Objective Oil and gas are generated in source rocks, often organic-rich mudstones or shales, and migrate to reservoirs. The project will test and apply a method to identify past or present oil generation in shales from clay mineralogical parameters, supplemented by organic pyrolysis (Rock-Eval). The project will demonstrate that this methodology will allow quantification of the oil generation also in areas where uncertainties of this parameter so far has increased risk of exploration. The presence of oil or gas source rocks having generated oil or gas in commercial quantities is a limiting factor in oil geological basins. By increasing the success of drilling the number of exploration wells and thus the number of possible sites for pollution from the drilling and the negative effects of drilling in populated areas is minimized. For the EU, oil and gas are scarce and vital resources which according to forecasts will decrease in production during the next decades. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution Programme(s) FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002" Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Second Call - 0 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND EU contribution No data Address Øster Voldgade 10 COPENHAGEN Denmark See on map Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AMERADA HESS A/S Denmark EU contribution No data Address Ostegrade 26B COPENHAGEN See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS Denmark EU contribution No data Address Nordre Ringgade 1 AARHUS See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address UNIVERSITY AVENUE GLASGOW See on map Total cost No data