The Petroleum Geology of Nw Europe: Proceedings of the 5th Conference

by Fleet, A. J.

• ISBN13: 9781862390393
• ISBN10: 1862390398
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: GEOLOGICAL SOC PUBL HOUSE

Table of Contents

Conference Organizing Committee	xii
Conference Technical Committee	xii
Sponsoring Bodies	xii
Foreword	xiii
Jim Brooks
General Introduction	xiv
A. J. Fleet
S. A. R. Boldy
Regional syntheses, tectono-stratigraphic analyses and structural studies
Introduction and review	3	(4)
J. R. Underhill
Palaeozoic to Tertiary rift and basin dynamics: mid-Norway to the Bay of Biscay-a new context for hydrocarbon prospectivity in the deep water frontier	7	(34)
D. G. Roberts
M. Thompson
B. Mitchener
J. Hossack
S. Carmichael
H-M Bjornseth
Principal tectonic events in the evolution of the northwest European Atlantic margin	41	(22)
A. G. Dore
E. R. Lundin
L. N. Jensen
O. Birkeland
P. E. Eliassen
C. Fichler
The evolution of the Central North Sea Rift	63	(20)
D. Erratt
G. M. Thomas
G. R. T. Wall
Evolution of extensional styles at the southern termination of the Nordland Ridge, mid-Norway: a response to variations in coupling above Triassic salt	83	(8)
R. Pascoe
R. Hooper
K. Storhaug
H. Harper
Processes and products of footwall degradation, northern Brent Field, Northern North Sea	91	(16)
A. E. McLeod
J. R. Underhill
The Zeta Structure: a footwall degradation complex formed by gravity sliding on the western margin of the Tampen Spur, Northern North Sea	107	(10)
M. Berger
A. M. Roberts
The origin and genesis of major Jurassic unconformities within the triple junction area of the North Sea, UK	117	(16)
R. J. Davies
D. O'Donnell
P. N. Bentham
J. P. C. Gibson
M. R. Curry
R. E. Dunay
J. R. Maynard
Tectono-stratigraphic development of the southern part of UKCS Quadrant 15 (eastern Witch Ground Graben): implications for the Mesozoic-Tertiary evolution of the Central North Sea Basin	133	(20)
G. Jones
P. Rorison
R. Frost
R. Knipe
J. Colleran
Middle Oxfordian to Volgian sequence stratigraphy of the Greater Shearwater area	153	(18)
J. M. Jeremiah
P. H. Nicholson
Laramide events: Mid North Sea High (UK Quadrants 38 & 39)	171	(8)
H. Johnson
M. F. Quinn
J. Bulat
D. Long
Impact of salt on the structure of the Central North Sea hydrocarbon fairways	179	(22)
S. A. Stewart
J. A. Clark
Rift-raft tectonics: examples of gravitational tectonics from the Zechstein basins of northwest Europe	201	(14)
J. Penge
J. W. Munns
B. Taylor
T. M. F. Windle
4D evolution of segmented strike-slip fault systems: applications to NW Europe	215	(16)
T. Dooley
K. McClay
M. Bonora
Atlantic margin: offshore Norway to offshore Ireland
Introduction and review	229	(2)
P. M. Shannon
A. M. Spencer
Petroleum systems of the Atlantic margin of northwest Europe	231	(16)
A. M. Spencer
O. Birkeland
G. O. Knag
R. Fredsted
Structural elements and petroleum geology of the Norwegian sector of the northern Barents Sea	247	(14)
P. Grogan
A.-M. Ostvedt-Ghazi
G. B. Larssen
B. Fotland
K. Nyberg
S. Dahlgren
T. Eidvin
The prospectivity of the Voring and More basins on the Norwegian Sea continental margin	261	(14)
H. Brekke
S. Dahlgren
B. Nyland
C. Magnus
The first deepwater well in Norway and its implications for the Upper Cretaceous Play, Voring Basin	275	(6)
J. E. Kittilsen
R. R. Olsen
R. F. Marten
E. K. Hansen
R. R. Hollingsworth
Techniques used in the exploration of turbidite reservoirs in a frontier setting-Helland Hansen licence, Voring Basin, offshore mid Norway	281	(12)
