Country Report
Greenland upstream summary
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Report summary
The Greenland continental shelf remains an underexplored frontier area. While the area contains high subsurface potential and is governed by a reasonably attractive fiscal regime, exploration comes with significant commercial and technical challenges.
Table of contents
- Current interests
- Historical interests
- Introduction
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Onshore
- Jameson Land basin
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Offshore
- Southwest Greenland basin
- East Central Greenland basin
- Kronprins Christian basin
- North Greenland basin
- Baffin Bay basin
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Licensing
- Recent developments
- Historical licensing rounds
- 2017 licensing round - Davis Strait
- 2017 licensing round - Baffin Bay
- 2014 licensing round - Jameson Land
- 2011/12 licensing round - Greenland Sea
- 2009 licensing round - Baffin Bay
- 2006 licensing round - West Greenland
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Other licensing awards
- The KANUMAS Project 1990-96
- 1980s
- 1970s
- Open Door awards
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Drilling
- Drilling activity
- Recent and future activity
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Historical Activity
- Southwest Greenland basin
- East Central Greenland basin
- Kronprins Christian basin
- North Greenland basin
- Baffin Bay basin
- US Geological Survey 2007 Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal
- Sproule ERCE 2025 Evaluation of the Prospective Resources of the March GL Greenland License
- Liquids and gas
- Introduction
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Tables and charts
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Map of basinsExploration acreage map
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