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ØRRET FM

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  • General information

    General information
    Attribute Value
    Lithostrat. unit
    The lithostratigraphic unit's official name.
    ØRRET FM
    NPDID lithostrat. unit
    Norwegian Offshore Directorate's unique id for lithostratigraphic units.
    196
    Level
    Indicates the lithostratigraphic unit's level. Legal values: GROUP, FORMATION, MEMBER.
    FORMATION
    Lithostrat. unit, parent
    The parent lithostratigraphic unit's official name. See also level. Will be empty if Level = GROUP.
  • Level below

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    Lithostrat. unit
  • Description

    Ørret Formation

    Name
    From the Norwegian name for the Brown Trout (Salmo trutta).
    Definition
    The type section is defined as the interval from 3670 m to 3475 m in 7124/3-1 on the Bjarmeland Platform (Fig 9.62) , Table 9.1). The base of the formation is characterised by a sharp increase in gamma ray log response accompanied by increasing neutron and sonic log readings in the type section where the formation overlies silicified limestones of the Røye Formation (Fig 9.62) .
    Reference sections
    Reference sections are defined:
    In Loppa well
    7120/1-1 R with base at 2604 m, interfingering with a typical Røye development from 2458 m to 2430 and again overlain by the Røye Formation until the contact with overlying Triassic shales at 2402 m (Fig 9.51 , 9.55), from 3966 m to 3884 m in 7228/9-1 S on the northern margins of the Finnmark Platform (Fig 9.57) . As in the type section, the base of the formation is defined by a sharp increase in gamma ray log response accompanied by increasing neutron and sonic log readings in reference well 7228/9-1 S (and in 7229/11-1 ) on the northern Finnmark Platform, where the formation also overlies silicified sediments of the Røye Formation (Fig 9.51 , 5.33) .
    Thickness
    The formation is 195 m thick in the type well and has an aggregate thickness of 173 m in 7120/1-1 R on the Loppa High, whereas it is interpreted as not being developed in nearby well 7120/1-1 R . On the northern Finnmark Platform it is 82 m thick in well 7228/9-1 S , only 22 m in 7229/11-1 (Fig 9.51) , and disappears northwards so that wells 7128/4-1 and 7128/6-1 and cores 7128/12-U-01 and 7129/10-U-01 on the central and southern Finnmark Platform show only the Røye Formation directly overlain by Triassic shales. Tentative interpretations on the southern margins of the Hammerfest Basin in wells 7120/12-2 and 7120/12-4 suggest cumulative thicknesses of 656-901 metres.
    Lithology
    The formation is dominated by siliciclastic sediments and includes sandstones, siltstones and shales. The more fine-grained lithologies dominate. The sandstones (Fig 9.62) , appear as isolated thin beds, or as up to 35 m thick sandy units, or in intervals with numerous thin sandstone beds separated by shales. The sandstones are particularly common in the upper part of the Ørret Formation in 7120/12-2 (Fig 9.58) , and 7120/12-4 . On the Loppa High and further eastward, organic rich shales become progressively more important. Coal fragments are reported from some levels in association with sandstones. The siliciclastics are, in contrast to those of the Røye Formation , not silicified. Thin limestone beds are rare in the formation.
    Lateral extent and variation
    The formation is thickest in the deeper basinal and outer ramp areas of the Hammerfest Basin and the Finnmark and Bjarmeland platforms. Updip on the Finnmark Platform and the Loppa High it passes into the shallow marine carbonates of the Røye Formation . The transition from thin and organic-rich shales with rare thin sandstone and limestone beds in the east ( 7124/3-1 , 7226/11-1 , 7228/9-1 S and 7229/11-1 ) to thicker, more silty and sandy and less organic-rich lithofacies in wells 7120/12-2 and 7120/12-4 in the southwestern Hammerfest Basin and Finnmark Platform, suggests a southwesterly-located siliciclastic provenance area. In these southwestern wells, where the formation is thought to interfinger with the Røye Formation , the basal transition is always characterised by a sharp increase in gamma ray log response reflecting the transition from silicified carbonates to fine-grained non-silicified siliciclastics (Fig 9.58 , 9.62) .
    Age
    A ?Kungurian to ?Tatarian age is suggested by correlation to lateral equivalents.
    Depositional environments
    Deposition took place in a variety of siliciclastic-dominated environments ranging from deltaic and lower coastal plain environments in the southwestern Hammerfest Basin to deep shelf environments on the southern Bjarmeland Platform and the northern Finnmark Platform. Dysoxic to anoxic conditions occurred locally in the deeper shelf settings to the east.
    Source
    • Larssen, G. B., Elvebakk, G., Henriksen, L. B., Kristensen, S. E., Nilsson, I., Samuelsberg, T. J., Svånå, T. A., Stemmerik, L. and Worsley, D. 2002: Upper Palaeozoic lithostratigraphy of the Southern Norwegian Barents Sea. NPD-Bulletin No. 9, 69 pp.
  • Wellbores penetrating

    Wellbores penetrating
    Wellbore name
    Wellbore completion date
    Top depth [m]
    Bottom depth [m]
    15.11.1985
    2403
    2430
    15.11.1985
    2458
    2569
    26.12.1985
    2403
    2430
    26.12.1985
    2458
    2604
    21.07.1986
    2403
    2430
    21.07.1986
    2458
    2604
    11.09.1981
    3657
    3920
    11.09.1981
    3975
    4031
    11.09.1981
    4076
    4485
    16.04.1984
    1366
    1469
    16.04.1984
    1502
    1648
    16.04.1984
    1688
    1700
    16.04.1984
    1728
    2003
    20.10.1987
    3475
    3670
    07.04.2019
    3405
    3454
    25.09.2011
    3666
    3771
    11.04.1988
    3877
    3966
    07.05.1990
    3884
    3966
    15.12.1993
    3879
    3901
    19.07.2021
    3711
    3758
    28.05.2021
    2519
    3094
  • Wellbores with cores

    Wellbores with cores
    Wellbore name
    Wellbore completion date
    Core length [m]
    11.09.1981
    28
    16.04.1984
    18