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PGC7_flyer_v2_14-10-10_Layout 1 15/10/2010 09:00 Page 1 O Petroleum Geology: From Mature Basins to New Frontiers Proceedings of the 7th Petroleum Geology Conference Edited by B. A. Vining and S. C. Pickering Published by The Geological Society E G M U E L O R T E P h t 7 E C N E R F E N O C G Y O L PGC7_flyer_v2_14-10-10_Layout 1 15/10/2010 09:01 Page 2 Petroleum Geology: From Mature Basins to New Frontiers Proceedings of the 7th Petroleum Geology Conference Edited by B. A. Vining and S. C. Pickering PUBLICATION: NOVEMBER 2010 The Proceedings of the 7th Petroleum Geology Conference is the seventh in a series that has become a tradition known as the ‘Barbican’ conferences. They started life over 35 years ago, in 1974, with a focus solely on North-West Europe, and have a reputation, both from the conferences and the accompanying Proceedings volumes, of being at the forefront of petroleum geoscience; the standard reference for successive generations of petroleum geoscientists. North-West Europe has matured as a petroleum province and, at the same time, the conference series has matured to be a truly global event. These Proceedings embrace many of the world’s petroleum provinces in a two-volume set. There are sections on Europe, which still provides the heart of the Proceedings; Russia, the former Soviet Union and Circum-Arctic; North Africa and the Middle East; Passive Margins; and Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources. In addition, the three Geocontroversies debates, highly acclaimed at the conference, are included, as is a summary of the Core Workshop. A DVD complements the books and, in addition to providing electronic versions of all the papers also includes selected posters and video clips from the Virtual Field Trip session; the latter being a major success at the conference. The proceedings volumes of this seventh conference are therefore a ‘must’ for every petroleum geoscientist’s bookshelf. • ISBN: 978-1-86239-298-4 • 2 Volumes • Hardback and DVD The • Online bookshop code: PGC7 Geological • Prices: Society List £200.00/$400.00 GSL, Energy Institute, PESGB, AAPG and GSA £125.00/$250.00 Please note postage charges will apply To make an order or for more information and a detailed contents list visit www.geolsoc.org.uk/page8272.html Geological Society Publishing House, Unit 7 Brassmill Enterprise Centre, Brassmill Lane, Bath, BA1 3JN, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1225 445046 Fax: +44 (0) 1225 442836 Email: THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY The Geological Society of London (GSL) was founded in 1807. It is the oldest national geological society in the world and the largest in Europe. It was incorporated under Royal Charter in 1825 and is Registered Charity 210161. The Society is the UK national learned and professional society for geology with a worldwide Fellowship (FGS) of 10 000. The Society has the power to confer Chartered status on suitably qualified Fellows, and about 2000 of the Fellowship carry the title (CGeol). Chartered Geologists may also obtain the equivalent European title, European Geologist (EurGeol). One fifth of the Society’s fellowship resides outside the UK. To find out more about the Society, log on to www.geolsoc.org.uk. The Geological Society Publishing House (Bath, UK) produces the Society’s international journals and books, and acts as European distributor for selected publications of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), the American Geological Institute (AGI), the Indonesian Petroleum Association (IPA), the