Barents Sea – Middle to Upper Permian plays

	Group/Formation	Age	Area	Reservoir rock	Depositional environment	Trap	Source rock	Critical factors	Examples of discoveries	Examples exploration wells
bpm,pu-4 (unconfirmed)	Bjarmeland Group with Ulv, Polarrev and Isbjørn Formations, Tempelfjorden Group with Røye Formation.	Sakmarian-Artinskian	Finnmark Platform	Limestones and dolomites	Marine, temperate water	Stratigraphic, but also a combination of stratigraphic and structural	Lower Carboniferous coal (Billefjorden Group), Upper Permian shales (Tempelfjorden Group), Middle Triasic shales (Steinkobbe Formation).	Precence of reservoir and reservoir quality. The areas has been affected by tilting, reactivation of faults and Cenozoic uplift and erosion.		7120/12-2 7120/12-4
bpm,pu-5	Bjarmeland Group with Ulv, Polarrev and Isbjørn Formations, Tempelfjorden Group with Røye Formation.	Sakmarian-Artinskian	Loppa High	Limestones and dolomites	Marine, temperate water	Stratigraphic, but also a combination of stratigraphic and structural	Lower Carboniferous coal (Billefjorden Group), Upper Permian shales (Tempelfjorden Group), Middle Triasic shales (Steinkobbe Formation).	Precence of reservoir and reservoir quality. The areas has been affected by tilting, reactivation of faults and Cenozoic uplift and erosion.	7120/1-3	7120/1-1 R2
bpm,pu-7 (unconfirmed)	Miseryfjellet Formation	Late Cisuralian-Guadalupian	Stappen High	Mixed silisiclastic and bioclastic strata, partly silisified	Marginal to shallow marine	Stratigraphic, but also a combination of stratigraphic and structural	Lower Carboniferous coal and carbonaceous shales (Billefjorden Group), Lower Permian marls (Tyrellfjellet Member equivalent), Upper Permian shales (Tempelfjorden Group)	Precence of reservoir and reservoir quality. The areas has been affected by tilting, reactivation of faults and Cenozoic uplift and erosion.
bpu-4 (unconfirmed)	Tempelfjorden Group with Røye Formation.	Late Cisuralian-Guadalupian	Finnmark Platform	Silisified carbonates, sandstones and spiculites	Marine, temperate water	Stratigraphic, but also a combination of stratigraphic and structural	Lower Carboniferous coal and carbonaceous shales (Billefjorden Group), Lower Permian marls (Tyrellfjellet Member equivalent), Upper Permian shales (Tempelfjorden Group)	Precence of reservoir and reservoir quality. The areas has been affected by tilting, reactivation of faults and Cenozoic uplift and erosion.	7128/4-1	7128/6-1