The drilling of stratigraphic borehole Umiivik-1, Svartenhuk Halvø, West Greenland

Abstract

Svartenhuk Halvø is one of the few areas onshore West Greenland where Upper Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary marine sediments are exposed (Fig. 1). Geological studies in the area have been made intermittently since the late 1930s but have intensified since 1990 as part of the Survey's overall effort to assess the petroleum potential of the Disko - Nuussuaq - Svartenhuk Halvø area and adjacent offshore basins.