Subsurface Potentials for Storage and Economic Use in the North German Basin (TUNB)
Begin of project: January 1, 2014
End of project: December 31, 2021
Status of project: January 27, 2021
The state geological survey organizations (GSOs) of the north German federal states and BGR as lead partner jointly develop a 3D structural geological model of the North German Basin (NGB). This model will serve as basis for the analyses and evaluation of subsurface use potentials and potential conflicts of use. The construction of the 3D model is based on the evaluation and processing of all relevant data and information from map series, deep wells and reflection seismic data. At the final state, the model will consist of 13 horizons, each defining the base of a lithostratigraphic unit.
For each of the north German federal states a 3D model is constructed by the responsible GSO as a component of the NGB 3D model. BGR constructs a 3D model of the exclusive economic zone in the German North Sea sector. All individual models will be harmonized across national and as far as possible across international borders (Netherlands, Denmark, and Poland). For the German Baltic Sea sector, preparatory work will be carried out by BGR, e. g. the acquisition of new reflection seismic data.
The analyses and evaluation of subsurface use potentials and potential conflicts of use require information on the extent and properties of subsurface rocks. Therefore, sub models parameterized with selected rock properties will be constructed.
In addition to this work, BGR carries out further scientific investigations. These cover the analyses of reservoir and barrier rocks, the estimation of hydrocarbon potentials, and the construction of detailed geological 3D models in the German North Sea sector. Furthermore, detailed sequence stratigraphy analyses and facies modeling are perfomed for selected areas of the NGB.
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- Landesamt für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und ländliche Räume (LLUR), Schleswig-Holstein
- Landesamt für Bergbau, Energie und Geologie (LBEG), Niedersachsen
- Landesamt für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Geologie (LUNG), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Landesamt für Bergbau, Geologie und Rohstoffe Brandenburg (LBGR), Brandenburg
- Landesamt für Geologie und Bergwesen (LAGB), Sachsen-Anhalt
- Senatsverwaltung für Gesundheit, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz, Abt. II - Integrativer Umweltschutz, Fachbereich II E 3 Geologie, Berlin
- Geologisches Landesamt Hamburg (GLA HH)
- Geologischen Dienst für Bremen (GDfB)