Fieldtrip to Northern England – South Scotland

At the end of June, our team from the Department of Energy Resources had the incredible opportunity to explore the remarkable outcrops along the British East Coast as part of the Paleozoic Basins project.During our visit, we encountered a diverse range of rocks spanning the Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, and Permian periods, and we were able to witness significant unconformities such as the Siluro-Devonian, Carboniferous-Permian, and the Zechstein transgression. It was truly fascina...
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Sponsor Meeting 2022-Preliminary Agenda

Date: 16.03.2022 Time: 09:00 Place: Hybrid. At the UiS and online meeting. TimeSpeakerPresentation09:00 - 09:10Welcoming and coffee09:10 - 09:20Sverre OhmIntroduction09:20 - 09:45Guro SkarsteinRecap of atypical oil signatures and facies variations in the Upper Jurassic09:45 - 10:00Aker BPMachine Learning Approach10:00 - 10:10Guro SkarsteinInterpretation of ML10:10 - 10:35Dora Marin & Carita AugustssonSource rock within layered evaporate sequences10:35 - 11:00Sverre O...
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Sponsor Meeting 2021-Preliminary Agenda

Date: 27.01.2021 Time: 09:00 Place: Online meeting. TimeSpeakerPresentation09:00 - 09:15Sverre OhmIntroduction to the meeting and geochemical studies09:15 - 09:30Dora MarínBasin evolution, paleogeography and lateral variation of the upper Paleozoic succession- An introduction09:30 - 09:55Guro SkarsteinGeochemical characterization of source rocks and oils09:55 - 10:20David RodríguezUpper Paleozoic basin evolution in the Feda Graben and the Steinbit Terrace area, Northern ...
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Sponsor Meeting 2020-Preliminary Agenda

Date: 2020 Time: 09:00 Place: Kjølv Egelands hus, rom  A-203 TimeSpeakerPresentation09:00 - 09:10Sverre OhmWelcome and Introduction09:10 - 10:00Guro SkarsteinStatus of project (database, results from: minerals and maceral counting, Rock-Eval, GC, GC-MS, isotope, CSIA)   10:00 - 10:10Dora MarinBasin evolution, paleogeography and source to sink analysis of the upper Paleozoic succession in the Norwegian North Sea (proposal) 10:10 - 10:20David Rodri...
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October Fieldtrip to Hornelen Basin

Together with our sponsors Repsol Norge & Wellesley Petroleum from the PaBas project, we have visited the Hornelen Basin in western Norway to understand how an alluvial system that is detected on seismic data may look like in reality. In this photo at Haukåvatnet, we are standing on the Southern Fault, which is separating the Caledonian basement from the east-dipping Devonian sedimentary units. These units are interpreted as alluvial fans interfingering with axial fluvial deposits. We have ...
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Field Trip to the Hornelen Basin

Dr. Caritia Augustsson (Professor associate), Dr. Dora Marin (Professor associate), Dr. Christopher Townsend (professor II), Guro Skarstein (PhD candidate), and Siri Gloppen Gjersdal (PhD candidate) went on a field trip to the Hornelen basin this week. The Hornelen basin is the largest of three Devonian basins located in western Norway, related to the collapse of the Caledonides. The field trip gave us an insight into what we can expect in the upper Paleozoic basins in the North Sea. The weath...
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New PhD Position

We have opened a new PhD position in basin evolution, paleogeography and source to sink analysis of the upper Paleozoic succession in the Norwegian North Sea. This PhD will be funded by UiS the three first years and the last year by PaBas. The candidate is expected to start in the beginning of next year (2020).
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