Norwegian Shelf

Urban-Rich J, Nordby E, Andreassen H, Wassmann P (1999) Contribution by mesozooplankton faecal pellets to the carbon flux on Nordvestbanken, North Norwegian shelf 1994. Sarsia 84 253-264 Veldhuis MJW, Wassmann P (2005) Bloom dynamics and biological control of a high biomass HAB species in European coastal waters a Phaeocystis case study. Harmful Algae 4 805-809... 

Keywords fjord Northern Norwegian shelf waters Particle flux Phaeocystis Sediment trap 234Th... 

The low Br/Cl values of waters in South Louisiana, USA, in contrast, indicate that their high salinity is derived from the dissolution of halite-dominated salt domes (Kharaka et al., 1978, 1985 Hanor, 1987). Other examples include brines in the Paradox Basin (Hanshaw and Hill, 1969) and fluids in Devonian sediments of the Alberta Basin, Canada (Hitchon et al., 1971). The waters of the Norwegian Shelf have an intermediate Br/Cl signature. This supports the conclusion of Egeberg and Aagaard (1989) that they contain at least some contribution from subaerially produced brines in addition to brines generated by the dissolution of halite. 

Egeberg P. K. and Aagaard P. (1989) Origin and evolution of formation waters from oil fields on the Norwegian shelf. Appl. Geochem. 4, 131—142. 

Brekke, H. and Riis, F. 1987. Tectonics and basin evolution of the Norwegian shelf between 62°N and 72°N. Norsk Geol. Tidsskr. 67 295-322. 

Vik, E., Heum, O.R. and Amaliksen, K.G. 1992. Leakage from deep reservoirs possible mechanisms and relationship to shallow gas in the Haltenbanken area, mid-Norwegian Shelf Geol. Soc. Spec. Publ., 59 273. 

Calcite-cemented intervals typically account for up to 10% of sandstone thickness in shallow marine reservoir sandstones on the Norwegian shelf, although rare examples of almost complete calcite... 

Table 1. Typical modal compositions of Jurassic shallow marine sandstones from the Norwegian shelf... 

Lindberg, B. and Mienert, J., 2005. Postglacial carbonate production by cold-water corals on the Norwegian Shelf and their role in the global carbonate budget. Geology, 33(7) 537-540, doi 10.1130/G21577.1. 

Thomas, B. M., Mueller-Piedersenm, P., Whittaker, M. F. Shaw, N. D. 1985. Organic facies and hydrocarbon distributions in the Norwegian North Sea. In Petroleum geochemistry in exploration of the Norwegian Shelf. Proceedings of the NPF conference, Stavanger, 3-26. 

Whilst certain aspects of the exact formation mechanism for these petroleum inclusions is unknown (cf. Roedder 1984 Nedkvitne et al. 1993), the data presented here, as well as unpublished work from several petroleum accumulations in Jurassic sands from the Viking Graben and the Haltenbanken area (Norwegian Shelf), suggest that diagenesis proceeds, utilizing residual water films, even under petroleum saturations corresponding to those found today in these petroleum-filled accumulations (up to 80% hydrocarbon saturation). 

Leonard, R. C. 1984. Generation and migration of hydrocarbons on Southern Norwegian Shelf. Abstract, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 68, 796. 

ScHOU, L., Eggen, S. ScHOELL, M. 1985. Oil-oil and oil-source rock correlation, Northern North Sea. Irr. Thomas, B. M., Dore, A. G., Eggen, S. S., Home, P. V. Larsen, R. M. (eds) Petroleum Geochemistry in Exploration of the Norwegian Shelf. Graham Trotman, 101-117. 

Ramm, M. Bjprlykke, K. 1994. Porosity/depth trends in reservoir sandstones assessing the quantitative effectes of varying pore- pressure, temperature history and mineralogy, Norwegian Shelf data. Clay Minerals 29 pp. 475-490. 

In order to understand the properties of the inter-faeially active components in crude oil systems, model systems with chemical properties identical or similar to those of the original crude oil were usually used. Fordedal and co workers (35, 36) proposed model oils with asphaltenes from the Norwegian shelf dissolved in a series of decane/toluene mixtures as the oil phase. They studied the influence of the aromaticity of oil phase on the stability of water-in-erude oil emulsion. It was found that the stability of the water-inoil emulsion is related to changes in the aromaticity of the... 

Styring ved ikke formaliserte regler ved norsk sokkel (Governance through non-formalized rules on the Norwegian shelf) Marius, 371 187-224. 

September 2000 NPD issues a letter to the licensees on the Norwegian shelf requesting new actions to improve safety... 

April 2001 The report from the pilot project Risk Level on the Norwegian Shelf is issued... 

Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (2001). Uteikling i risikonivd - norsk sokkel. Stavanger. Sammendragsrapport. [Development in Risk Level - Norwegian Shelf. Summary Report]. Norwegian Petroleum Directorate Stavanger. 

PSA (2or2) Risikonivd i petroleumsvirksomheten. Hovedrapport, utviklingstrekk 2011, norsk sokkel. [Risk Level in the Petroleum Industry. Main Report, Trends 2orr, Norwegian shelf]. Petroleum Safety Authority - Norway. 

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