Abstract
During the summers of 1976 and 1977 a total of five wells were drilled offshore West Greenland (Henderson, 1978). GGU received samples of cuttings from all the wells while drilling was in progress and at a later date received the remnants of sidewall core material. Palynologieal preparations have been made from cuttings of all five wells at approximately 30 m intervals. Preparation of sidewall core samples is now in progress. To date the total number of preparations made of offshore material is of the order of 500, representing the last three years' investigations.
Highlights
The oldest sediments above basement were found to be of Paleocene age and quite contrary to expectations there were no Cretaceous or older sediments
These concession areas cover only about 2 per cent of the Greenland shelf
Palynoslratigraphic and thermal alteration index (TAI) studies based on preparations of cuttings made in GGU have been made of all five wells but at the time of writing only the data for Kangamiut 1 has been released from confidential status
Summary
The oldest sediments above basement were found to be of Paleocene age and quite contrary to expectations there were no Cretaceous or older sediments. In Facts and principles of world oil occurrence. Palynological studies offshore West Greenland with preliminary results from the Kangåmiut 1 well
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