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HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION OPPORTUNITIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY, UNITED KINGDOM

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION OPPORTUNITIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY, UNITED KINGDOM. J R V Brooks 1 , S Stoker 2 & T D J Cameron 2 1 Department of Trade and Industry, UK 2 British Geological Survey. British Geological Survey. TOTAL OIL, GAS AND CONDENSATE. 7.5. 28.5. 26.6. 26.3.

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HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION OPPORTUNITIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY, UNITED KINGDOM

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  1. HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION OPPORTUNITIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY, UNITED KINGDOM J R V Brooks1, S Stoker2 & T D J Cameron2 1 Department of Trade and Industry, UK 2 British Geological Survey British Geological Survey

  2. TOTAL OIL, GAS AND CONDENSATE

  3. 7.5 28.5 26.6 26.3 30.1 25.9 UK ULTIMATE RECOVERABLE RESERVES

  4. Continent-Ocean Boundary Oil Field ATLANTIC MARGIN Condensate Field Rockall Trough Gas Field Gas Field 500 km UK California

  5. UK is self-sufficient in oil and gas • 204 offshore and 35 onshore fields currently producing :- 136 oil, 87 gas and 16 condensate • Producing reservoirs: Pre-Devonian basement to Eocene • Successful discretionary award scheme

  6. Continent-Ocean Boundary Oil Field ATLANTIC MARGIN Condensate Field Rockall Trough Gas Field

  7. UK PETROLEUM PROVINCES • NORTH SEA OIL PROVINCE • NORTH SEA GAS PROVINCE • ONSHORE & IRISH SEA BASINS • ATLANTIC MARGIN

  8. Continent-Ocean Boundary Oil Field ATLANTIC MARGIN Condensate Field Rockall Trough Gas Field

  9. NORTH SEAOIL PROVINCE

  10. ESTABLISHED PETROLEUM PLAYS, NORTH SEA OIL PROVINCE

  11. VIKING GRABEN VIKING GRABEN MORAY FIRTH MORAY FIRTH CENTRAL CENTRAL GRABEN GRABEN

  12. NORTH SEA OIL PROVINCE Pre-rift: Devonian to Middle Jurassic - Carboniferous in Central Graben underexplored Syn-rift: Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous - 35% - 40% of undiscovered reserves Post-rift: Upper Cretaceous to Eocene - Paleogene heavy oil reserves underexplored

  13. SELECTED CREAMING CURVES, NORTH SEA OIL PROVINCE

  14. VIKING GRABEN VIKING GRABEN MORAY FIRTH MORAY FIRTH CENTRAL CENTRAL GRABEN GRABEN

  15. Continent-Ocean Boundary Oil Field ATLANTIC MARGIN Condensate Field Rockall Trough Gas Field

  16. NORTH SEAGAS PROVINCE

  17. PETROLEUM PLAY DISTRIBUTION, NORTH SEA GAS PROVINCE

  18. NORTH SEA GAS PROVINCE Lower Permian discoveries still being made. The NW Europe fairway has ultimately recoverable reserves of 159 tcf Seven Carboniferous fields contribute 5% of UK gas production - fairway is in early stage of exploration

  19. CARBONIFEROUS PLAYS, NORTH SEA GAS PROVINCE

  20. CARBONIFEROUS PLAYS Majority of discoveries have been made in simple structural traps Recent successes in combined structural / stratigraphic plays, e.g. hanging wall traps Stratigraphic and deeper traps unexplored

  21. Continent-Ocean Boundary Oil Field ATLANTIC MARGIN Condensate Field Rockall Trough Gas Field

  22. UK ONSHOREAND IRISH SEABASINS

  23. Caernarfon Bay Basin Cardigan Bay Basin UK FRANCE UK ONSHORE AND IRISH SEA PETROLEUM PROVINCES

  24. PETROLEUM PLAYS, CAERNARFON BAY BASIN, IRISH SEA

  25. Continent-Ocean Boundary Oil Field ATLANTIC MARGIN Condensate Field Rockall Trough Gas Field

  26. ATLANTIC MARGIN

  27. Continent-Ocean boundary Wyville- Thomson Transfer FSB Hatton Bank FSB Faroe- Shetland Basin UK ATLANTIC MARGIN

  28. Continent-Ocean Boundary Oil Field ATLANTIC MARGIN Condensate Field Rockall Trough Gas Field

  29. PETROLEUM PLAYS IN THE FAROE-SHETLAND BASIN

  30. Rona Ridge Miocene inversion axis FSB FAROES UK MID-EOCENE FAN COMPLEX, FAROE-SHETLAND BASIN

  31. PETROLEUM PLAYS IN THE FAROE-SHETLAND BASIN NEWLY DESIGNATED AREA

  32. Rona Ridge Miocene inversion axis FSB FAROES UK FAROE-SHETLAND BASIN

  33. PETROLEUM PLAYS IN THE ROCKALL TROUGH

  34. Continent-Ocean boundary Wyville- Thomson Transfer FSB Hatton Bank FSB Faroe- Shetland Basin UK ATLANTIC MARGIN

  35. PETROLEUM PLAYS IN THE HATTON BASIN

  36. Continent-Ocean boundary Wyville- Thomson Transfer FSB Hatton Bank FSB Faroe- Shetland Basin UK ATLANTIC MARGIN

  37. TOTAL OIL, GAS AND CONDENSATE

  38. 7.5 28.5 26.6 26.3 30.1 25.9 UK ULTIMATE RECOVERABLE RESERVES

  39. HISTORICAL PREDICTIONS OF UK OIL PRODUCTION

  40. UK daily production averaging 3MMBOE to 2010 • Buoyant NW Europe economy • Exciting potential for small, medium and large companies • Government committed to facilitating innovative thinking, cost reduction and licence trading

  41. ATLANTIC MARGIN

  42. Around 65% of undiscovered reserves lie within 50 km of existing infrastructure • Frontier basins of Atlantic Margin offer greatest potential for major new reserves - gas potential not yet assessed by DTI

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