Geological Society of America (GSA), the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) and the Geologists’ Association (GA). Joint marketing agreements ensure that GSL Fellows may purchase these societies’ publications at a discount. The Society’s online bookshop (accessible from www.geolsoc.org.uk) offers secure book purchasing with your credit or debit card. To find out about joining the Society and benefiting from substantial discounts on publications of GSL and other societies worldwide, consult www.geolsoc.org.uk, or contact the Fellowship Department at: The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BG: Tel. +44 (0)20 7434 9944; Fax +44 (0)20 7439 8975; E-mail: Contents VOLUME 1 DVD Contents xi The Technical and Editorial Committee xiii Preface xv Global petroleum systems in space and time 1 S. May, R. Kleist, E. Kneller, C. Johnson & S. Creaney The GeoControversies debates 11 J. R. Underhill Virtual fieldtrips for petroleum geoscientists 19 K. J. W. McCaffrey, D. Hodgetts, J. Howell, D. Hunt, J. Imber, R. R. Jones, M. Tomasso, J. Thurmond & S. Viseur Colin Oakman core workshop 27 G. J. Hampson, J. D. Collinson & P. Gutteridge Session: Europe Europe overview 31 G. Goffey Exploration North Sea hydrocarbon systems: some aspects of our evolving insights into a classic hydrocarbon province 37 D. Erratt, G. M. Thomas, N. R. Hartley, R. Musum, P. H. Nicholson & Y. Spisto The search for a Carboniferous petroleum system beneath the Central North Sea 57 R. Milton-Worssell, K. Smith, A. McGrandle, J. Watson & D. Cameron Channel structures formed by contour currents and fluid expulsion: significance for Late Neogene development of the central North Sea basin 77 P. C. Knutz Source rock quality and maturity and oil types in the NW Danish Central Graben: implications for petroleum prospectivity evaluation in an Upper Jurassic sandstone play area 95 H. I. Petersen, H. P. Nytoft, H. Vosgerau, C. Andersen, J. A. Bojesen-Koefoed & A. Mathiesen From thrust-and-fold belt to foreland: hydrocarbon occurrences in Italy 113 F. Bertello, R. Fantoni, R. Franciosi, V. Gatti, M. Ghielmi & A. Pugliese Upper Jurassic reservoir sandstones in the Danish Central Graben: new insights on distribution and depositional environments 127 P. N. Johannessen, K. Dybkjær, C. Andersen, L. Kristensen, J. Hovikoski & H. Vosgerau Architecture of an Upper Jurassic barrier island sandstone reservoir, Danish Central Graben: implications of a Holocene–Recent analogue from the Wadden Sea 145 P. N. Johannessen, L. H. Nielsen, L. Nielsen, I. Møller, M. Pejrup & T. J. Andersen Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the Hugin Formation, Quadrant 15, Norwegian sector, South Viking Graben 157 R. L. Kieft, C. A.-L. Jackson, G. J. Hampson & E. Larsen Reappraisal of the sequence stratigraphy of the Humber Group of the UK Central Graben 177 P. J. Sansom vi CONTENTS The Huntington discoveries: efficient exploration in the UK Central North Sea 213 J. M. Hollywood & R. C. Olson The Jasmine discovery, Central North Sea, UKCS 225 S. Archer, S. Ward, S. Menad, I. Shahim, N. Grant, H. Sloan & A. Cole Prospectivity of the T38 sequence in the Northern Judd Basin 245 J. M. Rodriguez, G. Pickering & W. J. Kirk Can stratigraphic plays change the petroleum exploration outlook of the Netherlands? 261 F. F. N. Van Hulten Field Development and Production Laggan; a mature understanding of an undeveloped discovery, more than 20 years old 279 A. Gordon, T. Younis, C. Bernard-Graille, R. Gray, J.-M. Urruty, L. Ben-Brahim, J.