Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference 				series: 8 (1)

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series

Volume 8, 2018

Petroleum Geology of NW Europe: 50 Years of Learning – Proceedings of the 8th Petroleum Geology Conference

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M. Bowman, University of Manchester, UK and
B. Levell, University of Oxford, UK

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Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, NP, 16 January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8

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The Petroleum Geology of NW Europe: 50 years of learning – a platform for present value and future success. An overview
Bruce Levell and Mike Bowman

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 1-8, 25 September 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.41

Plays and Fairways

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Tectonostratigraphic framework and depositional history of the Cretaceous–Danian succession of the Danish Central Graben (North Sea) – new light on a mature area
F. S. P. van Buchem, F. W. H. Smit, G. J. A. Buijs, B. Trudgill and P.-H. Larsen

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 9-46, 16 January 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.24
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Multiple episodes of regional exhumation and inversion identified in the UK Southern North Sea based on integration of palaeothermal and palaeoburial indicators
Paul F. Green, Ian R. Duddy and Peter Japsen

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 47-65, 17 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.21
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3D basin and petroleum system modelling of the NW German North Sea (Entenschnabel)
Jashar Arfai and Rüdiger Lutz

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 67-86, 17 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.35
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New insights into the unexploited reservoir potential of the Mid North Sea High (UKCS quadrants 35–38 and 41–43): a newly described intra-Zechstein sulphate–carbonate platform complex
Stefano Patruno, William Reid, Christopher A-L. Jackson and Chris Davies

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 87-124, 13 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.9
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Regional study of controls on reservoir quality in the Triassic Skagerrak Formation of the Central North Sea
M. Akpokodje, A. Melvin, J. Churchill, S. Burns, J. Morris, S. Kape, M. Wakefield and R. Ameerali

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 125-146, 23 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.29
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Regional distribution and controls on the development of post-rift turbidite systems: insights from the Paleocene of the eastern North Viking Graben, offshore Norway
Evelina Dmitrieva, Christopher A.-L. Jackson, Mads Huuse and Ian A. Kane

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 147-170, 30 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.31
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Old challenges, new developments and new plays in Irish offshore exploration
Patrick M. Shannon

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 171-185, 15 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.12
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Petroleum systems and results of exploration on the Atlantic margins of the UK, Faroes & Ireland: what have we learnt?
Iain C. Scotchman, Anthony G. Doré and Anthony M. Spencer

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 187-197, 27 October 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.14
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Deep structure of the Porcupine Basin from wide-angle seismic data
Louise Watremez, Manel Prada, Tim Minshull, Brian O'Reilly, Chen Chen, Tim Reston, Pat Shannon, Gerlind Wagner, Viola Gaw, Dirk Klaeschen, Rose Edwards and Sergei Lebedev

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 199-209, 27 October 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.26
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Challenges of future exploration within the UK Rockall Basin
Nick Schofield, David Jolley, Simon Holford, Stuart Archer, Douglas Watson, Adrian Hartley, John Howell, David Muirhead, John Underhill and Paul Green

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 211-229, 16 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.37
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Exploration challenges along the North Atlantic volcanic margins: the intra-volcanic sandstone play in subsurface and outcrop
Michael Larsen, Brian Bell, Pierpaolo Guarnieri, Henrik Vosgerau and Rikke Weibel

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 231-245, 27 October 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.13
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Controls on the reservoir quality of Late Cretaceous Springar Formation deep-water fan systems in the Vøring Basin
Alana Finlayson, Angela Melvin, Alex Guise and James Churchill

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 247-257, 13 June 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.27

Play Assessment

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The challenge of unbiased application of risk analysis towards future profitable exploration
Gary P. Citron, P. Jeffrey Brown, James MacKay, Peter Carragher and David Cook

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 259-266, 27 October 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.2
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Exploration well failures from the UK North Sea
Christian J. H. Mathieu

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 267-272, 26 September 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.3
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The edges of the wedges: a systematic approach to trap definition and risking for stratigraphic, combination and sub-unconformity traps
Eleanor J. Stirling, Edith M. G. Fugelli and Mark Thompson

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 273-286, 3 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.19

Recent Successes and Learnings from Failures

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New exploration discoveries in a mature basin: offshore Denmark
Graham Goffey, Mark Attree, Paul Curtis, Fiona Goodfellow, Jeremy Lynch, Dave Mackertich, Tobore Orife and William Tyrrell

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 287-306, 26 September 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.1
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Petroleum geology of the Cygnus gas field, UK North Sea: from discovery to development
Ross Catto, Samantha Taggart and Gareth Poole

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 307-318, 23 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.39
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The Bacchus development: dealing with geological uncertainty in a small high-pressure–high-temperature development
Phil Rose, Grant Byerley and Owen Vaughan

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 319-337, 26 September 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.4
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The 35/9-7 Skarfjell discovery: a genuine stratigraphic trap, NE North Sea, Norway
Jens-Ole Koch, Andreas Frischbutter, Kjell Øygard and John Cater

