Open File Report 5731 Hydrocarbon potential of the Paleozoic succession of Hudson Bay/James Bay: Preliminary conceptual synthesis of background data About the CD-ROM ---------------- This CD contains Open File 5731 in pdf V7.0.5 format. The pdf can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat V7.0.5 (included on CD). The hydrocarbon potential of the lower Paleozoic succession of Hudson Bay region is currently poorly constrained and the area must be viewed as a frontier prospect. However, the location nearer to main markets than many frontiers is a significant positive factor. Aside from a few wells and seismic in the 1970s, and concerted coal exploration in James Bay Lowlands, almost no serious oil and gas exploration has occurred in this region. Yet, in geological terms, the prospectivity is good. Oil and gas could reside in a wide variety of carbonate and clastic plays of many different ages and styles: simple lack of knowledge makes petroleum system analysis very difficult until further data are generated. Many units in this under-studied succession are comparable to known productive zones in southwestern Ontario, but have had little testing of play concepts or modern stratigraphic/sedimentological analysis. New geological study of stratigraphic architecture and correlation, lateral predictability of reservoir geometry, source, seals, maturation and migration, trap mechanisms, and generation of new play concepts would likely result in significant potential for exploration success and economic impact. Recommended citation -------------------- Hamblin, A.P. 2008: Hydrocarbon potential of the Paleozoic succession of Hudson Bay/ James Bay: Preliminary conceptual synthesis of background data; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5731, CD-ROM. If you are reading this with a Mac or Unix operating system the autostart will not work. The user will find of5731.pdf in the /pdf folder on this CD. Open files are products that have not gone through the GSC formal publication process. Contents: -------------------- abstract.txt (abstract of this publication) adobe.txt (Adobe Acrobat Reader attribution statement) citation.txt (how to refer to this CD) licence.txt (legal information) metadata.txt (standard metadata describing this CD publication) \apps\AdbeRdr705_enu_full.exe (Adobe Acrobat Reader) \pdf\of5731.pdf (full text of publication in PDFV7.0.5 Format) Contact Information ------------------- Questions, suggestions, and comments regarding this CD-ROM should be addressed to: A.P. Hamblin phone: (403) 292-7020 e-mail: thamblin@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca fax: (403) 292-4961 mailing address: Geological Survey of Canada Calgary 3303 - 33 Street NW, Calgary, Alberta T2L 2A7