A Revision of the Rogaland Group, Norwegian North Sea

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1 A Revision of the Rogaland Group, Norwegian North Sea Harald Brunstad1, Felix Gradstein2, Luis Vergara3, Jan Erik Lie1 and Øyvind Hammer2 1. Lundin Petroleum AS Norway, NO-1366 Lysaker, Norway 2. Geology Museum, University of Oslo, N-0318 Oslo, Norway 3. RWE Dea, Cairo, Egypt Norlex Project presentation NPD 16th of October 2009

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3 Stratigraphic definitions in the presented work Revised nomenclature based on the guidelines from International stratigraphic Committe Keep as much as practically possible of existing naming, to avoid confusion and to Credit earlier work. Unit names from offshore: Norway UK Denmark Former Sandstone Formations already downgraded to Members by several authors, except for the Maureen formation In present work all internal sandstone units within the shale Formations on the Norwegian sector are given member status, also the sandy parts of the Maureen unit (according to our definition the Maureen Member), the fine grained parts of the former Maureen Formation are now attributed to the Våle formation

4 Development of stratigraphy Establishment of Shale Formations Deegan and Scull 1977 Accepted and relatively unchganged for Norwegian, UK and DK North Sea Westerly derived Sandstone units Deegan and Scull 1977: Several sandstone units defined as formations. Heimdal unit defined as member. Hardt et al In Isaksen and Tonstad hb1 Define all sandstone units as formations Knox & Holloway 1992 Sandstones units intra Lista and Sele Fms defined as members in the basinal areas, by Mudge and Copestake 1996: Sandstone units intra Lista, Sele and Balder Fms downgraded to members in basinal areas by. Odin Member introduced. Maureen unit still kept as formation Ahmadi et al, Millenium Atlas Norlex Present publication (In prep) all sandstone units in Norwegian sector down graded to Members. Intra Våle sandstone units defined as Ty and Maureen Members North westerly sourced sandstone units different member from those sourced from South West Easterly derived Sandstone units 1977 Fiskebank Formation defined by Deegan and Scull Egga Schiøler et al 2007 defines all SE derived sand units as Members 2009 Norlex Present publication (In prep) new NE sand Members; Sotra, Solund; Radøy Mbrs.

5 Slide 4 hb1 hbrunstad, 13/10/2009

6 Table 1. Overview of the Formations and Members of the Rogaland Group, Paleocene Lower Eocene, North Sea, Norway.

7 Stratigraphic chart

8 Regional Well correlation I, Northern North Sea.

9 Seismic Key sections

10 Shale Facies Balder Fm Laminated tuffaceous Sele Fm Laminated nontuffaceous Lista Fm Non Calcareous Variable bioturbated Faintly to non Laminated Våle Fm Commonly calcareous Variable bioturbated Faintly to non Laminated Fig.11 Series of bright to medium greenish grey tuff layers of variable thickness, interlaminated with black anoxic shales. Example is taken from the Balder Formation Well 25/11-20 drilled by Norsk Hydro. Picture from NPD Faktaside at http// Fig. 93. Core photo displaying dark grey non-bioturbated shales of the Sele Formation in well 25/7-5. Photo from NPD Fact Pages at Fig. 64. Core photographies of Lista Formation well 35/10-2. Left: Sediments are composed of bioturbated green claystone with common purple red patches. Right: Nice example of Zoophycos burrows in sediments. Photographies by L.Vergara.and H.Brunstad. Fig. 46. Core example from the Våle Formation well 25/11-1 showing light to medium grey marly shales and calcite cemented fractures. Well drilled by Norsk hydro. Picture from NPD Fact Pages at

11 Sandstone Facies Fig. 21. Turbidite Example 1. Clean, massive sandstones in Heimdal Member well 25/8-6, interpreted as high density turbidites. Picture from NPD fact pages at Fig. 23. Turbidite Example 3. Normal graded beds, with sharp base and massive structure-less sandstone in lower parts of beds, and faintly cross laminated sandstones in the upper parts. Example from Heimdal Member, well 16/1-1. Deposits are interpreted as low-density turbidite deposited in a distal fan or overbank position. Picture by H. Brunstad. Fig. 23. Turbidite Example 3. Normal graded beds, with sharp base and massive structure-less sandstone in lower parts of beds, and faintly cross laminated sandstones in the upper parts. Example from Heimdal Member, well 16/1-1. Deposits are interpreted as low-density turbidite deposited in a distal fan or overbank position. Picture by H. Brunstad. Fig. 24. Turbidite Example 4. Beds of clean, massive, structure-less sandstone at top, and thinbedded, ripple cross laminated, heterolithic sandstones below. Massive sandstone is interpreted as high density turbidite deposited in a proximal/axial fan position, whereas heterolithics are interpreted as low density turbidites deposited in a fan fringe position. Example from Heimdal member, well 25/8-6. Picture from NPD fact pages at

12 Member separation lines Fig. 13. Sketch demonstrating subareas and separation lines used to limit the various sandstone members.

13 Paleogeography of the Rogaland Group

14 Example of shale Formation, Våle Fm Fig. 47. Example of one of the diagnostic Microfossils in the Våle Formation. Alisocysta reticulata Ventral view. Average range of type material: length = 55 µm, width = 51 µm.. From the ODP Drilling Program at http//www-odp.edu Fig. 43. Type well Well 1/3-1 composite log Rogaland Group. Stratigraphic position of the Våle Formation is outlined in the stratigraphic column to the right. Fig. 42. Distribution of the Våle Formation and its sandstone Members. Fig. 46. Core example from the Våle Formation well 25/11-1 showing light to medium grey marly shales and calcite cemented fractures. Well drilled by Norsk hydro. Picture from NPD Fact Pages at

15 Example of Sandstone Member, the Borr Member Fig. 52. Seismic SW/NE section through the Trym salt collapse structure, showing sandy interval of the Borr Member filling in a collapse feature. Fig. 50. Well 3/7-4 composite log Rogaland Group. Stratigraphic position of the Borr Member is outlined in stratigraphic column to the right. Fig. 53. Seismic map from block 3/7 and 3/8, showing amplitude at Top Våle Level. Red color shows high amplitude, and inferred presence of Borr sandstone (proven in wells).

16 Onlap/Offlap and the Vidar Member Vidar Member is not a conformable strat unit, but a part of the Vidar Olistolith. An alternative explanation of ambiguous observations across the P/E boundary Hypothesis: Basin isolation Compartmentalisation into a chain of seas Sea level fluctuations due to tectonic, eustasy and climate During lowstands roots on turbidites and basin margin collapse

17 Some ambigous observations Fig Possible shallow marine indicators from Forties Member, Well UK23/27-1 Pierce Field, close to the Norwegian UK border. Core photographs show inferred paleosols, vertical burrows of Diplocraterion type and pedogenically altered/freshwater influences carbonates. Wireline log to the left show position of shallow marine indicators relative to sandstone beds of partly turbiditic origin.

18 Possible depositional model for the Vidar Member Fig Possible depositional model for the Vidar Member, inferring that the Vidar member is a part of a mega slide or olistolith that also incorporated the siliciclastic sediments of lowerand middle parts of the Rogaland Group(Våle, Lista and Lower parts of Sele Formation). Not to scale.

19 Summary The new stratigraphy has built on and embraced the Practices in UK and Denmark The manus has been revised by John Gjelberg Tom Dreyer Vigdis Løvø Mike Charnock Jim Ogg Our results have been semi-public for Two years, and should now be public. More data will certainly improve understanding, and more revisons will come until the reservoirs are empty!