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New exploration opportunities offshore Ireland. Peter F. Croker and Noel J. Murphy Petroleum Affairs Division, Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Ireland. Ireland has new acreage available for licensing Favourable fiscal terms We need to find more gas (and oil)
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New exploration opportunities offshore Ireland Peter F. Croker and Noel J. Murphy Petroleum Affairs Division, Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Ireland
Ireland has new acreage available for licensing Favourable fiscal terms We need to find more gas (and oil) Well, seismic and grav/mag data released after 5 years Celtic Sea/Irish Sea Porcupine (Tranche 4 ‘new to the market’) Rockall Basin Outline of presentation
Northeast Rockall Northwest Rockall Slyne- Erris Southeast Rockall Porcupine North Celtic Sea Map of Irish designated Continental Shelf showing basins within 200 mile EEZ
Figure removed Source: Fiscal Terms Comparison, Internal Report for PAD, David Fox Associates,October 2003
Figure removed Source: Fiscal Terms Comparison, Internal Report for PAD, David Fox Associates,October 2003
Gas Imports and Indigenous Supply Split (1995 – 2002) Source: IOOA document – The Case for Indigenous Gas,October 2003
PAD DI screen dump – seismic surveys Link to more detailed information Link to shot point location map
Magnetic trackline coverage offshore Ireland available from ARK Geophysics
Magnetic anomaly map offshore Ireland Figure removed
Gravity trackline coverage offshore Ireland available from ARK Geophysics
Free-air gravity map offshore Ireland Figure removed
Celtic Sea/ Irish Sea Current concession map (January 2004) New licensing option terms announced October 2003
Porcupine (Tranche 4 ‘new to the market’) (The following figures on the South Porcupine are part of a presentation which you can download from our website – www.pad.ie)
Scaled Comparison: South Porcupine and North Viking Graben (PESGB 2003)
35/30-1 South Porcupine Location of wells 35/30-1 43/13-1 62/7-1 43/13-1 62/7-1
Well summary35/30-1(Marathon 1997)TD 17,110 feet (5215m) (Mid. Jur.)Significant gas showsin Lower Cretaceous and Upper Jurassic
Well summary43/13-1 (BP 1988) TD 5128m (Jurassic) oil shows at: 3500 –3600 (Upper Jurassic)
Well section62/7-1 (Esso 1982) TD 15,327 ft (4672m) in Lower Jurassic Reservoir quality sands in Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) at 10200ft (3110m)
Continued on Presentation: PAD_2004_APPEX_Croker_Murphy_web_version-Part2