F. Sanchez-Ferrer
S. D. James
B. Lak
A. M. Evans
Cenozoic development of the Norwegian margin 60-64°N: sequences and sedimentary response to variable basin physiography and tectonic setting	293	(12)
O. J. Martinsen
F. Boen
M. A. Charnock
G. Mangerud
A. Nottvedt
Oil seepage onshore West Greenland: evidence of multiple source rocks and oil mixing	305	(10)
J. A. Bojesen-Koefoed
F. G. Christiansen
H. P. Nytoft
A. K. Pedersen
West Greenland versus Voring Basin: comparison of two deepwater frontier exploration plays	315	(10)
R. B. Aram
Cretaceous (post-Valanginian) sedimentation and rift events in NE Greenland (71-77°N)	325	(12)
A. G. Whitham
S. P. Price
A. M. Koraini
S. R. A. Kelly
Sandstone wedges of the Cretaceous-Lower Tertiary Kangerlussuaq Basin, East Greenland-outcrop analogues to the offshore North Atlantic	337	(12)
M. Larsen
L. Hamberg
S. Olaussen
T. Preuss
L. Stemmerik
Early Tertiary heat flow along the UK Atlantic margin and adjacent areas	349	(10)
P. F. Green
I. R. Duddy
K. A. Hegarty
R. J. Bray
Evidence for pre-Cretaceous rifting in the Rockall Trough: a quantitative analysis using plate tectonic modelling	359	(12)
J. Cole
J. Peachey
Evidence for pre-Cretaceous rifting in the Rockall Trough: an analysis using quantitative 2D structural/straitigraphic modelling	371	(8)
P. A. Nadin
M. A. Houchen
N. J. Kusznir
The regional geology and exploration potential of the NE Rockall Basin	379	(12)
P. Waddams
T. Cordingley
The Northeast Rockall Basin and its significance in the evolution of the Rockall-Faeroes/East Greenland rift system	391	(16)
M. P. Tate
C. D. Dodd
N. T. Grant
The structural and stratigraphic framework of the Irish Rockall Trough	407	(14)
S. Corfield
N. Murphy
S. Parker
Structural setting, geological development and basin modelling in the Rockall Trough	421	(12)
P. M. Shannon
A. W. B. Jacob
B. M. O'Reilly
F. Hauser
P. W. Readman
J. Makris
Petroleum geology of the Irish Rockall Trough-a frontier challenge	433	(12)
A. Walsh
G. Knag
M. Morris
H. Quinquis
P. Tricker
C. Bird
S. Bower
Structural evolution of the Slyne Trough	445	(10)
P. N. Dancer
S. T. Algar
I. R. Wilson
The structural evolution of the Erris Trough, offshore northwest Ireland, and implications for hydrocarbon generation	455	(16)
T. J. Chapman
T. M. Broks
D. V. Corcoran
L. A. Duncan
P. N. Dancer
Jurassic non-marine source rocks and oils of the Porcupine Basin and other North Atlantic margin basins	471	(16)
P. Butterworth
A. Holba
S. Herting
W. Hughes
C. Atkinson
Comparative Jurassic and Cretaceous tectono-stratigraphy and reservoir development in the Jeanne d'Arc and Porcupine basins	487	(14)
B. P. J. Williams
P. M. Shannon
I. K. Sinclair
Sedimentary basins and petroleum systems offshore Newfoundland and Labrador	501	(16)
N. R. DeSilva
The Hibernia Oilfield-effects of episodic tectonism on structural character and reservoir compartmentalization	517	(14)
I. K. Sinclair
J. E. Evans
E. A. Albrechtsons
L. J. Sydora
Atlantic margin: Faeroe-Shetland
Introduction and review	531	(2)
B. Levell
M. Thompson
Rifting and the development of the Faeroe-Shetland Basin	533	(12)
K. Dean
K. McLachlan
A. Chambers
Palaeogene magmatism in the Faeroe-Shetland Basin: influences on uplift history and sedimentation	545	(14)
P. H. Naylor
B. R. Bell
D. W. Jolley
P. Durnall
R. Fredsted
Stratigraphic relationships of the Lower Tertiary of the Faeroe Basalt Plateau and the Faeroe-Shetland Basin	559	(14)
L. Kiorboe
Early Tertiary magmatism in the offshore NW UK margin and surrounds	573	(12)
