Personal profile
Presentation
GEUS 217-
- Greenland play-based hydrocarbon resource assessment using ArcGIS and Player software suites.
- Development of North Atlantic Provenance web portal and data base.
- Preparations for Danish 7th Licensing Round
DONG Energy 2008-2016
Licence Work
• TC representative in several DK, GL and UK operated and non-operated licences
• Participation in well planning and drilling activities
• Core studies – description of cores, sampling, reporting
• Prospect volumetrics and economics
• Work programme and budget preparations
• Licence field trip organisation – West Greenland
• Definition of seismic acquisition options
• Farm-in and farm-down activities - data room organisaton
• Authority consultations
Regional Play-Based Exploration
• Regional Play and Prospect mapping (ArcGIS), West Greenland, Central North Sea
• Regional geology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, palaeo-geography, geological modelling
• Risk evaluation
• Yet-to-Find analysis
• Database building and administrator
Project Management and Team Work
• DK 7th Licensing Round G&G team work
• AMI partner cooperation
• Regular member of G&G Peer Review Team
• R&D Projects responsibility
• Development of DONG databases (Petrel and ODM)
• Development of ArcGIS-based Play and Prospect related databases
• Editor of Licence Documents (Licence Evaluation Reports, Discovery Evaluation Report, Licence applications).
• Initiatives towards DONG G&G stratigraphic standards
• Featured presenter at DONG Energy booth EAGE 2012
Experience with ArcGIS incl. GISpax, Petrel, ODM, GeoX
GEUS- Dept of Stratigraphy 2000-2008
Petroleum Geology
• Petroleum geological research in West and North Greenland (clastic and carbonate sedimentology, stratigraphy, biostratigraphy, organic geochemistry, provenance studies).
• Field work in central and eastern North Greenland (2 field seasons, Cambrian-Silurian carbonates and clastics)
Project Management
• Cooperation with Greenland Authorities on promotional activities
• R&D project leader and coordinator: Canada-West Greenland correlation, provenance studies,
• GIS compilations of geological data for industry
• Geological short courses for the Geological Survey Department, Ghana
Promotional and Editorial Work
• Consultancy related to West Greenland Licensing Rounds
• Consultancy related to 6th Danish Licensing Round
• Preparation of material for petroleum news journals
• Industry field trip organiser – West Greenland
• International exhibitions – organiser of GEUS/BMP booths at AAPG International Pavillons
• Editor of Industry GHEXIS Newsletter (Greenland Hydrocarbon Exploration Information Service), printed and web-based
• Editor of GEUS scientific publication – driver towards web-based publication
• Editor of GEUS’ ‘Review of Survey activites’ (2002-2007) - initiatives towards fast track publication
• Co-editor on major stratigraphic West Greenland publication
Greenland Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum 1998-2000
Licence Management
• Greenland Authorities TC licence representative incl. follow-up on drilling of Statoil's Fylla exploration well
• Participation in Legal and QHSE Licence work
Promotional Activities
• Participation in development of new petroleum strategy for Greenland
• Planning and design of Greenland Booth at AAPG International Pavillons
• Web-developer and content editor of petroleum-related information on BMP’s website
• Participation in developing dedicated electronic archiving system
• Co-editor of BMP’s Annual Reports
Petroleum Geology
• Field work North Greenland (1 season – Silurian carbonates)
Geological Survey of Greenland 1985-1998
Petroleum Geology
• Petroleum geological field work in West Greenland (3 field seasons - clastic sedimentology, stratigraphy, biostratigraphy, organic geochemistry)
• Initial promotion of West Greenland petroleum potential towards industry
Geological mapping
• North-East Greenland: Late Proterozoic mixed clastic/carbonate shallow to deep marine deposits (2 field seasons)
• North Greenland: Ordovician-Silurian carbonate shelf deposits (2 field seasons)
Editorial Work
• Co-editor on major North Greenland Franklinian Basin compilation
• Co-editor on GGU's 'Current Research incl. Report of Activities' (1991-1996)
