The SINDRI Group used to be a part of the stipulated work programmes for licensees within the Faroese area. The SINDRI Group was during operation comprised by oil companies that used to operate in the Faroese region.
The main objective of the SINDRI Group was to carry out joint projects of relevance to the future investigation of the Faroese continental shelf.
Below you can find the extensive work that was done under the SINDRI regime.
NB: The reports have not been peer-reviewed, Press on the reports name for download!
Analogues to Faroes Basalt Province
- Biostratigraphic (palynologically based) study of 3 Faroese wells, 2 Norwegian wells and correlation to outcrops from the Kangerlussuaq Basin, East Greenland
- Palaeogene Siliciclastic and volcaniclastic sediments in a volcanic terrane, Kangerlussuaq area, East Greenland
- Characterisation of Controls on Sediment Distribution and Correlation Lengths within Basaltic Provinces: Columbia River Basalts as an Analogue for the Faroe-Shetland Basin
- Timing of deformation and structural styles along Fracture Zone/Transfer Zone in East Greenland and Faroese area: impact on plate tectonics, implications for inversion structures and basin architecture
Lavas and Volcaniclastic Systems
- Compositional evolution of tephra deposits in a syn-rift basin: monitoring the growth of the proto-Icelandic mantle plume
- Stratigraphy of the pre-basaltic sedimentary succession of the Kangerlussuaq Basin.Volcanic basins of the North Atlantic
- Lava-Sediment Interaction in a Near-Shore Environment: An Analogue for Offshore Exploration (contact us for this report)
- Understanding Lava-Sediment Interaction during Basaltic Plains Volcanism
- Unravelling the compositional architecture of the continental crust beneath the Faroe Islands: in-‐situ isotope approaches on feldspar phenocrysts from basaltic lavas Valentin
- Palaeogene volcaniclastic sedimentary units interbedded with basalt lava flows – a 3-D photogeological study of cliff sections from the Faroe Islands
Petroleum Systems and Basin Modelling
- Investigation of Hydrocarbon Fluid Inclusions in Cretaceous Sandstones of the Kangerlussuaq Basin, SE Greenland
- Impact of Palaeogene Sill Emplacement on Reservoir Lithologies in East Greenland and Faroe-Shetland Basin
- Petroleum systems in the great Faroes region: an oil-source correlation study
- 3D sediment transfer and drainage systems in the Late Palaeocene – Early Eocene of the Faroe – Shetland Basin
- Volcaniclastic Deposits: Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration
- Reservoir quality of the intra-basalt sedimentary rocks onshore Faroe Islands as an analogy to the offshore intra- and post- basalt sedimentary
Provenance and Sand Distribution Systems
- Linking the Faroes and Greenland: an innovative, integrated provenance study
- Late Cretaceous sediment provenance and transfer pathways in the Faroe Shetland region
- Phytogeography, provenance and sediment transfer pathways in the Paleocene strata of the Faroe – Shetland region
- Heavy mineral constraints on Paleocene-Eocene sand transport routes in the Faroe-Shetland Basin
- Provenance of Sediments in the Faroe-Shetland Basin: Integration of wells in the Faroese Sector
- A heavy mineral study of the tertiary succession of Kangerlussuaq, S.E. Greenland
- Provenance of sub-Paleocene reservoir sandstones west of Shetland: an integrated heavy mineral, mineral chemical and zircon age dating project
- Provenance of sediments in the Faroe-Shetland basin: characterisation of source components in Southeast Greenland
Radiometric Dating
- Providing a dating framework for offshore Faroes exploration: final report of the North Atlantic Igneous Province dating project
- A predictive model of the 40Ar/39Ar age dating system in Faroe Islands Basalt to assist in well sampling and the positioning of sidewall core in future offshore drilling projects
- Geochronology of basement terranes on the Hebridean and East Greenland margins: a key to understanding sediment provenance patterns in the Faroe-Shetland Basin
- Timing of volcanism and intrusive activity in and around the Faroe Islands
- Evaluation for the timing of hydrocarbon maturation of the Faroe-Shetland basin using Re-Os geochronology
Regional and Structural Geology
- Characterisation and Architecture of Basalt in the Faroes Region – (Part I – VI)
- Faroese Region: A standard structural nomenclature system
- Crustal Structure of the Faroese Area
- Palaeofluid record in Tertiary sandstones in the Faroese region
- Fault-void infills: Pervasive and persistent permeability pathways along faults cutting crystalline rocks?
Subbasalt Seismic Imaging
- Seismic and petrophysical properties of Faroes basalts (the SeiFaBa project) Final Report
- Quantitative evaluation of existing technologies for imaging basalt-covered areas from the Faroes Region
- Seafloor Compliance – A new S-wave imaging method for fluid saturated sediments beneath
- Joint inversion of MT, gravity and seismic data along Flare10 profile
- Horizontal and vertical velocity distribution of basalt flows, located in the Enni Formation at Glyvursnes, obtained from refraction seismic analysis
- Investigating variations in upper crustal layering and lower crustal magmatism beneath the Faroe Islands using passive seismic data (Faroe Islands Passive Seismic Experiment)
- 3-D Joint inversion of FTG, MT and seismic data in the south eastern Faroe-Shetland basin – Second and third part: Results from the individual inversions and the 2-D and 3-D joint inversions