Norwegian Sea – Upper Cretaceous plays

	Group/Formation	Age	Area	Reservoir rock	Depositional environment	Trap	Source rock	Critical factors	Examples of fields	Examples of discoveries	Examples exploration wells
nhku-2	Cromer Knoll Group with Lysing Formation and younger sandstones	Cenomanian - Campanian	Halten Terrace, Dønna Terrace, Rås Basin	Sandstone	Shallow marine to deep marine	Mainly stratigraphic	Upper Jurassic shale (Spekk Formation) and possibly Cretaceous shale	Identification and mapping of reservoir, reservoir thickness and quality, trap definition	Skarv Marulk Ærfugl	6405/7-1 (Ellida) 6405/10-1 (Midnattsol) 6407/1-6 S 6407/1-7 6506/12-3 (Lysing) 6607/12-3	6507/2-1 6507/6-2
nhku-3 (unconfirmed)	Cromer Knoll Group with the Lysing Formation, Shetland Group with Kvitnos, Nise and Springar Formations	Turon - Maastrichtian	Ribban Basin, Lofoten Basin, Utrøst High	Sandstone	Shallow marine to deep marine	Mainly stratigraphic	Upper Jurassic shale (Spekk Formation) and possibly Cretaceous shale	Identification and mapping of reservoir, reservoir thickness and quality, trap definition
nhku-4	Cromer Knoll Group with the Lysing Formation, Shetland Group with Kvitnos, Nise and Springar Formations, possibly sands of Paleocene age (Rogaland Group)	Late Cretaceous (undifferentiated) to Early Paleocene	Nyk High, Fenris Graben, Gjallar Ridge, Vigrid Syncline, Møre Basin (western part)	Sandstone	Shallow marine to deep marine	Mainly stratigraphic	Upper Jurassic shale (Spekk Formation) and possibly Cretaceous shale	Identification and mapping of reservoir, reservoir thickness and quality, trap definition	Aasta Hansteen	6603/12-1 (Gro) 6604/5-1 6605/8-1 6705/10-1 (Asterix) 6706/11-2 6706/12-1 6706/12-2 6706/12-3 6707/10-1 6707/10-2 A 6707/10-2 S 6707/10-3 S	6604/6-1 6704/12-1 6705/7-1 6706/6-2 S 6706/11-1
nhku-5 (unconfirmed)	Upper Cretaceous undifferentiated	Late Cretaceous (undifferentiated)	Træna Basin, Utgard High, Vestfjorden Basin	Sandstone	Shallow marine to deep marine	Mainly stratigraphic	Upper Jurassic shale (Spekk Formation) and possibly Cretaceous shale	Identification and mapping of reservoir, reservoir thickness and quality, trap definition			6607/5-1 6607/5-2 6609/6-1 6610/3-1 R
nhku-6	Cromer Knoll-Group	Cenomanian - Coniacian	Slørebotn Sub-basin	Sandstone	Shallow marine to deep marine	Mainly stratigraphic	Upper Jurassic shale (Spekk Formation) and possibly Cretaceous shale	Identification and mapping of reservoir, reservoir thickness and quality, trap definition		6204/11-1	6204/10-1 6204/11-2