Source rock sampling, stratigraphical and sedimentological studies in the Upper Palaeozoic of the Jameson Land basin, East Greenland

Abstract

A drilling programme was initiated in Jameson Land in 1982 with the objective of obtaining fresh cores of possibie hydrocarbon source rocks. The area was chosen (1) because it exposes a thick, easily accessibie and well studied Late Palaeozoic - Mesozoic sequence which is also supposed to extend eastwards to the off-shore shelf area of northern East Greenland; (2) because together with North Greenland it represents the only possibie target for on-shore oil exploration in Greenland; and (3) because a petroleum concession to the area is at present being negotiated between ARCO/Nordisk Mineselskab and the authorities.