Prospectivity in the Volcanic Province of the NW Atlantic

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• Prospectivity in the Volcanic Province of the NW
  Atlantic
• Learning from exploration West of Shetland and
  field work Greenland, Faroe islands and
  Western Scotland
• Play models and seismic observations from the
  Norwegian Shelf
• 4-5th of June seminar to be held in Oslo
• 6th of June field trip Oslo Graben
• More details will follow

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Prospectivity in the Volcanic Province of the NW
Atlantic -
DAY 1

• Introduction
• Setting the scene - Dag Helland-Hansen, Chevron
• Exploration aspects of sub-basalt plays - Max
  Rohrman, Shell
• Exploring below basalt-offshore Faroes Peter
  Dromgoole, StatoilHydro (U.K)
• Development and morphology of volcanic basins
• Iceland - Thorvaldur Thordarsson/ Ármann
  Hóskuldsson
• West of Scotland / Faroe Islands - Brian Bell
• Development of the volcanic margin and seismic
  volcanostratigraphy Voring / More Margin -
  Sverre Planke
• Onset of igneous activity on the Møre Margin at
  the K/T boundary - Richard Pegrum, DONG Energy
• Sub-surface mapping in volcanic basins
• Overview of geophysical imaging techniques-what
  works or not Alastair Swanston, Chevron
• Seismic mapping in a basaltic environment - Heri
  Ziska, Jardfengi
• Sediment-lava interaction at the onset of flood
  volcanism/3D Facies architecture and rock
  properties of flood
• basalts - Dougal Jerram,
• Volcanic morphologies and structures in
  transition zones between subaerial lava plateaus
  and large lake
• complexes, Nuussuaq Basin, onshore West
  Greenland - Asger Ken Pedersen, Lotte Melchior
  Larsen and
• Gunver Krarup Pedersen, GEUS and Univ.
  Copenhagen

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Prospectivity in the Volcanic Province of the NW
Atlantic -
DAY 2

• Summary of day 1 and overview day 2
• Setting the scene day 2 -Rikke or Jenny
• Intra-basalt section
• Rosebank- A working intra-basalt field, - Dag
  Helland-Hansen, Chevron
• Reservoir quality assessment of the
  volcaniclastic intra- and post-basalt sediments
  in the Faroe-Shetland Basin
• with comparison to world wide examples. Jana
  Olavsdottir
• East Greenland - Outcrop analogues and offshore
  correlation - Michael Larsen, DONG Energy
• Rapid flooding and sedimentation in large
  syn-volcanic lake complexes, Nuussuaq Basin,
  onshore West
• Greenland - Gunver Krarup Pedersen, Asger Ken
  Pedersen and Lotte Melchior Larsen, GEUS and
  Univ. Copenhagen
• 'Transfer zones structural lineaments that
  compartmentalise North Atlantic Basins and impact
  sediment and
• lava distributions - evidence from the Faroe
  Islands - Dave Ellis, Statoil
• Sub-basalt section
• Corrib, challenges in development of a sub-basalt
  field - Shell
• Playmodels and Exploration results Faroe-basin
  Thomas Varming-Jardfengi
• Exploring for sub-basalt prospects - Gregers
  Dam, DONG Energy
• Mid-Norway prospectivity