Upstream FocusNorway News Article
the story was published online at UPstream on friday the 14th of december 2018.
Click here to read at Upstream online.
The special FocusNorway was also distributed with the leading Norwegian Business Newspaper
Dagens Næringsliv on Tuesday the 18th of December.
Figures below for those curious with special technical interest in the topic of the potential in the Western Barents Sea.
Overview of the Norwegian Barents Sea, active licenses in grey, fields and developments marked in grey. The orange circles mark the 19 exploration wild cat wells that have been drilled in the area over the last four decades.
The mature part of the Norwegian North Sea is inserted for comparison of scale and illustration of well density.
An echo sounder image of huge gas flare in the Western part of the Barents Sea. Published with kind permission from Shyam Chand, Marine Group, Geological Survey of Norway and Harald Brunstad, Lundin.
Seismic line across Veslemøy High in the Western Barents Sea with gas accumulations indicated by white arrows. Note the close relation between faults and bright seismic amplitudes.
Pock Marks in soft strata, hard(er) bedrock and Scour Marks from Moving Icebergs in soft glacial sediments. Seabed image from Mareano.