Oil geological studies in central East Greenland

Abstract

Field work undertaken in central East Greenland during August 1985 was a follow-up of the oil geological studies by GGU expeditions to Jameson Land in 1982 and 1983 (Surlyk, 1983; Surlyk et al., 1984a). Three major subjects were covered by the field work. The Permian-Triassic boundary was studied along the western margin of the Jameson Land basin (Surlyk et al., 1984b). A series of closely sampled sections along the exposures of the eastern part of the Schuchert Dal was completed. The sampled material will be analysed with respect to source rock quality, maturity and stratigraphy. Secondly, the analysis of the regional maturity in southern Jameson Land based on the material from the 1982-83 expeditions indicates a specific surface maturation pattern (Piasecki, 1985; Thomsen, 1985) which had to be confirmed or rejected by analyses of further material from localities throughout the area. New material was collected along Hurry Inlet and in the southern llnd western parts of Jameson Land. Maturity studies will be supplemented by stratigraphical and geochemical analyses at these localities. The third target of the field work was to start oil geological studies of the area north of Kong Oscar Fjord, and to locate drill sites for shallow-core drilling in immature potential source rocks. The island of Traill ø was visited for two days of helicopter reconnaissance. Wollaston Forland was visited for two days at the end of the season in co-operation with geologists of a British Petroleum (BP) party working in this area. Material was collected for preliminary source rock studies and biostratigraphy.