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.

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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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North Sea rift system contains Viking Graben