Petroleum Geology: From Mature Basins to New Frontiers - 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
Published by The Geological Society
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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 Conferenceis 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
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Contents
VOLUME 1
DVDContents xi
TheTechnicalandEditorialCommittee xiii
Preface xv
Globalpetroleumsystemsinspaceandtime 1
S.May,R.Kleist,E.Kneller,C.Johnson&S.Creaney
TheGeoControversiesdebates 11
J.R.Underhill
Virtualfieldtripsforpetroleumgeoscientists 19
K.J.W.McCaffrey,D.Hodgetts,J.Howell,D.Hunt,J.Imber,R.R.Jones,M.Tomasso,
J.Thurmond&S.Viseur
ColinOakmancoreworkshop 27
G.J.Hampson,J.D.Collinson&P.Gutteridge
Session: Europe
Europeoverview 31
G.Goffey
Exploration
NorthSeahydrocarbonsystems:someaspectsofourevolvinginsightsintoaclassichydrocarbonprovince 37
D.Erratt,G.M.Thomas,N.R.Hartley,R.Musum,P.H.Nicholson&Y.Spisto
ThesearchforaCarboniferouspetroleumsystembeneaththeCentralNorthSea 57
R.Milton-Worssell,K.Smith,A.McGrandle,J.Watson&D.Cameron
Channelstructuresformedbycontourcurrentsandfluidexpulsion:significanceforLateNeogenedevelopment
ofthecentralNorthSeabasin 77
P.C. Knutz
SourcerockqualityandmaturityandoiltypesintheNWDanishCentralGraben:implicationsforpetroleum
prospectivityevaluationinanUpperJurassicsandstoneplayarea 95
H.I.Petersen,H.P.Nytoft,H.Vosgerau,C.Andersen,J.A.Bojesen-Koefoed&A.Mathiesen
Fromthrust-and-foldbelttoforeland:hydrocarbonoccurrencesinItaly 113
F.Bertello,R.Fantoni,R.Franciosi,V.Gatti,M.Ghielmi&A.Pugliese
UpperJurassicreservoirsandstonesintheDanishCentralGraben:newinsightsondistributionanddepositional
environments 127
P.N.Johannessen,K.Dybkjær,C.Andersen,L.Kristensen,J.Hovikoski&H.Vosgerau
ArchitectureofanUpperJurassicbarrierislandsandstonereservoir,DanishCentralGraben:implications
ofaHolocene–RecentanaloguefromtheWaddenSea 145
P.N.Johannessen,L.H.Nielsen,L.Nielsen,I.Møller,M.Pejrup&T.J.Andersen
SedimentologyandsequencestratigraphyoftheHuginFormation,Quadrant15,Norwegiansector,
SouthVikingGraben 157
R.L.Kieft,C.A.-L.Jackson,G.J.Hampson&E.Larsen
ReappraisalofthesequencestratigraphyoftheHumberGroupoftheUKCentralGraben 177
P.J.Sansom
vi CONTENTS
TheHuntingtondiscoveries:efficientexplorationintheUKCentralNorthSea 213
J.M.Hollywood&R.C.Olson
TheJasminediscovery,CentralNorthSea,UKCS 225
S.Archer,S.Ward,S.Menad,I.Shahim,N.Grant,H.Sloan&A.Cole
ProspectivityoftheT38sequenceintheNorthernJuddBasin 245
J.M.Rodriguez,G.Pickering&W.J.Kirk
CanstratigraphicplayschangethepetroleumexplorationoutlookoftheNetherlands? 261
F.F.N.VanHulten
Field Development and Production
Laggan;amatureunderstandingofanundevelopeddiscovery,morethan20yearsold 279
A.Gordon,T.Younis,C.Bernard-Graille,R.Gray,J.-M.Urruty,L.Ben-Brahim,J.-C.Navarre,
B.Paternoster&G.Evers
Managingthestart-upofafracturedoilreservoir:developmentoftheClairfield,WestofShetland 299
A.J.Witt,S.R.Fowler,R.M.Kjelstadli,L.F.Draper,D.Barr&J.P.McGarrity
