Analysis of Petroleum Systems on the Scotia Shelf using Thermal & Seismic Techniques

The objective of this project is to produce new petroleum systems and high resolution seismic velocity models along several transects across the central and NE sectors of the Scotian Slope. Ground-truth from existing wells on the upper slope will be used as benchmarks. New marine heat flow observations and better definition of deeper structures on recent seismic depth sections will place important new constraints on the model parameters. Each transect uses recent high quality pre-stack migrated seismic profiles, which have greatly improved the definition of the salt and sub-salt structures relative to earlier profiles. Principal Investigator: Dr. Keith Louden, Dalhousie University