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Geologic Summary
300 KILOMETERS
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U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WORLD PETROLEUM
ASSESSMENT 2000 DESCRIPTION AND RESULTS
U.S. Geological Survey World Energy Assessment Team
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TRAPS AND SEALS: Central Graben traps include fault blocks draped with Jurassic mudstones,
Cretaceous chalk, or shale of Tertiary age. In contrast to the Viking Graben and Moray Firth, salt
tectonics is responsible for much of the structural complexity that provides opportunities for
hydrocarbon entrapment. Stratigraphic traps are dominant in the upper Jurassic and younger
sandstones. Seals are Jurassic shale, Cretaceous chalk, or Tertiary shale.
REFERENCES:
Pegrum, R.M. and Spencer, A.M., 1990, Hydrocarbon plays in the northern North Sea, in
Brooks, Jim, ed., Classic petroleum provinces: London, The Geological Society Special
Publication 50, p. 441-470.
Abbotts, I.L., ed., 1991, United Kingdom Oil and Gas Fields 25 Years Commemorative Volume:
London, The Geological Society Memoir 14, p. 211-386.
Cornford, Chris, 1994, Mandal-Ekofisk(!) Petroleum System in the Central Graben of the North
Sea, in Magoon, L.B. and Dow, W.G., eds., The Petroleum Systemfrom source to trap:
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 60, p. 537-571.
Ziegler, P.A., 1990, Geological atlas of western and central Europe: Shell Internationale
Petroleum Maatschappij B.V., 239 p.
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U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WORLD PETROLEUM
ASSESSMENT 2000 DESCRIPTION AND RESULTS
U.S. Geological Survey World Energy Assessment Team
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4025
58
40250103
4023
4027
56
4028
North Sea
4036
54
75 KILOMETERS
Central Graben
Assessment Unit - 40250103
EXPLANATION
4025
Hydrography
Shoreline
Geologic province code and boundary
Country boundary
Gas field centerpoint
40250103
Oil field centerpoint
Projection: Robinson. Central meridian: 0
Assessment unit
code and boundary
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SEVENTH APPROXIMATION
NEW MILLENNIUM WORLD PETROLEUM ASSESSMENT
DATA FORM FOR CONVENTIONAL ASSESSMENT UNITS
Date:..
Assessment Geologist:..
Region:..
Province:
Priority or Boutique.
Total Petroleum System:
Assessment Unit:
* Notes from Assessor
8/3/99
D.L. Gautier
Europe
North Sea Graben
Priority
Kimmeridgian Shales
Central Graben
MMS growth function.
Number: 4
Number: 4025
Number: 402501
Number: 40250103
Oil
Oil:
128
Gas:
61
76.5
2nd 3rd
15.9
3rd 3rd
59.7
290
2nd 3rd
498
3rd 3rd
224
Assessment-Unit Probabilities:
Attribute
Probability of occurrence (0-1.0)
1. CHARGE: Adequate petroleum charge for an undiscovered field > minimum size
1.0
2. ROCKS: Adequate reservoirs, traps, and seals for an undiscovered field > minimum size
1.0
3. TIMING OF GEOLOGIC EVENTS: Favorable timing for an undiscovered field > minimum size
1.0
Assessment-Unit GEOLOGIC Probability (Product of 1, 2, and 3):.........
1.0
1.0
UNDISCOVERED FIELDS
Number of Undiscovered Fields: How many undiscovered fields exist that are > minimum size?:
(uncertainty of fixed but unknown values)
Oil fields:min. no. (>0)
Gas fields:.min. no. (>0)
30
15
median no.
median no.
125
60
max no.
max no.
300
150
max. size
max. size
1000
4000
Size of Undiscovered Fields: What are the anticipated sizes (grown) of the above fields?:
(variations in the sizes of undiscovered fields)
Oil in oil fields (mmbo)..min. size
Gas in gas fields (bcfg):min. size
2
12
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median size
median size
15
70
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minimum
25
median
50
Gas Fields:
Inert gas content (%).....
CO2 content (%).....
Hydrogen-sulfide content (%)....
Drilling Depth (m)
Depth (m) of water (if applicable).
maximum
1200
90
maximum
75
maximum
50
5000
150
minimum
median
maximum
800
10
3200
75
6000
150
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United Kingdom
represents
38.1
minimum
minimum
2.
Norway
represents
24.7
minimum
maximum
maximum
median
maximum
30
100
represents
22.5
minimum
minimum
Denmark
median
40
100
4.
maximum
30
100
minimum
Netherlands
median
50
100
3.
maximum
6
100
median
maximum
25
100
represents
8.2
minimum
minimum
maximum
2
100
median
maximum
7
100
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represents
6.5
minimum
minimum
maximum
2
100
median
maximum
8
100
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Mean number of
undiscovered fields: 134.3
25
20
15
10
0
2-<4
4-<8
8-<16
16-<32
32-<64
64-<128
128-<256 256-<512
512<1024
1024<2048
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18
16
14
Mean number of
undiscovered fields: 65
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
12-<24
24-<48
48-<96
96-<192
192-<384 384-<768
768<1536
1536<3072
3072<6144
6144<12288