Tertiary deep-marine reservoirs of the North Sea region: An introduction

T. McKie; P. T S Rose; A. J. Hartley; D. W. Jones; T. L. Armstrong

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Tertiary deep-marine reservoirs of the North Sea region: An introduction

T. McKie^*, P. T S Rose, A. J. Hartley, D. W. Jones, T. L. Armstrong

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Abstract

The early discovery of the Arbroath Field in 1969, and the Montrose and giant Forties fields in 1970, initiated intensive exploration of the Tertiary deep-marine play in the North Sea region. Numerous subsequent discoveries (Fig. 1), including Frigg (in 1971), Maureen (in 1973), Gannet (in 1973), Andrew (in 1974), Pierce (in 1976), Everest (in 1982), Alba (in 1984), Gryphon (in 1987), Nelson (in 1988), Harding (in 1988), Jotun (in 1994), Siri (in 1995) and Merganser (in 1995), demonstrate the success of this play and the geological diversity of Paleocene and Eocene systems present within the region. Although the North Sea Basin is now considered mature, with Cenozoic reservoirs well along their creaming curve (Vining et al. 2005), recent discoveries (e.g. the Catcher Field in 2010) highlight that potential still remains within intensively explored areas such as the Central North Sea, as well as in the less explored regions such as the Atlantic margin and the Norwegian Sea. The importance of these reservoirs is demonstrated by the large proportion of UK production to which they contribute, amounting to approximately 25% of all production from UK oil fields since 1975 on a barrel of oil equivalent (BOE) basis (Fig. 2). Indeed, over time that proportion has increased from 20% of production in the 1970s and 1980s to 30% from the 1990s.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Tertiary Deep-Marine Reservoirs of the North Sea Region
Editors	T McKie, P T S Rose, A J Hartley, D W Jones, T L Armstrong
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Geological Society of London
Pages	1-16
Number of pages	16
Volume	403
Edition	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1144/SP403.12
Publication status	Published - 2015

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Name	Special Publications
Publisher	The Geological Society of London
ISSN (Print)	0305-8719

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We thank our authors for investing their time and science in this book – and for their perseverance in getting their manuscripts and revised manuscripts through their company external publication approval processes and those of their partner companies. We also give sincere thanks to the people who gave their free time and expertise to reviewing manuscripts for us: Roger Anderton, Stuart Archer, George Bertram, Mark Burchell, Grant Byerley, Davide Casabianca, James Eldrett, Neil Grant, Peter Haughton, David Hodgson, Bill House, Andrew Hurst, Mads Huuse, Howard Johnson, Ben Kilhams, Bill McCaffrey, Ian Moore, David Mudge, Ronnie Parr, Amandine Prélat, Shaun Sadler and referees who asked to remain anonymous. Peter Ashton and Mike Townsend are thanked for reviewing and contributing to the history and development of geophysical techniques, and Brian Cullen for helpful suggestions that improved the original manuscript. Additional funding for colour production of this book from the Geological Society Petroleum Group is gratefully acknowledged.

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McKie, T., Rose, P. T. S., Hartley, A. J., Jones, D. W., & Armstrong, T. L. (2015). Tertiary deep-marine reservoirs of the North Sea region: An introduction. In T. McKie, P. T. S. Rose, A. J. Hartley, D. W. Jones, & T. L. Armstrong (Eds.), Tertiary Deep-Marine Reservoirs of the North Sea Region (1 ed., Vol. 403, pp. 1-16). (Special Publications). Geological Society of London. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP403.12

Tertiary deep-marine reservoirs of the North Sea region: An introduction. / McKie, T.; Rose, P. T S; Hartley, A. J. et al.
Tertiary Deep-Marine Reservoirs of the North Sea Region. ed. / T McKie; P T S Rose; A J Hartley; D W Jones; T L Armstrong. Vol. 403 1. ed. London: Geological Society of London, 2015. p. 1-16 (Special Publications).

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McKie, T, Rose, PTS, Hartley, AJ, Jones, DW & Armstrong, TL 2015, Tertiary deep-marine reservoirs of the North Sea region: An introduction. in T McKie, PTS Rose, AJ Hartley, DW Jones & TL Armstrong (eds), Tertiary Deep-Marine Reservoirs of the North Sea Region. 1 edn, vol. 403, Special Publications, Geological Society of London, London, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP403.12

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