he Volve field is a 4-way dip closure with the Middle Jurassic Hugin Formation as reservoir. The geologic cross section is an important toot to understand the development of the producing Hugin formation across the Volve Oilfield.
The structure is adjacent to gas-condensate structures: Sleipner Vest, Loke and Sleipner Øst, justifying the need to understand the source of the oil reserves. Gas condensate is present in both Jurassic/Triassic Sandstone and the Heimdal formation of the Sleipner and Loke Structures.
The Drill Stem test on the discovery well 15/9-19SR indicated a low API gravity and a very high sulphur content, when compared to other North sea crudes. Further, geochemical analysis was performed to understand the composition, origin and maturity.
Statoils Geological Laboratory performed whole rock X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Petrographic point count, and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis on cored intervals of the 15/9-19 SR Well. The analysis characterizes the mineralogy and petrography of these sandstone units and evaluates their controls on reservoir quality. ...
The formation history of Gamma High helps us understand the mechanisms influencing the structural setting. It provides a better understanding of the potential drilling targets, saturation distributions, and potential reservoir management problems. ...
The cores from formations (Image 1) have a lot of small/tiny characteristics that will scale up to the field study. Here, we expect to identify signatures for a faulted zone and also differentiate between the two geologic time zones (Jurassic and Triassic). ...
The regional lineaments play an important role in the interpretation of the Structure. The prominent NW-SE lineament may be an extension of the Tornquist Zone. ...
The major structural elements of the Sleipner Area shows a lot of tectonic activity. We are interested in the zone close to the Theta Vest area (Volve Oilfield). The structural framework map shows us the Viking Graben, Central Graben and the Norway-Danish basin around the area (Image 1). The faults are oriented in the N-S, NE-SW and NW-SE directions. ...
