Description of impact
Researchers in petroleum geology at the University of Aberdeen have since the mid 1990's been investigating the characteristics and geological context of sand injectites. The geological contexts within which injected sands are discovered have permitted a step change in the production potential in some oil fields (up to c. 1 billion barrels oil), and to define new exploration targets (up to 250 million barrels oil) to make a significant increase to the overall proven reserves of hydrocarbons in any given province (e.g. the North Sea). The findings of this research have been utilised by a number of multinational oil & gas companies to optimise their exploration and field development strategies to maximise the commercial production of hydrocarbons. This case study describes the economic impacts resulting from two projects in particular in the North Sea, the Volund field (Marathon Oil) and the Mariner Field (Statoil) resulting in the enhancement of strategy, operations and management practices; improvements in performance and adoption of new processes; and creation of new employment as a direct result of research facilitating the development of new assets that would otherwise have remained fallow.Impact status | Impact Completed (Open) |
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Research output
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Physical characteristics of sand injectites
Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › peer-review
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Regional sand injectite architecture as a record of pore-pressure evolution and sand redistribution in the shallow crust: insights from the Panoche Giant Injection Complex, California
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sand injectites: An emerging global play in deep-water clastic environments
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Extrusive sandstones (extrudites): a new class of stratigraphic trap?
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Sand Injectites: Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production
Research output: Book/Report › Book
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The Process of Sand Injection: Internal Structures and Relationships with Host Strata (Yellowbank Creek Injectite Complex, California, U.S.A.)
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review