Fractured basement play development on the UK and Norwegian rifted margins
| Autor: | Robert Trice, Robert E. Holdsworth, Cecilie Hiorth |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Norwegian continental shelf
geography geography.geographical_feature_category 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Continental shelf Geology Ocean Engineering Field development Norwegian 010502 geochemistry & geophysics 01 natural sciences language.human_language Paleontology Basement (geology) language Subject areas 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Water Science and Technology |
| Zdroj: | Geological Society London, Special Publications, 2022, Vol.495, pp.73-97 [Peer Reviewed Journal] |
| Popis: | Fractured crystalline basement reservoirs (basement) on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) and the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) have been underexplored. Over the last 12 years, Hurricane Energy has deliberately set out to explore basement potential by exploring and appraising the Rona Ridge, West of Shetland; and the Rona Ridge Lancaster Field is now being progressed towards being the first UK basement field development. The Norwegian basement play is also recognized as a potentially material resource through serendipitous oil discoveries, with the 16/1-15 well, drilled in 2011, being the first successful full-scale basement test on the NCS. Building on this success, the 2018 Rolvsnes appraisal well (16/1-28 S) has demonstrated the significant basement potential of the extensive Utsira High and confirmed the materiality of a Norwegian basement play. The Rona Ridge and Utsira basement discoveries are used as a comparison with two other, yet to be evaluated, prospective basement plays on the NCS, with the objective of establishing technical subject areas where future UKCS and NCS collaboration would aid in accelerating understanding of the UKCS–NCS basement play. |
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