Jeanne d’Arc Basin petroleum system

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The Jeanne d’Arc Basin petroleum system is an offshore hydrocarbon-bearing geological system on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada, known for hosting major oil fields such as Hibernia, Terra Nova, and White Rose.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hydrocarbon-bearing geological system
petroleum system
alsoProduces associated natural gas
basinType rift basin
boundedBy continental shelf of eastern Canada
containsField Hebron oil field NERFINISHED
Hibernia oil field NERFINISHED
North Amethyst field NERFINISHED
Terra Nova oil field NERFINISHED
West White Rose field NERFINISHED
White Rose oil field NERFINISHED
containsInfrastructure Hibernia platform NERFINISHED
SeaRose FPSO NERFINISHED
Terra Nova FPSO NERFINISHED
country Canada
developmentType floating production systems
offshore platforms
economicImportance major contributor to Newfoundland and Labrador offshore oil production
explorationMethod seismic reflection surveys
explorationStart 1960s
firstMajorDiscovery Hibernia oil field NERFINISHED
firstMajorDiscoveryYear 1979
geologicalAge Cretaceous
Jurassic
Mesozoic
hostCountryRegulator Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board NERFINISHED
hydrocarbonMigration from Jurassic source rocks into Cretaceous reservoirs
hydrocarbonPhase light crude oil
knownFor harsh offshore environmental conditions
large recoverable oil reserves
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Jeanne d’Arc Basin NERFINISHED
offshore Newfoundland and Labrador
locatedOn Grand Banks of Newfoundland NERFINISHED
operatedIn deep to moderate water depths
partOf Grand Banks petroleum province NERFINISHED
primaryHydrocarbonType oil
productionStartMajorField Hibernia production 1997
region Northwest Atlantic margin
reservoirAge Cretaceous
reservoirLithology sandstone
riskFactors iceberg and storm hazards
sealLithology shale
sourceRockAge Late Jurassic
sourceRockLithology marine shale
tectonicSetting passive continental margin
trapTypes stratigraphic traps
structural traps

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White Rose hydrocarbonSystem Jeanne d’Arc Basin petroleum system