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TitleOgilvie Platform composite Tectono-Sedimentary Element
 
AuthorMorrow, D W
SourceSedimentary successions of the Arctic region and their hydrocarbon prospectivity; by Drachev, S S (ed.); Brekke, H (ed.); Henriksen, E (ed.); Moore, T (ed.); Geological Society Memoir 57, 2021 p. 1-22, https://doi.org/10.1144/M57-2017-8
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Year2021
Alt SeriesNatural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20170075
PublisherGeological Society (London, United Kingdom)
Documentserial
Lang.English
Mediapaper; on-line; digital
File formatpdf
ProvinceYukon
NTS106D; 106E; 106L; 116
AreaOgilvie Mountains; Keele Range; Dave Lord Range; Wernecke Mountains; Richardon Mountains
Lat/Long WENS-141.0000 -134.0000 68.0000 64.5000
Subjectstectonics; stratigraphy; structural geology; geophysics; fossil fuels; Nature and Environment; Science and Technology; sedimentary basins; tectonic elements; tectonic setting; tectonic history; depositional history; erosion; magmatism; systematic stratigraphy; sedimentary environment; continental margins; orogenies; petroleum exploration; petroleum resources; hydrocarbon potential; reserve estimation; hydrocarbons; gas; oil; geophysical surveys; seismic reflection surveys; bedrock geology; lithology; sedimentary rocks; shales; siltstones; structural features; faults; folds; source rocks; reservoir rocks; stratigraphic traps; structural traps; exploration wells; lithostratigraphy; thermal analyses; Ogilvie Platform Composite Tectono-Sedimentary Element; Ellesmere Orogeny; Road River Group; Canol Formation; Ford Lake Formation; Hart River Formation; Blackie Formation; Eagle Foreland Basin; Seals; Phanerozoic; Mesozoic; Paleozoic
Illustrationsgeoscientific sketch maps; stratigraphic charts; cross-sections; schematic cross-sections; geochronological charts; photographs; lithologic sections; profiles; tables
ProgramGEM2: Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals Mackenzie Corridor, Shield to Selwyn
Released2021 06 24
AbstractThe Ogilvie Platform Composite Tectono-Sedimentary Element (CTSE) occupies an area of about 68 000 km2 in the northern part of the Yukon Territory of Canada, and includes all Paleozoic- and Triassic-aged strata between a base of Cambrian unconformity and a base of Jurassic and Cretaceous unconformity. This cratonic platform is composed of two lithologically distinct sedimentary successions: a lower suite of peritidal to shallow-subtidal, carbonate-dominated, Cambrian-Middle Devonian-aged units; and an upper succession of siliciclastic-dominated alluvial fan, shelf delta, nearshore, slope and basinal strata of Middle Devonian-Late Permian and Triassic age. The lower succession is composed of a synrift tectono-sedimentary element (TSE) and an overlying passive continental-margin TSE. The upper succession is composed of an Ellesmerian orogenic foreland TSE and a syn-epeirogenic TSE. The total discovered oil reserve within the Ogilvie Platform is estimated to be 1.757 × 1000000 m3 (11.05 MMbbl) and the total discovered gas reserve is estimated to be 2.376 × 1000000000 m3 (83.7 Bcf) in four oil and gas pools. A variety of stratigraphic and structural trap types have been assessed to contain additional conventional hydrocarbon reserves, with a total mean potential of 33.4 × 1000000 m3 (210.1 MMbbl) of oil and 33.4 × 1000000000 m3 (2.63 Tcf) of gas. The organic-rich shale and siltstone-dominated petroleum source-rock units, such as within the Road River Group, the Canol and Ford Lake formations, and organic-rich strata within the Hart River and Blackie formations, are also prospective for large reserves of unconventional oil and gas, and have yet to be formally assessed.
Summary(Plain Language Summary, not published)
Ogilvie Platform occupies an area of about 68,000 square kilometers in northern Yukon Territory, and includes all Paleozoic-aged strata between the base of Cambrian unconformity and overlying Mesozoic strata. It is comprised of two distinct sedimentary successions; a lower, rifted, passive continental margin suite of carbonate-dominated, Cambrian- to Middle Devonian-aged units, and an upper, orogenic foreland basin suite of siliciclastic-dominated Middle Devonian to Late Permian-aged strata. The total discovered oil reserve is estimated to be 1.757 x 106 m3 (11.05 million barrels (MMBO)) of crude oil and the total discovered gas reserve is estimated to be 2.376 x 109 m3 (83.7 Bcf) of natural gas.
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