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Fig 1: NPA’s
Arctic coverage. Red = NPA’s
current coverage. Yellow = in progress.
White = ice coverage in height of
summer, 2006.
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Rationale
Industry interest in the exploration of the circum Arctic
basins is gathering pace in all the countries that border
it: USA (Alaska), Canada, Greenland, Norway and Russia with
new areas now being released for exploration (such as the
Chukchi Sea). In many of these areas, geological data, especially
source rock data, is at a premium. To address this key risk,
NPA are now releasing a new Circum Arctic SAR Seep Study (fig
1) that now covers almost all of the circum Arctic basins,
including:
- Chukchi Sea, Alaska
- Beaufort Sea (including the North Slope and Mackenzie
Delta)
- West Greenland – Baffin Bay
- East Greenland
- Barents Sea (Norwegian and Russian sectors)
- Kara Sea and Timan-Pechora Basin
- Laptev Sea
- East Siberian Sea
SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) seep detection is a proven
technique for mapping surface oil seeps and can provide the
first indication of the existence of black oil petroleum systems.
This method is particularly valuable in undrilled deep water
frontier areas such as the Arctic.
This study incorporates comprehensive weather screening of
archive data plus the accurate delineation of present day
ice limits (fig 1).
Components of NPA Circum
Arctic Study
- 955 SAR scenes have already been interpreted providing
at least single coverage over much of the Arctic waters
(see fig 1).
- More than 1825 slicks mapped, including more than 165
higher confidence seepage slicks, indicating presence of
oil petroleum systems in certain basins.
- Slick density and slick repeat data.
- Fully digital data available in modular USID format for
large or small areas.
Costs
To be supplied on request. Please contact any of the OBS
team, contacts below.
Contacts:
Alan Williams (Oil &
Gas Manager) - alan@npagroup.com
Michael King (Offshore Projects Manager) - michael.king@npagroup.com
Will Jeffery (Technical Support) - william.jeffery@npagroup.com
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