Meeting with NPD

Posted on December 16, 2021October 13, 2022 by gurolss

On Monday (13.12.21), the research team met with NPD to present the PaBas project and findings.

Field Trip to the Hornelen Basin

Posted on August 14, 2020March 14, 2023 by gurolss

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...

New PhD Candidate

Posted on February 24, 2020October 13, 2022 by gurolss

A new PhD candidate has been hired in the PaBas project, Siri Gloppen Gjersdal and will start in May.

New PhD Position

Posted on October 22, 2019October 13, 2022 by gurolss

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).

New Msc Students

Posted on October 22, 2019October 13, 2022 by gurolss

Two master students have now joined our team; Sanja Jovanovic Lazarevic and David Rodriguez. They will work with tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Southern Viking Graben and Sørvestlandet High, focusing in the upper Paleozoic.

Progress

Posted on June 3, 2019October 13, 2022 by gurolss

We just finished sampling cores, cuttings and oils at Weatherford and are currently obtaining sediment samples from cores and cuttings at NPD. In early May, we also had a field trip to Aberdeen to sample oils and cuttings from wells in the J-block and the Kessog Field northwest of the Embla Field. 7 wells will be sampled for facies variation in the Upper Jurassic at NPD. 3 wells were sampled at Weatherford and 4 wells in Aberdeen. 14 wells with cores in the Rotligendes Gp will be sampled...

Sponsor Meeting 2019-Preliminary Agenda

Posted on January 16, 2019March 13, 2023 by

Date: 11.02.2019 Time: 9:30 Place: Kjølv Egelands hus, rom E-166 TimeSpeakerPresentation09:30 - 09:50Alejandro EscalonaWelcome and Introduction09:50 - 10:10Sverre OhmSmoking gun; Oils with atypical composition…pre-Jurassic origin?10:10 - 10:40Guro SkarsteinBack to where it all started; Hunting for a Paleozoic petroleum system in the North Sea. How to search for Paleozoic contribution in mainly Jurassic derived oils?10:40 - 11:20Alejandro EscalonaDiscussion11:20 - 12:00Lunch

Sponsor Meeting

Posted on January 7, 2019March 14, 2023 by

The first sponsor meeting was held on the 11th of February 2019 at the University of Stavanger. See Meetings for more information. The second sponsor meeting was held on the 2nd of February 2020 at the University of Stavanger. For more information see Meetings. The third sponsor meeting was held on the 27th of January 2021 virtually. For more information see Meetings. The fourth sponsor meeting was held on the 16th of March 2022 at the University of Stavanger and virtually. For more inf...

PhD student is now employed

Posted on January 7, 2019October 13, 2022 by

Guro Skarstein has been assigned the PABAS research position and will begin working this spring.

Specific tasks and deliverables

Posted on October 20, 2018October 20, 2018 by

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...