Reiser, PGS’ global quantitative interpretation manager.
An FWI velocity model has been instrumental in establishing a correct estimation of erosion occurring at various stratigraphic levels, the company said, with deep imaging facilitating mapping of the source rock in the Hekkingen Late Jurassic Shale, following the identification of the Base Cretaceous Unconformity.
The source rock is within the late oil and gas window, in the basin and close to the platform, which could be a sign of exploration potential in well-charged Jurassic and Palaeocene reservoirs.
05.30.2023