Overcomingmultipleuncertaintiesinachallenginggasdevelopment:ChiswickFieldUKSNS 315
R.Nesbit&K.Overshott
TheEnsignenigma:improvingwelldeliverabilityinatightgasreservoir 325
K.Purvis,K.E.Overshott,J.C.Madgett&T.Niven
Maximizingproductionandreservesfromoffshoreheavyoilfieldsusingseismicanddrillingtechnology:
AlbaandCaptainFields,UKNS 337
J.M.Hampson,S.F.Walden&C.Bell
LocatingtheremainingoilintheNelsonField 349
C.E.Gill&M.Shepherd
TheBuzzardField:anatomyofthereservoirfromappraisaltoproduction 369
F.M.Ray,S.J.Pinnock,H.Katamish&J.B.Turnbull
TheScottField:revitalizationofamaturefield 387
G.R.Brook,J.R.Wardell,S.F.Flanagan&T.P.Regan
PredictingproductionbehaviourfromdeepHPHTTriassicreservoirsandtheimpactofsedimentaryarchitecture
onrecovery 405
S.Kape,O.DiazDeSouza,I.Bushnaq,M.Hayes&I.Turner
Sedimentologyandunexpectedpressuredecline:theHP/HTKristinField 419
J.G.Quin,P.Zweigel,E.Eldholm,O.R.Hansen,K.R.Christoffersen&A.Zaostrovski
Anoldfieldinanewlandscape:therenaissanceofDonan 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
Aroadmapfortheidentificationandrecoveryofby-passedpay 453
P.F.Worthington
Tiltingoil–watercontactinthechalkofTyraFieldasinterpretedfromcapillarypressuredata 463
I.L.Fabricius&M.A.Rana
AholostratigraphicapproachtothechalkoftheNorthSeaEldfiskField,Norway 473
M.J.Hampton,H.W.Bailey&A.D.Jones
RoleoftheChalkindevelopmentofdeepoverpressureintheCentralNorthSea 493
R.E.Swarbrick,R.W.Lahann,S.A.O’Connor&A.J.Mallon
Investigatingfault-sealingpotentialthroughfaultrelativeseismicvolumeanalysis 509
J.-F.Dutzer,H.Basford&S.Purves
4Dacquisitionandprocessing:aNorthSeacasestudyontherelativecontributionstoimproved4Drepeatability 517
E.C.Rushmere,M.Dyce,S.Campbell&A.J.Hill
CONTENTS vii
Applyingtime-lapseseismicmethodstoreservoirmanagementandfielddevelopmentplanningatSouthArne,
DanishNorthSea 523
J.V.Herwanger,C.R.Schiøtt,R.Frederiksen,F.If,O.V.Vejbæk,R.Wold,H.J.Hansen,
E.Palmer&N.Koutsabeloulis
3Dseismicmappingandporosityvariationofintra-chalkunitsinthesouthernDanishNorthSea 537
T.Abramovitz,C.Andersen,F.C.Jakobsen,L.Kristensen&E.Sheldon
SeismicimagingofvariablewaterlayersoundspeedinRockallTrough,NEAtlanticandimplicationsfor
seismicsurveyingindeepwater 549
S.M.Jones,C.Sutton,R.J.J.Hardy&D.Hardy
NewaeromagneticandgravitycompilationsfromNorwayandadjacentareas:methodsandapplications 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,FSUandtheCircum-Arctic:‘thefinalfrontier’ 589
J.R.Maynard,A.J.Fraser,M.B.Allen,R.A.Scott&S.Drachev
TectonichistoryandpetroleumgeologyoftheRussianArcticShelves:anoverview 591
S.S.Drachev,N.A.Malyshev&A.M.Nikishin
AssessmentofundiscoveredpetroleumresourcesofthenorthandeastmarginsoftheSiberiancraton
northoftheArcticCircle
T.R.Klett,C.J.Wandrey&J.K.Pitman 621
SynchronousexhumationeventsaroundtheArcticincludingexamplesfromBarentsSea
andAlaskaNorthSlope 633
P.F.Green&I.R.Duddy
OffsetandcurvatureoftheNovayaZemlyafold-and-thrustbelt,ArcticRussia 645
R.A.Scott,J.P.Howard,L.Guo,R.Schekoldin&V.Pease
ChargingthegiantgasfieldsoftheNWSiberiabasin 659
