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Proactive disclosure Print version   | |  Northern Resources Development Program New Energy Options for Northerners (NEON)
The high oil and gas potential of offshore Canada from the northern Labrador margin through Baffin Bay to Lancaster Sound has been the subject of sporadic industry interest, but the poor understanding of the regional and subsurface geology has hindered extensive exploration. The New Energy Options for Northerners (NEON) project will collect targeted geophysical data to link information from the Canadian and Greenlandic conjugate margins. These data will be integrated into multi-thematic digital compilations that will result in a better understanding of the petroleum system and identification of source and seals over a significant portion of the Labrador and eastern Nunavut margins. The project will share geologic data among government, academia and industry to reduce exploration risk and increase investment in petroleum exploration. This project will coordinate efforts in the collection of new data including a marine experiment in Davis Strait to acquire heat flow measurements, soft sediment cores, and wide angle reflection/refraction seismic profiles. New and previously acquired aeromagnetic data will be used to map dykes across the Nares Strait, providing constraints for the relative tectonic motions of Greenland and northern Canada, thereby providing a framework for understanding basin evolution and depositional history. Geochemical and palynological data from offshore wells, and industry reflection profiles will be interpreted to evaluate geometry, stratigraphy and ages of sedimentary basins. Integration of this information in GIS-enabled maps will outline known energy resources, oil seeps, prospective structures, areas where potential source rocks have experienced thermal maturity, and possible fluid migration routes.
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For More Information: Dr. Ruth Jackson
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