Late Cenozoic seismic stratigraphic framework for the Norwegian

central/northern North Sea

– potential reservoirs and seals relevant to CO2 storage

Jan Inge Faleide & co-workers Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo

Faleide et al. (2002)

Cross-border geology

Oligocene paleogeography

Faleide et al. (2002)

Jarsve et al. (2014a)

Eidvin et al. (2013)

Seismic data removed….

Eidvin et al. (2013)

Eidvin et al. (2013)

Eidvin et al. (2013)

Eidvin et al. (2013)

Jarsve et al. (2014a)

Central North Sea: Cenozoic basin fill

Jarsve et al. (2014a)

Cenozoic seismic sequence stratigraphy

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Jarsve et al. (2014a)

Time-thickness

Cenozoic seismic sequences

Jarsve et al. (2014a)

Central North Sea: Cenozoic basin fill

Oligocene outbuilding from southern Norway

Jarsve et al. (2014b)

”CO2 plays”

Seismic examples removed…

Utsira + Skade Fm Reservoir: Miocene-Pliocene Seal: Quaternary Trap: Stratigraphic Risk(s):

Quaternary

Eidvin et al. (2013)

Reservoir: Jurassic & Triassic Seal: UJ-LC shales + Quaternary Trap: Stratigraphic Risk(s): Quaternary seal

GlaciStore drilling targets – Quaternary seal

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