Nova Scotia Play Fairway Analysis Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous Depositional Systems

This presentation focuses on a key sequence of interest on the Scotian margin from a hydrocarbon standpoint: the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous clastics sedimentary rocks. It presents new data on interactions between uplift events inferred from the geological record onshore Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and the resultant depositional systems in the Scotian Basin. Mineralogy studies provide evidence for sediment provenance. Depositional environments are inferred from studies of conventional cores, informed by seismic correlation. Reservoir quality depends in part on regional variation in diagenesis, influenced by both detrital supply and depositional setting. Predictions are made about the type of deposition and reservoirs in areas poorly tested by wells on the southwest and southeastern part of the margin