J. D. Ritchie
R. W. Gatliff
P. C. Richards
The thermal impact of Paleocene magmatic underplating in the Faeroe-Shetland-Rockall region	585	(10)
P. D. Clift
Reconciling gravity and seismic data in the Faeroe-Shetland Basin, West of Shetland	595	(6)
W. Ashcroft
A. Hurst
C. J. Morgan
The importance of fluid pressures and migration to the hydrocarbon prospectivity of the Faeroe-Shetland White Zone	601	(12)
J. E. Iliffe
A. G. Robertson
G. H. F. Ward
C. Wynn
S. D. M. Pead
N. Cameron
Hydrocarbon migration history, West of Shetland: integrated fluid inclusion and fission track studies	613	(14)
J. Parnell
P. F. Carey
P. Green
W. Duncan
Reservoir quality and petrophysical evaluation of Paleocene sandstones in the West of Shetland area	627	(8)
M. Sullivan
T. Coombes
P. Imbert
C. Ahadamach-Demars
Anisotrophy and amplitude versus offset: a case history from the West of Shetlands	635	(10)
R. W. Margesson
C. H. Sondergeld
The Paleocene deepwater sandstone play West of Shetland	645	(16)
E. Lamers
S. M. M. Carmichael
The Turonian play in the Faeroe-Shetland Basin	661	(14)
N. Grant
A. Bouma
A. McIntyre
The Foinaven Field: managing reservoir development uncertainty prior to start-up	675	(8)
M. M. Cooper
A. C. Evans
D. J. Lynch
G. Neville
T. Newley
The Schiehallion development	683	(10)
H. M. Leach
N. Herbert
A. Los
R. L. Smith
Solan, Strathmore and the back basin play, West of Shetland	693	(20)
R. Herries
R. Poddubiuk
P. Wilcockson
The Victory gas field, West of Shetland	713	(16)
M. W. Goodchild
K. L. Henry
R. J. Hinkley
S. W. Imbus
The Carboniferous of the Southern North Sea
Introduction and review	727	(2)
R. E. Dunay
S. S. Flint
Reservoirs of the Dinantian (Lower Carboniferous) play of the Southern North Sea	729	(18)
J. R. Maynard
R. E. Dunay
Regional corelation of Westphalian sandbodies onshore UK: implications for reservoirs in the Southern North Sea	747	(10)
J. F. Aitken
D. G. Quirk
P. D. Guion
Continent-scale sequence stratigraphy of the Namurian, Upper Carboniferous and its applications to reservoir prediction	757	(14)
S. Davies
G. Hampson
S. Flint
T. Elliott
Incised valley fill sandstone bodies in Upper Carboniferous fluvio-Deltaic strata: Recognition and reservoir characterization of Southern North Sea analogues	771	(18)
G. J. Hampson
S. J. Davies
T. Elliott
S. S. Flint
H. Stollhofen
Structural analysis of 3D seismic data, using the correlation attribute: a case study-Carboniferous of the Southern North Sea (UK)	789	(10)
S. Birrell
J. Courtier
`NW European Gas Atlas'-new implications for the Carboniferous gas plays in the western part of the Southern Permian Basin	799	(10)
P. Gerling
M. C. Geluk
F. Kockel
A. Lokhorst
G. K. Lott
R. A. Nicholson
The Trent Gas Field: correlation and reservoir quality within a complex Carboniferous stratigraphy	809	(18)
P. T. O'Mara
M. Merryweather
M. Stockwell
M. M. Bowler
Jurassic subtle traps
Introduction and review	825	(2)
S. A. R. Boldy
S. I. Fraser
Controls on Late Jurassic, subtle and distribution in the Tampen Spur area, Northern North Sea	827	(12)
N. H. Dawers
A. M. Berge
K-O Hager
C. Puigdefabregas
J. R. Underhill
Sequence stratigraphy and sedimentary history of the Humber Group (Late Jurassic-Ryazanian) in the Outer Moray Firth (UKCS, North Sea)	839	(22)
D. Kadolsky
S. J. Johansen
S. Duxbury
Downthrown closures of the Outer Moray Firth	861	(18)
B. A. Moseley
Controls on Upper Jurassic sediment distribution in the Durward-Dauntless area, UK Blocks 21/11, 21/16	879	(18)
