Viking Graben
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Viking Graben is a major offshore sedimentary basin and hydrocarbon-rich rift valley located in the northern North Sea.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hydrocarbon province
ⓘ
rift valley ⓘ sedimentary basin ⓘ |
| boundedBy | major normal faults ⓘ |
| containsResource |
condensate
ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ oil ⓘ |
| countryBorder |
Norway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedForOffshoreProductionIn | 1970s ⓘ |
| discoveredAsHydrocarbonProvinceIn | 1960s ⓘ |
| extendsFrom | Shetland Platform NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extendsTo | Norwegian margin ⓘ |
| filledBy |
Cenozoic sedimentary rocks
ⓘ
Mesozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ |
| geologicalAge |
Cretaceous
ⓘ
Jurassic ⓘ Mesozoic ⓘ |
| hasHydrocarbonSystemElement |
reservoir rocks
ⓘ
seals ⓘ source rocks ⓘ traps ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringBasin |
Moray Firth Basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sogn Graben NERFINISHED ⓘ Tampen Spur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructuralStyle |
normal faults
ⓘ
tilted fault blocks ⓘ |
| hasSubfeature |
Brent area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gullfaks area NERFINISHED ⓘ Oseberg area NERFINISHED ⓘ Statfjord area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isImportantFor |
European gas supply
ⓘ
European oil supply ⓘ |
| isMajor | hydrocarbon-producing province in the North Sea ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North Sea
ⓘ
northern North Sea ⓘ offshore Norway ⓘ offshore United Kingdom ⓘ |
| mainReservoirAge |
Middle Jurassic
ⓘ
Upper Jurassic ⓘ |
| mainReservoirLithology | sandstone ⓘ |
| mainSourceRock | Kimmeridge Clay Formation equivalents ⓘ |
| mainTectonicPhase | Late Jurassic rifting ⓘ |
| orientation | north–south to northeast–southwest ⓘ |
| partOf |
North Atlantic rift system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Sea Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ North Sea rift system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | extensional rift basin ⓘ |
| waterDepthRange | approximately 100–200 metres ⓘ |
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