Petroleum geology and thermal maturity of eastern North Greenland - a new energy research project

Abstract

Petroleum geological studies were initiated in eastern North Greenland in 1993 as part of a regional mapping programme carried out by the Geological Survey of Greenland (Henriksen, 1994, 1995; Stemmerik & Elvebakk, 1994). These activities continued in 1994, and a three-year research programme was initiated to generate data for basin modelling of the Phanerozoic sedimentary basins in the easternmost part of North Greenland. The basin modelling project is supported by the Danish Ministry of Environment and Energy and is a continuation of previous petroleum-related research programmes in the region (Christiansen, 1989; Hakansson & Stemmerik, this report). The aim of the project is to improve the understanding of the subsidence and uplift history of the adjacent shelf basins, and to evaluate the presence of pre-Carboniferous source rocks with adequate maturity in these areas.