S. A. Stewart
S. I. Fraser
J. A. Cartwright
J. A. Clark
H. D. Johnson
Upper Jurassic basin axial turbidities within the Gertrud Graben, Danish Central Graben	897	(14)
E. S. Rasmussen
A-M. Jepsen
K. G. Maver
Chalk renaissance
Introduction and review	909	(2)
S. A. R. Boldy
Chalk exploration, the search for a subtle trap	911	(28)
N. P. Bramwell
G. Caillet
L. Meciani
N. C. Judge
M. Green
P. Adam
The capabilities and challenges of the seismic method in chalk exploration	939	(10)
J. K. Anderson
Influence of syn-depositional faulting on thickness variations in chalk reservoirs-Valhall and Hod fields	949	(10)
C. L. Farmer
O. I. Barkved
Exploration and appraisal of the South Arne Field, Danish North Sea	959	(16)
D. S. Mackertich
D. R. G. Goulding
Banff Field, UK Central Graben-evaluation of a steeply dipping, fractured chalk reservoir	975	(18)
N. Evans
P. Rorison
G. Sykes
High pressure/high temperature plays
Introduction and review	991	(2)
B. Levell
A subsurface perspective on ETAP-an integrated development of seven Central North Sea fields	993	(14)
J. Pooler
M. Amory
The Elgin and Franklin fields: UK Blocks 22/30c, 22/30b and 29/5b	1007	(14)
J. Lasocki
J-M. Guemene
A. Hedayati
C. Legorjus
W. M. Page
Shearwater prospect development: a high pressure/high temperature challenge	1021	(8)
J. F. Blehaut
F. van Beek
C. Billeau
J. K. Gause
S. Kimminau
A. Paardekam
N. Radcliffe
R. Rademaker
L. Storms
B. J. Welsh
A. Wittemann
Structural development and trap formation in the Central North Sea HP/HT play	1029	(10)
D. E. Helgeson
Integrated field development and reservoir management
Introduction and review	1037	(2)
S. S. Flint
H. D. Johnson
The Brent Field: improving subsurface characterization for late field life management	1039	(12)
S. James
D. Pronk
F. Abbots
V. Ward
A. van Dierendonck
D. Stevens
Application of 3D visualization and VSP for horizontal well positioning-9/13a-N1 case history, Nevis Field, UKCS	1051	(12)
A. J. Dickson
G. C. Bingham
G. C. Stylianides
H. W. A. Thompson
N. A. Way
Tern Field development: a marriage of new technologies for business benefit	1063	(12)
R. C. Black
H. J. Poelen
M. J. Roberts
S. E. Roddy
Integrating sequence stratigraphy in field development and reservoir management-the Telford Field	1075	(14)
R. M. Syms
D. F. Savory
C. J. Ward
C. C. Ebdon
A. Griffin
Fulmar: a mature field revisited	1089	(12)
P. Spaak
J. Almond
S. Salahudin
Z. Mohd Salleh
O. Tosun
Reservoir characterization in the Captain Field: integration of horizontal and vertical well data	1101	(14)
P. T. S. Rose
Britannia Field, UK Central North Sea: modelling heterogeneity in unusual deep-water deposits	1115	(10)
L. S. Jones
S. W. Garrett
M. Macleod
M. Guy
P. J. Condon
L. Notman
Innovation and risk management in a small subsea-tieback: Arkwright Field, Central North Sea, UK	1125	(10)
J. D. Kantorowicz
I. J. Andrews
S. Dhanani
M. Gillis
C. Jennings
P. J. Lumsden
G. Orr
R. W. Simm
J. Williams
The reservoir development of the Fife Field	1135	(12)
S. Currie
S. Gowland
A. Taylor
M. Woodward
Ekofisk Field redevelopment: improved reservoir management through cross-discipline technology and integration of three dimensional models	1147	(10)
S. C. Key
B. Agarwal
G. V. Soiland
H. H. Nielsen
Reservoir management of the Wytch Farm Oil Field, Dorset, UK: providing options for growth into later field life	1157	(20)
A. J. C. Hogg
I. J. Evans
P. F. Harrison
T. Meling
G. S. Smith
S. D. Thompson
G. F. T. Watts
Reservoir studies