E.Fjellanger,A.E.Kontorovich,S.A.Barboza,L.M.Burshtein,M.J.Hardy&V.R.Livshits
Session: North Africa and Middle East
MiddleEastandNorthAfrica:overview 671
J.Redfern&J.Craig
FromNeoproterozoictoEarlyCenozoic:exploringthepotentialofolderanddeeperhydrocarbonplaysacross
NorthAfricaandtheMiddleEast 673
J.Craig,D.Grigo,A.Rebora,G.Serafini&E.Tebaldi
Palaeohighs:theirinfluenceontheNorthAfricanPalaeozoicpetroleumsystems 707
R.Eschard,F.Braik,D.Bekkouche,M.BenRahuma,G.Desaubliaux,R.Deschamps&J.N.Proust
StratigraphictrappingpotentialintheCarboniferousofNorthAfrica:developingnewplayconcepts
basedonintegratedoutcropsedimentologyandregionalsequencestratigraphy
(Morocco,Algeria,Libya) 725
S.Lubeseder,J.Redfern,L.Petitpierre&S.Fro¨hlich
IntegratedpetroleumsystemsandplayfairwayanalysisinacomplexPalaeozoicbasin:Ghadames–IlliziBasin,
NorthAfrica 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,chemostratigraphyandthermalmaturityoftheA1-NC198explorationwellintheKufraBasin,
SELibya 761
S.Lu¨ning,N.Miles,T.Pearce,E.Brooker,P.Barnard,G.Johannson&S.Scha¨fer
viii CONTENTS
ExploringsubtleexplorationplaysintheGulfofSuez 771
P.N.Dancer,J.Collins,A.Beckly,K.Johnson,G.Campbell,G.Mumaw&B.Hepworth
ThehydrocarbonprospectivityoftheEgyptianNorthRedSeabasin 783
G.Gordon,B.Hansen,J.Scott,C.Hirst,R.Graham,T.Grow,A.Spedding,S.Fairhead,L.Fullarton&D.Griffin
AregionaloverviewoftheexplorationpotentialoftheMiddleEast:acasestudyintheapplicationofplay
fairwayriskmappingtechniques 791
A.J.Fraser
AppraisalanddevelopmentoftheTaqTaqfield,Kurdistanregion,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,geochemistryandhydrocarbonpotentialoftheLateCretaceousShiranishFormationinthe
EuphratesGraben(Syria) 811
S.Ismail,H.-M.Schulz,H.Wilkes,B.Horsfield,R.diPrimo,M.Dransfield,P.Nederlof&R.Tomeh
Session: Passive Margins
Passivemargins:overview 823
B.Levell,J.Argent,A.G.Dore´ &S.Fraser
Constraintsonvolcanism,igneousintrusionandstretchingontheRockall–Faroecontinentalmargin 831
R.S.White,J.D.Eccles&A.W.Roberts
Propertiesanddistributionoflowercrustalbodiesonthemid-Norwegianmargin 843
R.F.Reynisson,J.Ebbing,E.Lundin&P.T.Osmundsen
ThebreakupoftheSouthAtlanticOcean:formationoffailedspreadingaxesandblocksofthinnedcontinental
crustintheSantosBasin,Brazilanditsconsequencesforpetroleumsystemdevelopment 855
I.C.Scotchman,G.Gilchrist,N.J.Kusznir,A.M.Roberts&R.Fletcher
Structuralarchitectureandnatureofthecontinent–oceantransitionaldomainattheCamamuand
AlmadaBasins(NEBrazil)withinaconjugatemarginsetting 867
O.A.Blaich,J.I.Faleide,F.Tsikalas,R.Lilletveit,D.Chiossi,P.Brockbank&P.Cobbold
NewcompilationoftopbasementandbasementthicknessfortheNorwegiancontinentalshelfrevealsthe
segmentationofthepassivemarginsystem 885
J.Ebbing&O.Olesen
SomeemergingconceptsinsalttectonicsinthedeepwaterGulfofMexico:intrusiveplumes,
canopy-marginthrusts,minibasintriggersandallochthonousfragments 899
M.P.A.Jackson,M.R.Hudec&T.P.Dooley
Source-to-sinksystemsonpassivemargins:theoryandpracticewithanexamplefromtheNorwegiancontinental
margin 913
