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Petroleum Geology of NW Europe: 50 Years of Learning – Proceedings of the 8th Petroleum Geology Conference

Geological Society, London, Petroleum Geology Conference Series

Petroleum Geology of NW Europe: 50 Years of Learning – Proceedings of the 8th Petroleum Geology Conference
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The Geological Society of London

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8

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8

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Gold Open Access: This article is published under the terms of the CC-BY 3.0 license.

ISBN electronic:

9781786203151

ISBN print:

9781786202772

Publication date:

January 01, 2018

Book Chapter

Challenges of future exploration within the UK Rockall Basin

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Nick Schofield

¹Geology and Petroleum Geology, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Meston Building, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK

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Correspondence: n.schofield@abdn.ac.uk

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David Jolley

¹Geology and Petroleum Geology, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Meston Building, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK

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Simon Holford

²Australian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia

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Stuart Archer

³Maersk Oil and Gas A/S, Eplandaen 50, DK-1098 Copenhagen K, Denmark

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Douglas Watson

¹Geology and Petroleum Geology, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Meston Building, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK

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Adrian Hartley

¹Geology and Petroleum Geology, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Meston Building, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK

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John Howell

¹Geology and Petroleum Geology, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Meston Building, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK

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David Muirhead

¹Geology and Petroleum Geology, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Meston Building, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK

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John Underhill

⁴School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Gregory Building, Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK⁵Shell Centre for Geosciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK

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Paul Green

⁶Geotrack International, Brunswick West, VIC 3055, Australia

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Doi:

https://doi.org/10.1144/PGC8.37

Published:

January 01, 2018

Abstract

The UK Rockall Basin is one of the most underexplored areas of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), with only 12 exploration wells drilled since 1980. With only one discovery made in 2000 (Benbecula (154/1-1) gas discovery), the general view of the basin from an exploration viewpoint is not positive. However, over the last 15 years, our knowledge of the petroleum systems of the Atlantic Margin has substantially increased. With the recent acquisition of new seismic data by the UK Government as part of the OGA's Frontiers Basin Research Programme, it is a pertinent time to re-examine the prospectivity of...

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