Hammerfest basin

Petroleum Systems Analysis—Case Studies
Series	Memoir
Chapter	Application of Overburden Amplitude Variations to Constrain Hydrocarbon Column Heights in the Hammerfest Basin, Norwegian Barents Sea
Author	Lidia Georgescu, Christian Hermanrud, Roar Heggland, Trine Helle Simmenes
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Introduction

The western Hammerfest Basin is situated in the Barents Sea, north of Norway (Figure 1). It contains several gas discoveries, most (eight) of which are being produced and are collectively referred to as the Snøhvit Field. Ten of the eleven discoveries in this area were apparently not filled to their structural capacity at production start-up, and hydrocarbon shows have been noted between the gas–water contact and the depth of the structural spillpoint in all but one of the structures (Figure 2). These observations testify to leakage as a major controlling factor for the hydrocarbon column heights in the area.

See also

• Barmer basin
• Llanos basin
• Silurian Qusaiba shales

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