United Kingdom Oil and Gas Fields: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Volume
Geological Society Memoir 52 records the extraordinary journey of more than 50 years that has led to the development of some 458 oil and gas fields on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). It contains papers on almost 150 onshore and offshore fields in all of the UK's main petroliferous basins. These papers range from look-backs on some of the first-developed gas fields in the Southern North Sea, to papers on fields that have only just been brought into production or may still remain undeveloped, and includes two candidate CO2 sequestration projects.
These papers are intended to provide a consistent summary of the exploration, appraisal, development and production history of each field, leading to the current subsurface understanding which is described in greater detail. As such, the Memoir will be an enduring reference source for those exploring for, developing, producing hydrocarbons and sequestering CO2 on the UKCS in the coming decades. It encapsulates the petroleum industry's deep subsurface knowledge accrued over more than 50 years of exploration and production.
The Humbly Grove, Herriard and Hester's Copse fields, UK Onshore
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Published:October 30, 2020
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J. G. Gluyas, N. De-Paola, J. Imber, T. M. Jezierski, R. R. Jones, P. Jordan, K. J. W. McCaffrey, S. Nielsen, P. Pongthunya, A. Satterley, A. Sowter, M. Wilkinson, A. Moors, 2020. "The Humbly Grove, Herriard and Hester's Copse fields, UK Onshore", United Kingdom Oil and Gas Fields: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Volume, G. Goffey, J. G. Gluyas
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Abstract
The Humbly Grove Field has, for the UK, a unique development history. It was discovered as an oilfield in May 1980 and produced as an oilfield until 2000 along with small satellite fields Herriard (developed) and Hester's Copse (not developed). Peak production of 2219 bopd was achieved during July 1986 but, by October 1988, the rate had fallen to around 1000 bopd, a rate that was more or less maintained until October 1995 after which the production fell rapidly. At this point the decision was taken to reconfigure the field as a gas storage facility. Significant renewed pressure depletion occurred between 2000 and 2005, following which first cushion and then storage gas was injected into two reservoirs: the Middle Jurassic, Great Oolite Group and the uppermost Triassic, Rhaetian Westbury Formation. Gas storage operations commenced in 2005 and the reservoirs have undergone cyclical gas injection and gas withdrawal since that date. The cyclical injection of gas and re-pressuring of the Great Oolite reservoir causes mobile oil to be swept towards dedicated oil production wells. This operates effectively as an enhanced oil recovery scheme. The co-produced liquid hydrocarbons provide a valuable secondary income stream for the field.
- Bathonian
- block structures
- carbonate rocks
- diagenesis
- England
- enhanced recovery
- Europe
- faults
- geophysical profiles
- Great Britain
- Great Oolite Group
- horsts
- Jurassic
- limestone
- lithostratigraphy
- marine environment
- Mesozoic
- Middle Jurassic
- natural gas
- oil and gas fields
- oil wells
- paleoenvironment
- Penarth Group
- petroleum
- production
- reservoir properties
- Rhaetian
- sedimentary rocks
- shallow-water environment
- storage coefficient
- systems
- Triassic
- United Kingdom
- uplifts
- Upper Triassic
- Wessex Basin
- Western Europe
- Weald Basin
- Westbury Formation
- Humbly Grove Field
- Herriard Field
- Hester's Copse Field