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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, 17 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.37
Nick Schofield
1Geology and Petroleum Geology, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Meston Building, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK
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1Geology and Petroleum Geology, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Meston Building, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK
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2Australian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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Stuart Archer
3Maersk Oil and Gas A/S, Eplandaen 50, DK-1098 Copenhagen K, Denmark
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Douglas Watson
1Geology and Petroleum Geology, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Meston Building, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK
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Adrian Hartley
1Geology and Petroleum Geology, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Meston Building, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK
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1Geology and Petroleum Geology, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Meston Building, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK
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David Muirhead
1Geology and Petroleum Geology, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Meston Building, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK
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John Underhill
4School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Gregory Building, Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
5Shell Centre for Geosciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK
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The UK Rockall Basin is one of the most underexplored areas of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), with only 12 exploration wells drilled since 1980. With only one discovery made in 2000 (Benbecula (154/1-1) gas discovery), the general view of the basin from an exploration viewpoint is not positive. However, over the last 15 years, our knowledge of the petroleum systems of the Atlantic Margin has substantially increased. With the recent acquisition of new seismic data by the UK Government as part of the OGA's Frontiers Basin Research Programme, it is a pertinent time to re-examine the prospectivity of the UK Rockall Basin.

This paper presents a history of exploration within the UK Rockall Basin, from the first well drilled in the basin in 1980, to the last well, drilled in 2006. We then present new insights into the lack of success during exploration within the basin, in particular by focusing on the extensive Early Cenozoic volcanic rocks within Rockall, to illustrate the wide range of potential interactions with the petroleum system. We also present evidence that points to the potential of a viable intra-basaltic (Rosebank) type play along the eastern flank of the Rockall Basin.

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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, 17 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.37
Nick Schofield
1Geology and Petroleum Geology, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Meston Building, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK
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John Underhill
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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, 17 February 2017, https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.37
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