Fault network compartmentalisation and controls on fluid contacts at the Kvitebj酶rn Field

This Master's project was assigned to Rasmus Dobloug Markussen who started the Master's program in Earth sciences, 黑料吃瓜资源, fall 2025. The Master's project is given by the research group Geodynamics and basin studies.

Project description

Understanding trapping of buouyant fluids (oil, gas and CO2) is important for exploration and extraction of oil and gas as well as for storage of CO2 in the subsurface. Trapping such fluids is determined by an interplay of charge, vertical (along-fault) leakage and lateral (across-fault) sealing.

The Kvitebj酶rn field is compartmentalised, but the differences in fluid pressure and pre-production hydrocarbon-water contacts are significantly different than in the neighbouring Valemon field. It is not presently understood why these fields differ with respect to compartmentalization.

This project will investigate the fault network that compartmentalizes the Kvitebj酶rn field in order to better understand controls on pre-production fluid pressures and fluid contacts between compartments. The project includes analysis of compartment-delineating faults, geochemical differences, fluid pressures and their responses to production of hydrocarbons. Seismic interpretation and building of a structural model in Petrel and visualisation in GIS will be essential for the analyses.

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Proposed course plan during the master's degree (60 ECTS):

The courses will most likely, and depending on the student, be selected fromSpring courses:

GEOV 250 (10 ECT)听Field Course in Geological Mapping | 黑料吃瓜资源

GEOV 352 (5 ECT)听 Field course in reservoir geology | 黑料吃瓜资源

GEOV 261 (10 ECT)听Basin analysis and subsurface interpretation | 黑料吃瓜资源

GEOV 302 (10 ECT)听Data analysis in earth science | 黑料吃瓜资源

Autumn courses:

GEOV 251(10 ECT)听Advanced Structural Geology | 黑料吃瓜资源

GEOV 272 (10 ECT)听Seismic Interpretation | 黑料吃瓜资源

GEOV 274 (10 ECT)听Environmental and Reservoir Geophysics | 黑料吃瓜资源

GEOV 300 (5 ECT)听Scientific writing and communication in Earth Science | 黑料吃瓜资源