Introduction and review	1175	(2)
A. Hurst
Characterization of fault zones in the Gullfaks Field for reservoir modelling	1177	(10)
G. Yielding
J. A. Overland
G. Byberg
High resolution zonation within a tide-dominated deltaic reservoir: the Middle Jurassic Beryl Formation, Beryl Field, UKCS	1187	(12)
G. Maxwell
A. Hartley
J. Crane
Capturing reservoir heterogeneity in a sand-rich submarine fan, Miller Field	1199	(10)
C. R. Garland
P. Haughton
R. F. King
T. P. Moulds
Integrated reservoir characterization and uncertainty analysis, Heidrun Field, Norway	1209	(12)
T. Olsen
K. J. Rosvoll
J. M. Kjaerefjord
D. M. Arnesen
C. Sandsdalen
S. H. Jorgenvag
V. Langlais
K. E. Svela
An integrated approach to hydrocarbon emplacement in chalk, Norwegian North Sea Central Graben	1221	(14)
I. E. I. Oxnevad
M. S. G. Taylor
Applications of geophysical technology
Introduction and review	1233	(2)
J. W. Munns
Strathspey vertical-cable seismic survey: a North Sea first	1235	(8)
P. E. Leach
Faroes Large Aperture Research Experiment (FLARE): imaging through basalt	1243	(10)
R. S. White
J. Fruehn
K. R. Richardson
E. Cullen
W. Kirk
J. R. Smallwood
C. Latkiewicz
Exploring the Shetland-Faeroes Basin using wide-angle seismic technology	1253	(2)
P. J. Barton
S. Hughes
C. Zelt
R. Masotti
Three-component 3D borehole profile imaging program on Ekofisk Field	1255	(10)
H. H. Nielsen
J. Dangerfield
S. C. Key
G. V. Soiland
L. Berg
Rock physics and quantitative wavelet estimation for seismic interpretation: Tertiary North Sea	1265	(6)
R. W. Simm
S. Xu
R. E. White
Seismic inversion as a vehicle for integration of geophysical, geological and petrophysical information for reservoir characterization: some North Sea examples	1271	(10)
J. J. M. Buiting
M. Bacon
Predicting sandbody distribution and porosity for Callovian to late Oxfordian succession: Block 9/13 UKCS: an integrated approach	1281	(8)
M. Wood
G. Bingham
P. Mitchell
A, B AVO cross plotting and its application in Greenland and the Barents Sea	1289	(10)
E. S. Isaacson
D. B. Neff
Applications of the coherency cube in the UKCS	1299	(14)
M. J. Hughes
S. Dhanani
R. K. Frimpong
M. Gainski
N. L. Haskell
R. P. Heath
J. D. Kantorowicz
P. M. Maguire
S. E. Nissen
Basin modelling applications in reducing risk and maximizing reserves
Introduction and review	1309	(4)
S. D. Burley
I. C. Scotchman
Charge and overpressure modelling in the North Sea: multi-dimensional modelling and uncertainty analysis	1313	(12)
M. R. Giles
S. L. Indrelid
N. J. Kusznir
A. Loopik
J. A. Meijerink
J. McNutt
P. Dijkstra
W. Heidug
J. Toth
M. Willis
K. Rutten
B. Elsinga
P. Huysse
P. Riviere
H. Burgisser
E. Rowley
Hydrocarbon systems modelling of the Norwegian Central Graben fairway trend	1325	(14)
M. S. G. Taylor
A. LeRoy
M. Forland
Diagenetic porosity creation in an overpressured graben	1339	(12)
R. S. Haszeldine
M. Wilkinson
D. Darby
C. I. Macaulay
G. D. Couples
A. E. Fallick
C. G. Fleming
R. N. T. Stewart
G. McAulay
The Jurassic petroleum system of the West of Britain Atlantic margin-an integration of tectonics, geochemistry and basin modelling	1351	(16)
A. J. Holmes
C. E. Griffith
I. C. Scotchman
Petroleum systems analysis of the Paleocene play in the West of Shetland area	1367	(16)
R. Jowitt
A. Hindle
D. Jones
P. Rose
Oil and gas migration in the Sherwood Sandstone of the East Irish Sea Basin	1383
G. Cowan
S. D. Burley
A. N. Hoey
P. Holloway
P. Bermingham
N. Beveridge
M. Hamborg
O. Sylta
Appendix: a list of common abbreviations	xiii
Index	xv