-C. Navarre, B. Paternoster & G. Evers Managing the start-up of a fractured oil reservoir: development of the Clair field, West of Shetland 299 A. J. Witt, S. R. Fowler, R. M. Kjelstadli, L. F. Draper, D. Barr & J. P. McGarrity Overcoming multiple uncertainties in a challenging gas development: Chiswick Field UK SNS 315 R. Nesbit & K. Overshott The Ensign enigma: improving well deliverability in a tight gas reservoir 325 K. Purvis, K. E. Overshott, J. C. Madgett & T. Niven Maximizing production and reserves from offshore heavy oil fields using seismic and drilling technology: Alba and Captain Fields, UKNS 337 J. M. Hampson, S. F. Walden & C. Bell Locating the remaining oil in the Nelson Field 349 C. E. Gill & M. Shepherd The Buzzard Field: anatomy of the reservoir from appraisal to production 369 F. M. Ray, S. J. Pinnock, H. Katamish & J. B. Turnbull The Scott Field: revitalization of a mature field 387 G. R. Brook, J. R. Wardell, S. F. Flanagan & T. P. Regan Predicting production behaviour from deep HPHT Triassic reservoirs and the impact of sedimentary architecture on recovery 405 S. Kape, O. Diaz De Souza, I. Bushnaq, M. Hayes & I. Turner Sedimentology and unexpected pressure decline: the HP/HT Kristin Field 419 J. G. Quin, P. Zweigel, E. Eldholm, O. R. Hansen, K. R. Christoffersen & A. Zaostrovski An old field in a new landscape: the renaissance of Donan 431 R. R. A. Reekie, E. L. Davies, N. J. Hart, A. T. McInally, J. R. Todd, J. R. McAteer, L. Franoux & E. L. M. Ferguson Techniques in Exploration and Exploitation A road map for the identification and recovery of by-passed pay 453 P. F. Worthington Tilting oil–water contact in the chalk of Tyra Field as interpreted from capillary pressure data 463 I. L. Fabricius & M. A. Rana A holostratigraphic approach to the chalk of the North Sea Eldfisk Field, Norway 473 M. J. Hampton, H. W. Bailey & A. D. Jones Role of the Chalk in development of deep overpressure in the Central North Sea 493 R. E. Swarbrick, R. W. Lahann, S. A. O’Connor & A. J. Mallon Investigating fault-sealing potential through fault relative seismic volume analysis 509 J.-F. Dutzer, H. Basford & S. Purves 4D acquisition and processing: a North Sea case study on the relative contributions to improved 4D repeatability 517 E. C. Rushmere, M. Dyce, S. Campbell & A. J. Hill CONTENTS vii Applying time-lapse seismic methods to reservoir management and field development planning at South Arne, Danish North Sea 523 J. V. Herwanger, C. R. Schiøtt, R. Frederiksen, F. If, O. V. Vejbæk, R. Wold, H. J. Hansen, E. Palmer & N. Koutsabeloulis 3D seismic mapping and porosity variation of intra-chalk units in the southern Danish North Sea 537 T. Abramovitz, C. Andersen, F. C. Jakobsen, L. Kristensen & E. Sheldon Seismic imaging of variable water layer sound speed in Rockall Trough, NE Atlantic and implications for seismic surveying in deep water 549 S. M. Jones, C. Sutton, R. J. J. Hardy & D. Hardy New aeromagnetic and gravity compilations from Norway and adjacent areas: methods and applications 559 O. Olesen, M. Bro¨nner, J. Ebbing, J. Gellein, L. Gernigon, J. Koziel, T. Lauritsen, R. Myklebust, C. Pascal, M. Sand, D. Solheim & S. Usov VOLUME 2 Session: Russia, Former Soviet Union and the Circum-Arctic Russia, FSU and the Circum-Arctic: ‘the final frontier’ 589 J. R. Maynard, A. J. Fraser, M. B. Allen, R. A. Scott & S. Drachev Tectonic history and petroleum geology of the Russian Arctic Shelves: an overview 591 S. S. Drachev, N. A. Malyshev & A. M. Nikishin Assessment of undiscovered petroleum resources of the north and east margins of the Siberian craton north of the Arctic Circle T. R. Klett, C. J. Wandrey & J. K. Pitman 621 Synchronous exhumation events around the Arctic