• Responsible for GGUS’s transition to Desktop Publishing
External positions
Lead geologist, DONG Energy
1 Feb 2008 → 31 Aug 2016
Senior geologist, Greenland Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum
1 Jul 1998 → 31 Aug 2000
Geologist, Geological Survey of Greenland (GGU)
1 Feb 1985 → 30 Sept 1995
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Lithostratigraphy of the Portfjeld Group (Ediacaran – lowermost Cambrian) of North Greenland
Ineson, J. R., Peel, J. S., Willman, S., Rugen, E. J., Sønderholm, M. & Frykman, P., 11 Oct 2024, In: GEUS Bulletin. 57, 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Greenland Resource Assessment, Assessment Unit 3 – Disko West and Nuussuaq. Project Summary
Dam, G., Bojesen-Koefoed, J. A., Gregersen, U., Mathiesen, A., Kristensen, L., Sønderholm, M., Willerslev, E., Varming, T., Brandt, M. P. & Kristensen, T. B., 29 Jan 2021, Copenhagen: De Nationale Geologiske Undersøgelser for Danmark og Grønland. 18 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report (publicly available)
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Greenland Resource Assessment, Assessment Unit 4 – North-East Greenland. Project Summary
Dam, G., Bjerager, M., Bojesen-Koefoed, J. A., Fyhn, M. B. W., Mathiesen, A., Kristensen, L., Sønderholm, M., Willerslev, E., Varming, T. & Brandt, M. P., 28 Oct 2021, De Nationale Geologiske Undersøgelser for Danmark og Grønland. 26 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report (publicly available)
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Play-based Yet-to-Find resource assessment of the West Greenland continental shelf
Dam, G., Sønderholm, M., Mathiesen, A., Gregersen, U., Bojesen-Koefoed, J., Kristensen, L., Willerslev, E., Mørk, F., Varming, T., Brandt, M., Kristensen, T. B. & Ventris, P., 2021, 82nd EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2021. European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, Vol. 4. p. 3187-3191 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › peer-review
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Tectonostratigraphic evolution, palaeogeography and main petroleum plays of the Nuussuaq Basin: An outcrop analogue for the Cretaceous–Palaeogene rift basins offshore West Greenland
Dam, G. & Sønderholm, M., Jul 2021, In: Marine and Petroleum Geology. 129, 33 p., 105047.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
16 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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Greenland: petroleum potential, ongoing and future exploration.
Christiansen, F. G. (Speaker), Bidstrup, T. (Speaker), Bojesen-Koefoed, J. A. (Speaker), Gregersen, U. (Speaker), Piasecki, S. (Speaker), Sønderholm, M. (Speaker), Sørensen, K. (Speaker), Gautier, D. (Speaker) & Stemmerik, L. (Speaker)
11 Jun 2007 → 14 Jun 2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific presentation without abstract/poster
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The Nuussuaq Basin - from outcrop to reservoir
Sønderholm, M. (Speaker) & Scherstén, A. (Speaker)
18 Jul 2006 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific presentation without abstract/poster
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West Greenland petroleum exploration 2005
Sønderholm, M. (Speaker), Christiansen, F. G. (Speaker), Dalhoff, F. (Speaker), Gregersen, U. (Speaker), Stilling, J. (Speaker) & Mosbech, A. (Speaker)
19 Jun 2005 → 22 Jun 2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Exhibitions, workshops, seminars
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West Greenland Licensing Round 2004
Christiansen, F. G. (Speaker), Sønderholm, M. (Speaker), Dalhoff, F. (Speaker), Sørensen, A. B. (Speaker), Chalmers, J. A. (Speaker) & Bidstrup, T. (Speaker)
6 Apr 2004 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific presentation without abstract/poster
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West Greenland Licensing Round 2004
Christiansen, F. G. (Speaker), Sønderholm, M. (Speaker), Dalhoff, F. (Speaker), Sørensen, A. B. (Speaker), Chalmers, J. A. (Speaker) & Bidstrup, T. (Speaker)
1 Apr 2004 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific presentation without abstract/poster