VBPR launches Phase 2 of the VMAPP (2018-2021). 

Deliverables are; 5 Core Module training manuals and associated ppt’s, 5 Research Modules, 9 PDF reports, 2 PPT’s, and Volcanic Petrophysical Database. VMAPP provided as both a hard copy box set and digital version, and 4 day introduction course/consultancy visit inclusive.

P-Cable 3D study of pockmarks and shallow fluid flow systems at the Snøhvit field in the SW Barents Sea
Successful collaboration between UiT and VBPR

Analysis of high-resolution 3D P-Cable seismic data from the Hammerfest Basin to describe likely fluid pathways leading to pockmark formation at the seabed. Also explaining the age and timescale of pockmark development, and conceptual model illustrating pockmark formation mechanisms.

P-Cable for time-lapse seismic monitoring - P.Hatchell et al (Shell) at EAGE 2018

Shell acquired high resolution 3D and 4D streamer seismic data over three deep water fields. The resulting data show that HR3D images can be obtained at reservoirs located up to 2000 m below the seafloor in deepwater environments. An additional 2D test of the system demonstrated a time-lapse repeatability of NRMS=15% in zones where the reservoirs lay above the first water bottom multiple. This work suggests that HR3D surveys are suitable for low-cost time-lapse seismic monitoring of deepwater reservoirs and geohazards that are shallow relative to the water depth.

Hawaii som modell for Norskehavet

Hawaii er et fantastisk sted å studere vulkanske prosesser og avsetninger. Vi har nylig samlet inn borehullsdata på øya for å bedre forstå geologien på midtnorsk sokkel.

EAGE Nigel Anstey Award 2018 presented to J. Millett, VBPR by HRH Prince Joachim of Denmark

Congratulations to Kim Senger and co-authors for winning the European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE) 2018 Nigel Anstey Award with the paper “Effects of igneous intrusions on the petroleum system: a review”, published in First Break Vol 35, No 6, June 2017.

Looking for gas - with better eyes.
Join in the search for new gas giants to fill the pipelines to Europe.

Huge areas remain underexplored in the Norwegian Sea. Now is the time to find gas in vast quantities. But do not forget there is a fair chance to discover oil.

New paper by Stéphane Polteau (VBPR) published in Tectonophysics

The Jan Mayen Microplate Complex (JMMC) in the NE Atlantic is interpreted to mostly consist of continental fragments with possible interstitial embryonic oceanic crust. A complex Cenozoic rifting history accompanied by extensive extrusive and intrusive volcanism have made the geological characterization of the JMMC challenging especially due to poor seismic imaging beneath the breakup basalt succession.

Petroleum prospectivity offshore Mid-Norway and East Greenland.

Synthesis report presenting our conjugate margin approach for exploring the outer mid-Norway and SW Barents Sea margins by integrating seafloor sampling results, geology, and plate reconstructions models to understand the hydrocarbon prospectivity of these frontier areas.

Report will be available Q1-2019

IMAGE - project results published   (Integrated Methods of Advanced Geothermal Exploration)
J. Millett et al

Sub-surface geology and velocity structure of the Krafla high temperature geothermal field, Iceland: Integrated ditch cuttings, wireline and zero offset vertical seismic profile analysis.

Shear margin moraine mass transport deposits and soft beds revealed by high-res P-Cable 3D seismic data in the Hoop area, Barents Sea
B. Bellwald and S. Planke

High-resolution seismic data are powerful tools that can help the offshore industries to better understand the nature of the shallow subsurface and plan the development of vulnerable infrastructure.