| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 407 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Geological Society special publication, 0305-8719 ; no. 403 |
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Geological Society special publication ; no. 403. 0305-8719
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Tertiary deep-marine reservoirs of the North Sea region: an introduction / T. McKie, P.T.S. Rose, A.J. Hartley, D.W. Jones and T.L. Armstrong -- Exploration and regional reservoir context -- Regional controls on Lower Tertiary sandstone distribution in the North Sea and NE Atlantic margin basins / David C. Mudge -- Characterizing the Paleocene turbidites of the North Sea: Maureen Formation, UK Central Graben / Ben Kilhams, Adrian Hartley, Mads Huuse and Chris Davis -- Sedimentological evolution of Sele Formation deep-marine depositional systems of the Central North Sea / James Eldrett, Efthymios Tripsanas, Christopher Davis, Tom McKie, Manuel Vieira, Peter Osterloff and Tom Sandison -- Seismic geomorphology and sequence stratigraphy as tools for the prediction of reservoir facies distribution: an example from the Paleocene and earliest Eocene of the South Buchan Graben, Outer Moray Firth Basin, UKCS / Ruth Thomas and Adrian J. Hartley -- Termination geometries and reservoir properties of the Forties Sandstone pinch-out, East Central Graben, UK North Sea / Akio Nagatomo and Stuart Archer -- Reservoir characterization and appraisal: defining and managing uncertainty -- Interplay of fan-fringe reservoir deterioration and hydrodynamic aquifer: understanding the margins of gas development in the Ormen Lange Field / M. Grecula, J. Hognestad, S. Price, M. Boya Ferrero, G. De Bruijn, K.T. Noraberg, K. Engenes, P. Mears, K. Van Ojik and R. McGarva -- Arran Field: a complex heterolithic reservoir on the margins of the Forties Fan System / Jamie Collins, Steve Kenyon-Roberts, Brian Cullen, Jason White, Nathalie Bordas-Le Floch and John Downey -- Reservoir geology of the Paleocene Forties Sandstone Member in the Fram discovery, UK Central North Sea / David W. Jones, Samantha Large, Alan McQueen and Ahmed Helmi -- Early field life: managing surprises -- Volund Field: development of an Eocene sandstone injection complex, offshore Norway / Anne M. Schwab, Eric W. Jameson and Ann Townsley -- Merganser Field: managing subsurface uncertainty during the development of a salt diapir field in the UK Central North Sea / R. Charles and K. Ryzhikov -- Exploration of upside in a stranded discovery: Lochranza, a Donan Field satellite / R.J. Ings, S.P.M. Konings, R. Kumar, E.L. Wood, A. Melvin, D.A. Stanbrook and C. Agnew -- Late field life: challenges and opportunities -- The habitat of bypassed pay in the Forties Field / Philip T.S. Rose and Jeffery R. Pyle -- Alba Field : how seismic technologies have influenced reservoir characterization and field development / Ian Moore -- Depositional controls on fluid flow in the Gannet A Field / Gwilym J. Lynn, Morgan Bacciotti, Pim F. Van Bergen and Kirsten R. Gray |
| Summary |
Discovery of the Arbroath, Montrose and Forties fields initiated intensive exploration of the Tertiary deep-marine play in the North Sea region. Subsequent discoveries demonstrated the success of this play and the geological diversity of the depositional systems. The play is now mature and in many areas the remaining exploration potential is likely to be dominated by small, subtle traps with a major component of stratigraphic trapping. Economically marginal discoveries need an in-depth understanding of subsurface uncertainty to mitigate risk with limited appraisal wells. Mature fields require detailed geological understanding in the search for the remaining oil. This volume focuses on the regional depositional setting of these deep-marine systems, providing a stratigraphic and palaeogeographical context for exploration, and development case histories that outline the challenges of producing from these reservoirs. The fields are arranged around the production life cycle, describing the changing needs of geological models as the flow of static and dynamic data refines geological understanding and defines the nature of new opportunities as fields mature |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Lyell Collection, Special Publications, Geological Society of London Web site, viewed October 22, 2015) |
| Subject |
Hydrocarbon reservoirs -- North Sea
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Stratigraphic traps (Petroleum geology) -- North Sea
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Geology, Stratigraphic -- Tertiary.
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Enhanced oil recovery -- North Sea
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Enhanced oil recovery
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Geology, Stratigraphic
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Hydrocarbon reservoirs
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Stratigraphic traps (Petroleum geology)
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Tertiary Geologic Period
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Atlantic Ocean -- North Sea
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McKie, T., editor
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Rose, P. T. S., editor
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Hartley, A. J. (Adrian J.), editor.
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Jones, D. W. (Geologist), editor
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Armstrong, T. L., editor
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| ISBN |
9781523122585 |
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1523122587 |
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