At the end of the 1950s, very few people believed that there were rich oil and gas. It occupies the shallow northern portion of the caspian sea and a large plain to the north of the sea between the volga and ural rivers and farther east to the mugodzhary highland, which is the southern continuation of the ural foldbelt. List of oil and gas fields of the north sea wikipedia. Following this overhaul, the danish government initiated work on an overall oil and gas strategy in cooperation with the industry, the aim being to ensure that we exploit north sea oil and gas resources efficiently. The clair field lies 47 miles 75 km west of the shetland islands in the north sea and extends over an area of 85 square miles 220 square km in water depths of approximately 460 feet 140 m. This list of oil and gas fields of the north sea contains links to oil and natural gas.
Taxation boundaries of offshore hydrocarbon fields on the ukcs, shapefile kml. Gullfaks lies in the northern part of the norwegian north sea and has three. The southern north sea basin is one of the most prolific gas producing areas in the world with exploration dating back to the 1960s. This analysis covers the offshore uk portion of the basin. The ninian field, located in the northern north sea, lies in the east shetland basin on the west side of the viking graben. Initial oil and gas reserves in the netherlands at 112006. The north sea oil and gas map features an inset map.
The field straddles blocks 33 and 38 and is developed under a unitization agreement with chevron uk limited as operator. Scottish north sea oil and gas industry 23 april 2014 1428 greig liddell this briefing is produced to assist the economy, energy and tourism committee in their inquiry into scotlands economic future post2014. North sea set to roll out the barrels again as uk oil. Gas production in offshore fields, lower 48 states 482009, pdf jpg. In terms of the oil industry, north sea oil often refers to a larger geographical set, including areas such as the norwegian sea and the uk atlantic margin west of shetland which are not, strictly speaking, part of the north sea.
Test production was initiated in 1971 and ordinary production started in 1972. A shelf map of north sea oil and gas fields, and all the rusty rigs i hang off for work. Johan sverdrup is one of the five largest oil fields on the ncs and one of the most important industrial projects in norway for the next 50 years. The uk has significant remaining petroleum reserves. We provide an online resource storing metadata about ukcs offshore oil and gas wells, 2d and 3d seismic surveys, infrastructure, licences and fields. Ekofisk is a field in the southern part of the norwegian sector in the north sea. Department of mines and petroleum petroleum division. The history of north sea oil recovery mike shepherd photo. Shale gas and oil plays, north america 592011, pdf jpg. Reserve growth in oil fields of the north sea paper no. Download free oil and gas reserves, production and exploration maps sponsorsreturn to main free maps download page. Fresh analysis of one of the uk north seas largest undeveloped oil fields has reinforced the owners belief that.
This is a new a0 sized 841 x 1189mm full colour map, covering the location of all the current north sea offshore oil and gas fields and infrastructure, including the new marginal fields and pools and showing a relationship to fixed and floating platforms and existing subsea tiebacks. These provinces comprise the north sea oil province, the north sea gas province, the irish sea and the atlantic margin figure 4. Oil and gas exploration, resources, and production. Discovered in 1977, across blocks 2067a, 2068, 2069, 20612 and 206a. North sea oil and gas field and integrity map to 2020 will be released at offshore europe 2015 and displays the ageing offshore oil and gas industry infrastructure of this mature north sea region and highlights key areas of development. First oil and gas production from dunbar and ellon was in december 1994 and gas production commenced from grant in july 1998. World crude oil seaborne trade 1994 imo pdf world oil reserves energy bulletin world oil reserves the independent africa geology, oil and gas fields clickable map usgs. Free oil and gas reserves, exploration, production maps. Map of north sea oil gas and condensate fields in the.
The dunbar, ellon and grant fields alwyn south area. Therefore, we decided to combine a look back at the history of the north sea, with an analysis of current and future trends. Water depths are shallow, and the operating environment benign compared to northern sectors of the north sea. Map initialization failed because geojson failed to load with error error. One other difference many onshore fields are drilled on a grid pattern. Norways petroleum era started more than 50 years ago, and a number of the early fields are still producing. A newly discovered oil field west of shetland could be one of the biggest in north sea history, it was claimed today. This increased supply of crude oil is arriving into a system, which has, until now, been based on a south to north flow of crude and refined oil products imported crude oil arrives to the gulf coast where it. Petroleum prospectivity of the principal sedimentary. Petroleum geology and resources of the north caspian basin. Executive summary the oil and gas authority oga estimate for remaining uk recoverable petroleum reserves and resources is in the range 10 to 20 billion barrels of oil equivalent boe.
There are several play types at chalk level within the north sea basin with various. Clair is one of the united kingdoms largest hydrocarbon resources. Map view of the gde database in the spotfire analysis tool. The ellon and grant fields are produced as sub sea satellites to dunbar from a wellhead cluster located between ellon and grant, in a water depth of 5 m. Ekofisk was discovered in 1969, and the initial plan for development and operation pdo was approved in 1972. The estimated original oil inplace contained in the marinedeltaic sandstones of the middle jurassic.
