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Hydrocarbon Plays and Risks<br />

Three ma<strong>in</strong> conventional plays are recognized <strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>Jeanne</strong> d’Arc d<br />

Bas<strong>in</strong> (Enachescu 2007, Grant and<br />

McAlp<strong>in</strong>e, , 1987):<br />

1) Late Jurassic <strong>Jeanne</strong> d’Arc d<br />

SS,<br />

2) Early Cretaceous Hibernia SS<br />

3) late Early Cretaceous Avalon/Ben Nevis SS<br />

trapped <strong>in</strong> faulted blocks, parts of large, salt cored<br />

anticl<strong>in</strong>es or ridges.<br />

Other Jurassic, Cretaceous and Early Tertiary SS make<br />

secondary play<br />

Risks may exists re quality of reservoir and<br />

seal<strong>in</strong>g across faults<br />

Enachescu, NL DNR 2009

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