--> ABSTRACT: Hydrocarbon Prospects Offshore Southern West Greenland, by James A. Chalmers, Trine Dahl-Jensen, Kevin J. Bate, and Richard C. Whittaker; #91019 (1996)

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Hydrocarbon Prospects Offshore Southern West Greenland

James A. Chalmers, Trine Dahl-Jensen, Kevin J. Bate, and Richard C. Whittaker

Interpretation of regional seismic data acquired in the 1990s together with a re-appraisal of the wells drilled in the 1970s has lead to an appreciation that the southern West Greenland Basin is underexplored and may contain large quantities of hydrocarbons.

The regional structure and stratigraphy of the basin has been worked out. An early phase of extension, probably in the Early Cretaceous, was followed by a thermal subsidence phase in the Late Cretaceous during which thick mudstones were deposited. Renewed extension and strike-slip faulting associated with the onset of sea-floor spreading in the Labrador Sea in the Early Tertiary lead to the formation of large structures capable of trapping large quantities of hydrocarbons. Flat spots have been identified in several prospects in the Fylla Structural Complex, which is presently open for licensing, and other large structural traps exist on the Kangamiut Ridge and in the Ikermiut area. Stratigraphic traps exist in a large syn-rift fan of mid-Cretaceous age and in form Lower Tertiary basin -floor fans. All of these latter structures are found in an area with an "open-door" licensing policy.

AAPG Search and Discover Article #91019©1996 AAPG Convention and Exhibition 19-22 May 1996, San Diego, California