The arbroath field was discovered by the amoco operated group comprising amoco uk exploration company, gas council exploration, amerada hess ltd and texas eastern uk ltd with the 22181 well in may 1969 and was the first commercial oil field to be discovered in any sector of the northern north sea. Search and customise your own interactive map with continuously updated information about wellbores, fields and discoveries, production licences and more. The main reservoir rock is the permian leman sandstone of the upper. It provides a summary of key statistics at a pivotal. Scottish and english law have always remained separate and two maritime boundaries already exist. The arbroath and montrose fields, blocks 2217, 18, uk.
The remaining and future petroleum potential of these provinces is summarised below. Oil price hike in 1973 quadrupled the oil price just before north sea started up. List of oil and gas fields of the north sea oilfieldwiki. A charitable body providing a substantial open access resource of commercial data. A list of tools to help explore oil and gas activity in the uks offshore and onshore terratories. North sea basinal area, europe an important oil and gas province. Undeveloped north sea oil field is potential goldmine, hurricane says. Undeveloped north sea oil field is potential goldmine. The first fields to be developed were in the north sea, and the industry has gradually expanded northwards into the norwegian sea and the barents sea. Compendium of north sea oil and gas fields geological.
Oil and gas fields 1272010 the following letter size maps portray the same information by product. North sea oil field map a shelf map of north sea oil and. On this page you can find information about our map images stored in pdf format. Total reserves are dominated by the giant groningen gas field in the northeast onshore. North sea oil and gas field and integrity map to 2020. Chapters 612 include maps showing the reservoirfacies distribution at the.
Interactive maps and tools data centre oil and gas authority. North sea is on track for the biggest year of oil and gas field startups in a decade, continuing the aging provinces surprising resilience to the crudemarket slump. The scottish adjacent waters boundary order 1999i is a diagonal median line whilst the scottish area civil and criminal jurisdiction orders 1987ii is a horizontal line extending from the land border at berwickupontweed. This list of oil and gas fields of the north sea contains links to oil and natural gas reservoirs.
The following national map portrays the location of fields identified as being among the 100 largest oil andor 100 largest gas fields in the u. In terms of the oil industry, north sea oil often refers to a larger geographical set, including areas such as the norwegian sea and the uk atlantic margin west of shetland not, strictly speaking, part of the north sea. Peter harris lead member and convenor of writing team, babajide alo, arsonina bera. The location and boundaries of the north sea graben province are shown in figure 1. The ellon and grant fields are produced as subsea satellites to dunbar from a wellhead cluster located between ellon and grant, in a water depth of 5 m. How have the discovery of these fields and the associated hydrocarbon volumes evolved. What are the petroleum geological controls on the location of the oil and gasfields.
Kimmeridgian shales total petroleum system of the north. We provide an online resource storing metadata about ukcs offshore oil and gas wells, 2d and 3d seismic surveys, infrastructure, licences and fields uk onshore geophysical library a charitable body providing a substantial open access resource of commercial data on the deep geology beneath our feet, promoting education research and development. The north caspian basin is a petroleumrich but lightly explored basin located in kazakhstan and russia. Nov 19, 2014 map of north sea oil gas and condensate fields in the north sea. Oil and gas exploration, resources, and production energy. In contrast to the adjacent gasprone anglodutch and northwest german basin provinces, the north sea graben. Newly discovered oil field west of shetland could be. Central north sea eastern trough area project etap etap ranks as one of the largest and most commercially complex north sea oil and gas developments of the past 20 years.
The north sea oil and gas map features data for current and future projects, including deep and ultradeepwater projects, fixed and floating platforms and new pipelines. Maps showing offshore licence areas around the uk and shapefiles generated. North sea gas production by country, 20122015 north sea remaining recoverable oil and gas reserves by country, 2015 north sea exploration drilling. North sea oil and gas field and integrity map to 2022 will see its major release at offshore europe and at the pilot share fair 2017 in aberdeen.
North sea oil and gas map provides information about capital expenditure by country, sector, operator and water depth. Provides a complete guide to the offshore oil, gas and condensate activities, bringing clarity to a complex marketplace for the challenging times ahead. In the north sea, fears that the oil basin might not survive a latelife market shock have added extra weight to the gloom. Gas production from the uk continental shelf oxford institute for. The schiehallion area incorporates the schiehallion, loyal and alligin fields located. In january 2000, there were 109 oil fields, 87 gas fields and 16 condensate fields in production. This list of oil and gas fields of the north sea contains links to oil and natural gas reservoirs beneath the north sea. And the right hands for the north seas most promising fields are. Location of the ekofisk field, north sea, showing some of the principal oil fields. Pdf h2s in north sea basins is broadly limited to the central and wytch ground grabens where it occurs at concentrations of up to 20,000 ppm. The top 100 oil fields as of december 31, 20, accounted for 20. North sea oil and gas field and integrity map to 2022. Gaswater contacts are at 9049 ft in amethyst east and 9017 ft in amethyst west see map.
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