As part of the PhD study, the following tasks are expected Characterization and Mapping of Paleozoic sub-basins Geochemical identification of Paleozoic oils Basin modelling and petroleum potential The main deliverables will be all produced interpretations, including maps, correlations and cross-sections. All results from the geochemical analysis and basin modelling will also be provided. A main result will be the PhD dissertation, which will represent the compilation of all materia...

Embla field producing oil from Permian and Devonian reservoirs:     Reservoir sand with GC trace of produced oil:     Core plugs of Embla rhyolites with GC of biodegraded oil, and re-generated waxy oil from the biodegraded oil. The latter was trapped in fluid inclusions roughly 200Ma ago, ie. Pre-Jurassic:     Typical Kimmeridge oil with low wax, concave n-alkane profile, absence of gammacerane whereas Paleozoic sourced oils are different:  ...

To evaluate the potential of possible Paleozoic source rocks

Study the tectonic-stratigraphic evolution of the Paleozoic sub-basins

Oils are known to have been generated by pre-Jurassic source rocks on the British Continental Shelf (e.g. British Geological Survey 2016, Peters et. al. 1989). The large variation in oil composition in different compartments of the J-Block discussed by Lines and Auld, 2004, may as well reflect contribution from source rocks of various ages. On the Norwegian part of the North Sea Paleozoic generated oils are described from the Embla Field (Pedersen et al., 2006; Ohm et al., 2012; Abay et al., 201...