including examples from Barents Sea and Alaska North Slope 633 P. F. Green & I. R. Duddy Offset and curvature of the Novaya Zemlya fold-and-thrust belt, Arctic Russia 645 R. A. Scott, J. P. Howard, L. Guo, R. Schekoldin & V. Pease Charging the giant gas fields of the NW Siberia basin 659 E. Fjellanger, A. E. Kontorovich, S. A. Barboza, L. M. Burshtein, M. J. Hardy & V. R. Livshits Session: North Africa and Middle East Middle East and North Africa: overview 671 J. Redfern & J. Craig From Neoproterozoic to Early Cenozoic: exploring the potential of older and deeper hydrocarbon plays across North Africa and the Middle East 673 J. Craig, D. Grigo, A. Rebora, G. Serafini & E. Tebaldi Palaeohighs: their influence on the North African Palaeozoic petroleum systems 707 R. Eschard, F. Braik, D. Bekkouche, M. Ben Rahuma, G. Desaubliaux, R. Deschamps & J. N. Proust Stratigraphic trapping potential in the Carboniferous of North Africa: developing new play concepts based on integrated outcrop sedimentology and regional sequence stratigraphy (Morocco, Algeria, Libya) 725 S. Lubeseder, J. Redfern, L. Petitpierre & S. Fro¨hlich Integrated petroleum systems and play fairway analysis in a complex Palaeozoic basin: Ghadames–Illizi Basin, North Africa 735 R. J. Dixon, J. K. S. Moore, M. Bourne, E. Dunn, D. B. Haig, J. Hossack, N. Roberts, T. Parsons & C. J. Simmons Biostratigraphy, chemostratigraphy and thermal maturity of the A1-NC198 exploration well in the Kufra Basin, SE Libya 761 S. Lu¨ning, N. Miles, T. Pearce, E. Brooker, P. Barnard, G. Johannson & S. Scha¨fer viii CONTENTS Exploring subtle exploration plays in the Gulf of Suez 771 P. N. Dancer, J. Collins, A. Beckly, K. Johnson, G. Campbell, G. Mumaw & B. Hepworth The hydrocarbon prospectivity of the Egyptian North Red Sea basin 783 G. Gordon, B. Hansen, J. Scott, C. Hirst, R. Graham, T. Grow, A. Spedding, S. Fairhead, L. Fullarton & D. Griffin A regional overview of the exploration potential of the Middle East: a case study in the application of play fairway risk mapping techniques 791 A. J. Fraser Appraisal and development of the Taq Taq field, Kurdistan region, Iraq 801 C. R. Garland, I. Abalioglu, L. Akca, A. Cassidy, Y. Chiffoleau, L. Godail, M. A. S. Grace, H. J. Kader, F. Khalek, H. Legarre, H. B. Nazhat & B. Sallier Sedimentology, geochemistry and hydrocarbon potential of the Late Cretaceous Shiranish Formation in the Euphrates Graben (Syria) 811 S. Ismail, H.-M. Schulz, H. Wilkes, B. Horsfield, R. di Primo, M. Dransfield, P. Nederlof & R. Tomeh Session: Passive Margins Passive margins: overview 823 B. Levell, J. Argent, A. G. Dore´ & S. Fraser Constraints on volcanism, igneous intrusion and stretching on the Rockall–Faroe continental margin 831 R. S. White, J. D. Eccles & A. W. Roberts Properties and distribution of lower crustal bodies on the mid-Norwegian margin 843 R. F. Reynisson, J. Ebbing, E. Lundin & P. T. Osmundsen The breakup of the South Atlantic Ocean: formation of failed spreading axes and blocks of thinned continental crust in the Santos Basin, Brazil and its consequences for petroleum system development 855 I. C. Scotchman, G. Gilchrist, N. J. Kusznir, A. M. Roberts & R. Fletcher Structural architecture and nature of the continent–ocean transitional domain at the Camamu and Almada Basins (NE Brazil) within a conjugate margin setting 867 O. A. Blaich, J. I. Faleide, F. Tsikalas, R. Lilletveit, D. Chiossi, P. Brockbank & P. Cobbold New compilation of top basement and basement thickness for the Norwegian continental shelf reveals the segmentation of the passive margin system 885 J. Ebbing & O. Olesen Some emerging concepts