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 339-354, 17 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.34
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Rhyl Field: developing a new structural model by integrating basic geological principles with advanced seismic imaging in the Irish Sea
Gavin Ward and Dean Baker

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 355-371, 27 October 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.11
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The influence of volcanic rocks on the characterization of Rosebank Field – new insights from ocean-bottom seismic data and geological analogues integrated through interpretation and modelling
S. Poppitt, L. J. Duncan, B. Preu, F. Fazzari and J. Archer

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 373-384, 15 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.6
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The Lancaster Field: progress in opening the UK's fractured basement play
A. Belaidi, D. A. Bonter, C. Slightam and R. C. Trice

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 385-398, 26 September 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.20

Infrastructure-led Exploration and Development

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A hydrodynamic model and associated spill-point map for the Huntington Field, UK Central North Sea
Sam Green, Stephen O'Connor, Richard Swarbrick and Kester Waters

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 399-412, 29 November 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.7
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Lateral accretion in a straight slope channel system: an example from the Forties Sandstone of the Huntington Field, UK Central North Sea
Chris Edwards, Sean McQuaid, Stewart Easton, Don Scott, Andrew Couch, Ron Evans and Stephen Hart

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 413-428, 16 January 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.33
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The Shearwater Field – understanding the overburden above a geologically complex and pressure-depleted high-pressure and high-temperature field
D. W. Jones, B. J. Taylor, C. E. Gill, M. Bevaart, P. F. van Bergen, J. S. Watson, S. De Gennaro and M. Hodzic

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 429-443, 3 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.36
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The Knarr Field: a new development at the northern edge of the North Sea
Silje S. Skarpeid, James M. Churchill, Jamie P. J. Hilton, Chris N. Izatt and Matthew T. Poole

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 445-454, 3 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.23
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Beyond Laggan–Tormore: maximizing economic recovery from gas infrastructure West of Shetland
P. Noel and N. Taylor

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 455-464, 26 September 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.17

Late-life Fields, Redevelopment and the Next Life

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Unlocking 4D seismic technology to maximize recovery from the pre-salt Rotliegend gas fields of the Southern North Sea
Jonathan Brain, Thomas Lassaigne, Mathieu Darnet and Peter Van Loevezijn

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 465-471, 3 July 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.38
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Re-saturation targets identified from 4D seismic softening responses in the Forties Field
Lyndsay Singer, Grant Byerley and Phil Rose

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 473-483, 16 January 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.25
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Aviat: a Lower Pleistocene shallow gas hazard developed as a fuel gas supply for the Forties Field
Phil Rose, Grant Byerley, Owen Vaughan, John Cater, Brice R. Rea, Matteo Spagnolo and Stuart Archer

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 485-505, 27 October 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.16
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The Beryl Field area: increasing production in a mature asset
J. Pyle, G. Farquharson, J. Gibson, D. Helgeson and J. Towart

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 507-523, 30 August 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.32
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Spectral decomposition: an aid in characterizing field architectures of the Laggan and Tormore fields, Faroe–Shetland Basin
K. A. Wright, R. Nice, M. Tazzi, K. Purnell and V. Penasse

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 525-535, 17 March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.10
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Future directions in reservoir modelling: new tools and ‘fit-for-purpose’ workflows
Mark Bentley and Philip Ringrose

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 537-546, 30 May 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.40
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Goldeneye: Tomorrow Never Dies (or a field Only Lives Twice)
John D. Marshall, Owain D. Tucker, Cliff E. Lovelock, Sebastian J. Darker, Carlos E. Annia and Jon B. Hognestad

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 547-560, 30 January 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.18
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North Sea – next life: extending the commercial life of producing North Sea fields
Jon Gluyas, Simon Mathias and Salim Goudarzi

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 561-570, 27 October 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.30

Onshore Exploration and Development

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Shale prospectivity onshore Britain
Antoinette L. Harvey, Ian J. Andrews and Alison A. Monaghan

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 571-584, 15 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.15
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The application of elemental geochemistry to UK onshore unconventional plays
David A. Riley, Tim J. Pearce, Eliza Mathia, Ken Ratcliffe and John Martin

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 585-594, 26 September 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.8
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An assessment of the Upper Succession and the related secondary reservoirs in the Welton Field, onshore UK
James Steventon and Mike Bowman

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 595-609, 15 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.22
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The unconventional Carboniferous reservoirs of the Greater Kirby Misperton gas field and their potential: North Yorkshire's sleeping giant
Fred Hughes, David Harrison, Matthew Haarhoff, Paul Howlett, Andrew Pearson, Debbie Ware, Colin Taylor, Grant Emms and Andy Mortimer

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference series, 8, 611-625, 26 September 2016, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.5

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Article

Plays and Fairways

Play Assessment

Recent Successes and Learnings from Failures

Infrastructure-led Exploration and Development

Late-life Fields, Redevelopment and the Next Life

Onshore Exploration and Development

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