O.J.Martinsen,T.O.Sømme,J.B.Thurmond,W.Helland-Hansen&I.Lunt
AnintegratedstudyofPermo-TriassicbasinsalongtheNorthAtlanticpassivemargin:implicationforfuture
exploration 921
J.Redfern,P.M.Shannon,B.P.J.Williams,S.Tyrrell,S.Leleu,I.FabuelPe´rez,C.Baudon,K.Sˇtolfova´,
D.Hodgetts,X.vanLanen,A.Speksnijder,P.D.W.Haughton&J.S.Daly
Sedimentology,sandstoneprovenanceandpalaeodrainageontheeasternRockallBasinmargin:
evidencefromthePbisotopiccompositionofdetritalK-feldspar 937
S.Tyrrell,A.K.Souders,P.D.W.Haughton,J.S.Daly&P.M.Shannon
Cretaceousrevisited:exploringthesyn-riftplayoftheFaroe–ShetlandBasin 953
M.Larsen,T.Rasmussen&L.Hjelm
Timing,controlsandconsequencesofcompressionintheRockall–FaroeareaoftheNEAtlanticMargin 963
A.Tuitt,J.R.Underhill,J.D.Ritchie,H.Johnson&K.Hitchen
EpisodicupliftandexhumationalongNorthAtlanticpassivemargins:implicationsfor
hydrocarbonprospectivity 979
P.Japsen,P.F.Green,J.M.Bonow,E.S.Rasmussen,J.A.Chalmers&T.Kjennerud
CONTENTS ix
Newmethodsofimprovingseismicdatatoaidunderstandingofpassivemarginevolution:aseriesofcase
historiesfromoffshorewestofIreland 1005
R.J.J.Hardy,E.Querendez,F.Biancotto,S.M.Jones,J.O’Sullivan&N.White
WATSittaketoimageanoilfieldsubsaltoffshoreAngola? 1013
E.Ekstrand,G.Hickman,R.Thomas,I.Threadgold,D.Harrison,A.Los,T.Summers,C.Regone&M.O’Brien
Sub-basalthydrocarbonprospectivityintheRockall,Faroe–ShetlandandMørebasins,NEAtlantic 1025
I.Davison,S.Stasiuk,P.Nuttall&P.Keane
Intra-basaltunitsandbaseofthevolcanicsuccessioneastoftheFaroeIslandsexemplifiedby
interpretationofoffshore3Dseismicdata 1033
M.Ellefsen,L.O.Boldreel&M.Larsen
Exploringforgas:thefutureforAngola 1043
C.A.Figueiredo,L.Binga,J.Castelhano&B.A.Vining
Session: Unconventional Hydrocarbons Resources
Unconventionaloilandgasresourcesandthegeologicalstorageofcarbondioxide:overview 1061
H.Johnson&A.G.Dore´
BulkcompositionandphasebehaviourofpetroleumsourcedbytheBakkenFormationofthe
WillistonBasin 1065
P.Kuhn,R.DiPrimio&B.Horsfield
ShalegasinEurope:aregionaloverviewandcurrentresearchactivities 1079
H.-M.Schulz,B.Horsfield&R.F.Sachsenhofer
UKdataandanalysisforshalegasprospectivity 1087
N.Smith,P.Turner&G.Williams
TheWesternCanadaForelandBasin:abasin-centredgassystem 1099
D.J.Boettcher,M.Thomas,M.G.Hrudey,D.J.Lewis,C.O’Brien,B.Oz,D.Repol&R.Yuan
TightgasexplorationinthePannonianBasin 1125
A.Kira´ly,K.Milota,I.Magyar&K.Kiss
NaturalfracturesinsomeUSshalesandtheirimportanceforgasproduction 1131
J.F.W.Gale&J.Holder
Athabascaoilsands:reservoircharacterizationanditsimpactonthermalandminingopportunities 1141
M.J.Peacock
Resourcepotentialofgashydrates:recentcontributionsfrominternationalresearchand
developmentprojects 1151
T.S.Collett
Kingcoal:restoringthemonarchybyundergroundgasificationcoupledtoCCS 1155
P.L.Younger,D.J.Roddy&G.Gonza´lez
Geologicalstorageofcarbondioxide:anemergingopportunity 1165
W.J.Senior,J.D.Kantorowicz&I.W.Wright
History-matchingflowsimulationsandtime-lapseseismicdatafromtheSleipnerCO plume 1171
2
R.A.Chadwick&D.J.Noy
DifferencesbetweenflowofinjectedCO andhydrocarbonmigration 1183
