Petroleum Geology: From Mature Basins to New Frontiers - Proceedings of the 7th Petroleum Geology Conference

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by  B A Vining, S C Pickering

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Proceedings of the 7th Petroleum Geology Conference
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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.
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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)