Jeanne d’Arc Basin petroleum system

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The Jeanne d’Arc Basin petroleum system is an offshore hydrocarbon-bearing geological system on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada, known for hosting major oil fields such as Hibernia, Terra Nova, and White Rose.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hydrocarbon-bearing geological system ⓘ
petroleum system ⓘ
alsoProduces associated natural gas ⓘ
basinType rift basin ⓘ
boundedBy continental shelf of eastern Canada ⓘ
containsField Hebron oil field ⓘ
Hibernia oil field ⓘ
North Amethyst field ⓘ
Terra Nova oil field ⓘ
West White Rose field ⓘ
White Rose oil field ⓘ
containsInfrastructure Hibernia platform ⓘ
SeaRose FPSO ⓘ
Terra Nova FPSO ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
developmentType floating production systems ⓘ
offshore platforms ⓘ
economicImportance major contributor to Newfoundland and Labrador offshore oil production ⓘ
explorationMethod seismic reflection surveys ⓘ
explorationStart 1960s ⓘ
firstMajorDiscovery Hibernia oil field ⓘ
firstMajorDiscoveryYear 1979 ⓘ
geologicalAge Cretaceous ⓘ
Jurassic ⓘ
Mesozoic ⓘ
hostCountryRegulator Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board ⓘ
hydrocarbonMigration from Jurassic source rocks into Cretaceous reservoirs ⓘ
hydrocarbonPhase light crude oil ⓘ
knownFor harsh offshore environmental conditions ⓘ
large recoverable oil reserves ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Jeanne d’Arc Basin ⓘ
offshore Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
locatedOn Grand Banks of Newfoundland ⓘ
operatedIn deep to moderate water depths ⓘ
partOf Grand Banks petroleum province ⓘ
primaryHydrocarbonType oil ⓘ
productionStartMajorField Hibernia production 1997 ⓘ
region Northwest Atlantic margin ⓘ
reservoirAge Cretaceous ⓘ
reservoirLithology sandstone ⓘ
riskFactors iceberg and storm hazards ⓘ
sealLithology shale ⓘ
sourceRockAge Late Jurassic ⓘ
sourceRockLithology marine shale ⓘ
tectonicSetting passive continental margin ⓘ
trapTypes stratigraphic traps ⓘ
structural traps ⓘ

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White Rose → hydrocarbonSystem → Jeanne d’Arc Basin petroleum system ⓘ
Hebron oil field → region → Jeanne d’Arc Basin petroleum province ⓘ
linked to: Jeanne d’Arc Basin petroleum system
White Rose oil field → partOf → Jeanne d’Arc Basin petroleum system ⓘ