Hydrocarbon Exploration to Exploitation West of Shetlands
Product code: SP397
Print publication date: 01/06/2014
Geological Society of London, GSL Special Publications, Earth and Solar System History, Petroleum Geoscience and Geoenergy
Type: Book (Hardback)
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 9781862396524
Author/Edited by: Edited by S.J.C. Cannon and D. Ellis
Weight: 0.8kg
Number of pages: 229
Online publication date: 29/05/2014
Lyell Collection URL: https://www.lyellcollection.org/toc/sp/397/1
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Special Publication 397
This volume addresses the challenges facing explorers and developers alike in a region that is becoming a major focus of the petroleum industry in the United Kingdom, Faroes and North Norway.
Several West of Shetland fields are still in the appraisal phase almost a decade after discovery. Sub-volcanic exploration risks remain high: sub-volcanic structural traps are imaged poorly, and so the geophysical community is responding with the application of latest technology. The more simple reservoirs might not be large enough to prompt informed and speedy development decisions; larger fields might have a combination of complexities, requiring a phased approach to the development. Infrastructure has been slow to arrive and planned developments have been subject to dramatic swings in fiscal regime ranging from special allowances to unexpected tax increases.
Environmental challenges are significant when moving into more remote, deeper water. The perception of these challenges by the third parties has become much more acute. To sustain its right to operate, the industry has to demonstrate safe drilling operations and appropriate response capability with government agencies.
Introduction
Austin, J. A., Cannon, S. J. C. & Ellis, D. Hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation West of Shetlands
Regional Reviews
Ellis, D. & Stoker, M. S. The Faroe–Shetland Basin: a regional perspective from the Paleocene to the present day and its relationship to the opening of the North Atlantic Ocean
Egbeni, S., McClay, K., Jian-Kui Fu, J. & Bruce, D. Influence of igneous sills on Paleocene turbidite deposition in the Faroe–Shetland Basin: a case study in Flett and Muckle sub-basin and its implication for hydrocarbon exploration
Exploration
Loizou, N. Success in exploring for reliable, robust Paleocene traps west of Shetland
Trice, R. Basement exploration, West of Shetlands: progress in opening a new play on the UKCS
Exploitation
Kheidri, L. H., Cailly, F., Jones, K., De Senneville, A. & Gray, R. Laggan Field 3D geological modelling: case study
Jones, K., Mackinnon, D., De Senneville, A. & Watt, K. Laggan-Tormore: reservoir to sales production forecasting and optimization using an integrated modelling approach
Horseman, C., Ross, A.& Cannon, S. The discovery and appraisal of Glenlivet: a West of Shetlands success story
Fielding, K. D., Burnett, D., Crabtree, N. J., Ladegaard, H. & Lawton, L. C. Exploration and appraisal of a 120 km2 four-way dip closure: what could possibly go wrong?
Technologies
Woodburn, N., Hardwick, A., Masoomzadeh, H. & Travis, T. Improved signal processing for sub-basalt imaging
Watton, T. J., Cannon, S., Brown, R. J., Jerram, D. A. & Waichel, B. L. Using formation micro-imaging, wireline logs and onshore analogues to distinguish volcanic lithofacies in boreholes: examples from Palaeogene successions in the Faroe–Shetland Basin, NE Atlantic
Millett, J. M., Hole, M. J. & Jolley, D. W. A fresh approach to ditch cutting analysis as an aid to exploration in areas affected by large igneous province (LIP) volcanism
Morton, A., Frei, D., Stoker, M. & Ellis, D. Detrital zircon age constraints on basement history on the margins of the northern Rockall Basin
Index