in salt tectonics in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico: intrusive plumes, canopy-margin thrusts, minibasin triggers and allochthonous fragments 899 M. P. A. Jackson, M. R. Hudec & T. P. Dooley Source-to-sink systems on passive margins: theory and practice with an example from the Norwegian continental margin 913 O. J. Martinsen, T. O. Sømme, J. B. Thurmond, W. Helland-Hansen & I. Lunt An integrated study of Permo-Triassic basins along the North Atlantic passive margin: implication for future exploration 921 J. Redfern, P. M. Shannon, B. P. J. Williams, S. Tyrrell, S. Leleu, I. Fabuel Pe´rez, C. Baudon, K. Sˇtolfova´, D. Hodgetts, X. van Lanen, A. Speksnijder, P. D. W. Haughton & J. S. Daly Sedimentology, sandstone provenance and palaeodrainage on the eastern Rockall Basin margin: evidence from the Pb isotopic composition of detrital K-feldspar 937 S. Tyrrell, A. K. Souders, P. D. W. Haughton, J. S. Daly & P. M. Shannon Cretaceous revisited: exploring the syn-rift play of the Faroe–Shetland Basin 953 M. Larsen, T. Rasmussen & L. Hjelm Timing, controls and consequences of compression in the Rockall–Faroe area of the NE Atlantic Margin 963 A. Tuitt, J. R. Underhill, J. D. Ritchie, H. Johnson & K. Hitchen Episodic uplift and exhumation along North Atlantic passive margins: implications for hydrocarbon prospectivity 979 P. Japsen, P. F. Green, J. M. Bonow, E. S. Rasmussen, J. A. Chalmers & T. Kjennerud CONTENTS ix New methods of improving seismic data to aid understanding of passive margin evolution: a series of case histories from offshore west of Ireland 1005 R. J. J. Hardy, E. Querendez, F. Biancotto, S. M. Jones, J. O’Sullivan & N. White WATS it take to image an oil field subsalt offshore Angola? 1013 E. Ekstrand, G. Hickman, R. Thomas, I. Threadgold, D. Harrison, A. Los, T. Summers, C. Regone & M. O’Brien Sub-basalt hydrocarbon prospectivity in the Rockall, Faroe–Shetland and Møre basins, NE Atlantic 1025 I. Davison, S. Stasiuk, P. Nuttall & P. Keane Intra-basalt units and base of the volcanic succession east of the Faroe Islands exemplified by interpretation of offshore 3D seismic data 1033 M. Ellefsen, L. O. Boldreel & M. Larsen Exploring for gas: the future for Angola 1043 C. A. Figueiredo, L. Binga, J. Castelhano & B. A. Vining Session: Unconventional Hydrocarbons Resources Unconventional oil and gas resources and the geological storage of carbon dioxide: overview 1061 H. Johnson & A. G. Dore´ Bulk composition and phase behaviour of petroleum sourced by the Bakken Formation of the Williston Basin 1065 P. Kuhn, R. Di Primio & B. Horsfield Shale gas in Europe: a regional overview and current research activities 1079 H.-M. Schulz, B. Horsfield & R. F. Sachsenhofer UK data and analysis for shale gas prospectivity 1087 N. Smith, P. Turner & G. Williams The Western Canada Foreland Basin: a basin-centred gas system 1099 D. J. Boettcher, M. Thomas, M. G. Hrudey, D. J. Lewis, C. O’Brien, B. Oz, D. Repol & R. Yuan Tight gas exploration in the Pannonian Basin 1125 A. Kira´ly, K. Milota, I. Magyar & K. Kiss Natural fractures in some US shales and their importance for gas production 1131 J. F. W. Gale & J. Holder Athabasca oil sands: reservoir characterization and its impact on thermal and mining opportunities 1141 M. J. Peacock Resource potential of gas hydrates: recent contributions from international research and development projects 1151 T. S. Collett King coal: restoring the monarchy by underground gasification coupled to CCS 1155 P. L. Younger, D. J. Roddy & G. Gonza´lez Geological storage of carbon dioxide: an emerging opportunity 1165 W. J. Senior, J. D. Kantorowicz & I. W. Wright History-matching flow simulations and time-lapse seismic data from the Sleipner CO2 plume 1171 R. A. Chadwick & D. J. Noy Differences between flow of injected CO2 and hydrocarbon migration 1183 C. Hermanrud, G. M. G. Teige, M. Iding, O. Eiken, L. Rennan & S. Østmo Preparing for a carbon constrained world; overview of the United States regional carbon sequestration partnerships programme and its Southwest Regional Partnership 1189 R. Esser, R. Levey, B. McPherson, W. O’Dowd, J. Litynski & S. Plasynski Index 1197 The Technical and Editorial Committee Alastair Fraser Bernie Vining Imperial College London, UK Baker Hughes, UK Convenor and Session Editor, Conference Chair and Russia, Former Soviet Union and Joint Editor-in-Chief the Circum-Arctic Steve Pickering Schlumberger, Gatwick, UK Scot Fraser Conference Deputy Chair and BHP Billiton, Houston, USA Joint Editor-in-Chief Convenor, Passive Margins Mark Allen Durham University, UK Co-convenor and Session Editor, Graham Goffey Russia, PA Resources, London, UK Former Soviet Union and Convenor and Session Editor the Circum-Arctic Europe John Argent BG Group, Reading, UK Gary Hampson Convenor and Session Editor, Imperial College London, UK Passive Margins Convenor, Core Workshop Howard Johnson Jonathan Craig BGS Edinburgh, UK Eni Exploration & Production, Milan, Convenor and Session Editor, Italy Unconventional Hydrocarbon Convenor and Session Editor Resources North Africa and Middle East Tony Dore Statoil, Houston, USA Convenor and Session Editor, Passive Margins and Ken McCaffrey Unconventional Hydrocarbon Durham University, UK Resource Convenor, Virtual field trips xiv THE TECHNICAL AND EDITORIAL COMMITTEE James Maynard ExxonMobil International, Robert Scott Leatherhead, UK CASP, Cambridge, UK Convenor and Session Editor, Convenor and Session Editor, Russia, Russia, Former Soviet Union and Former Soviet Union and the Circum- the Circum-Arctic Arctic Jonathan Redfern University of Manchester, UK John Underhill Convenor and Session Editor, University of Edinburgh, UK North Africa and Middle East Convenor, Geocontroversies Bryan Ritchie BP Houston, USA Poster Chair and Session Editor, North Africa and Middle East Session editors and other technical contributors: Grateful thanks are extended to the following companies for their generous sponsorship of the conference: Matthew Allen, Stewart Clark, Richard Davies, Sergey BG Group Drachev, Steve Garrett, Jon Gluyas, Mark Lappin, Adam BGS Law, Bruce Levell, Kevin McLachlan, Julian Rush, John BP Smallwood, Michael Thomas, Ian Walker Centrica Energy Chevron The Petroleum Geology Conferences Board Members: ConocoPhillips ExxonMobil Chris Bulley (Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Hardy Oil and Gas plc Britain), Jerry Chessell (Petroleum Exploration Society of Hess Great Britain), Roger Cooper (Energy Institute), Andy Fleet Maersk (The Geological Society of London), Louise Kingham MND Exploration & Production (Energy Institute), John Martin (Energy Institute), Edmund Nexen Nickless (The Geological Society of London) Petro-Canada PA Resources Organising Committee: Schlumberger Serica Energy Marian Scutt (Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Sonangol Gas Natural Britain), Jacqueline Warner (Energy Institute), Georgina StatoilHydro Worrall (The Geological Society of London) Venture Production plc And with thanks to: Malcolm Brown (BG Group) PGC VII Sponsorship Chairman For help with the core workshop: British Sedimentological Research Group (BSRG), British Geological Survey (BGS)

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