Chapter 17 Uplift and erosion of the greater Barents Sea: impact on prospectivity and petroleum systems

• DOI: 10.1144/m35.17
• Publication Date: 2011-08-05T16:38:16Z
• Authors: E. Henriksen; H. M. Bjørnseth; T. K. Hals; T. Heide; T. Kiryukhina; O. S. Kløvjan; G. B. Larssen; A. E. Ryseth; K. Rønning; K. Sollid; A. Stoupakova
• Keywords: Prospectivity mapping; Petroleum exploration; Petroleum system

Abstract A regional net erosion map for the greater Barents Sea shows that different areas in region have been subject to magnitudes of uplift and erosion. Net values vary from 0 more than 3000 m. The processes important consequences petroleum systems. Reservoir quality, maturity source rocks migration hydrocarbons are affected by processes. Owing changes PVT conditions a hydrocarbon-filled structure, increase risk leakage expansion gas cap structure. Understanding timing re-migration has increasingly exploration Sea.