2
C.Hermanrud,G.M.G.Teige,M.Iding,O.Eiken,L.Rennan&S.Østmo
Preparingforacarbonconstrainedworld;overviewoftheUnitedStatesregionalcarbonsequestration
partnershipsprogrammeanditsSouthwestRegionalPartnership 1189
R.Esser,R.Levey,B.McPherson,W.O’Dowd,J.Litynski&S.Plasynski
Index 1197
The Technical and Editorial Committee
AlastairFraser
BernieVining ImperialCollegeLondon,UK
BakerHughes,UK ConvenorandSessionEditor,
ConferenceChairand Russia,FormerSovietUnionand
JointEditor-in-Chief theCircum-Arctic
StevePickering
Schlumberger,Gatwick,UK
ScotFraser
ConferenceDeputyChairand
BHPBilliton, Houston,USA
JointEditor-in-Chief
Convenor,PassiveMargins
MarkAllen
DurhamUniversity,UK
Co-convenorandSessionEditor, GrahamGoffey
Russia, PAResources,London,UK
FormerSovietUnionand ConvenorandSessionEditor
theCircum-Arctic Europe
JohnArgent
BGGroup,Reading,UK GaryHampson
ConvenorandSessionEditor, ImperialCollegeLondon,UK
PassiveMargins Convenor,CoreWorkshop
HowardJohnson
JonathanCraig
BGSEdinburgh,UK
EniExploration&Production,Milan,
ConvenorandSessionEditor,
Italy
UnconventionalHydrocarbon
ConvenorandSessionEditor
Resources
NorthAfricaandMiddleEast
TonyDore
Statoil,Houston,USA
ConvenorandSessionEditor,
PassiveMarginsand KenMcCaffrey
UnconventionalHydrocarbon DurhamUniversity,UK
Resource Convenor,Virtualfieldtrips
xiv THETECHNICALANDEDITORIALCOMMITTEE
JamesMaynard
ExxonMobilInternational, RobertScott
Leatherhead,UK CASP,Cambridge,UK
ConvenorandSessionEditor, ConvenorandSessionEditor,Russia,
Russia,FormerSovietUnionand FormerSovietUnionandtheCircum-
theCircum-Arctic Arctic
JonathanRedfern
UniversityofManchester,UK JohnUnderhill
ConvenorandSessionEditor, UniversityofEdinburgh,UK
NorthAfricaandMiddleEast Convenor,Geocontroversies
BryanRitchie
BPHouston,USA
PosterChairandSessionEditor,
NorthAfricaandMiddleEast
Sessioneditorsandothertechnicalcontributors: Gratefulthanksareextendedtothefollowingcompanies
fortheirgeneroussponsorshipoftheconference:
MatthewAllen,StewartClark,RichardDavies,Sergey
BGGroup
Drachev,SteveGarrett,JonGluyas,MarkLappin,Adam
BGS
Law,BruceLevell, KevinMcLachlan,JulianRush,John
BP
Smallwood,MichaelThomas,IanWalker
CentricaEnergy
Chevron
ThePetroleumGeologyConferencesBoardMembers: ConocoPhillips
ExxonMobil
ChrisBulley(PetroleumExplorationSocietyofGreat
HardyOilandGasplc
Britain),JerryChessell(PetroleumExplorationSocietyof
Hess
GreatBritain),RogerCooper(EnergyInstitute),AndyFleet
Maersk
(TheGeologicalSocietyofLondon),LouiseKingham
MNDExploration&Production
(EnergyInstitute),JohnMartin(EnergyInstitute),Edmund
Nexen
Nickless(TheGeologicalSocietyofLondon)
Petro-Canada
PAResources
OrganisingCommittee: Schlumberger
SericaEnergy
MarianScutt(PetroleumExplorationSocietyofGreat
SonangolGasNatural
Britain),JacquelineWarner(EnergyInstitute),Georgina
StatoilHydro
Worrall(TheGeologicalSocietyofLondon)
VentureProductionplc
Andwiththanksto:
MalcolmBrown(BGGroup)PGCVIISponsorship
Chairman
Forhelpwiththecoreworkshop:
BritishSedimentologicalResearchGroup(BSRG),British
GeologicalSurvey(BGS)