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 Vale of Pickering gas fields: Kirby Misperton, Malton, Marishes and Pickering, North Yorkshire, UK Onshore
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Published:October 30, 2020
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D. Harrison, M. Haarhoff, M. Heath-Clarke, W. Hodgson, F. Hughes, D. Ware, A. Mortimer, 2020. "The Vale of Pickering gas fields: Kirby Misperton, Malton, Marishes and Pickering, North Yorkshire, UK Onshore", United Kingdom Oil and Gas Fields: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Volume, G. Goffey, J. G. Gluyas
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Abstract
The Vale of Pickering gas fields were discovered over a 20-year period. The development scheme was aimed to deliver 9.3 MMscfd gas to the Knapton Power Station nearby. Cumulative production is 30.3 bcf from an estimated 172 bcf gas initially in place. The gas fields comprise a series of low relief structures at depths around 5000 ft true depth subsea. The primary reservoir is Zechstein Group dolomitized and fractured carbonates of the Permian Kirkham Abbey Formation with average reservoir quality ranges of 12–13% porosity and 0.5–1.5 mD permeability. Secondary reservoirs exist in Carboniferous sandstones directly below the Base Permian Unconformity. The gas is sourced from Lower Carboniferous shales. The fields were discovered using 2D seismic data and subsequent 3D seismic data have been merged to form a 260 km2 dataset. Zechstein production has been limited by early water breakthrough. Artificial lift is planned to enhance the gas flow rate on the Pickering Field and anticipated water influx will be re-injected. If this enhanced gas recovery scheme is successful it can be applied to the other fields. Plans to hydraulically fracture a number of zones in the Carboniferous Lower Bowland Section are in progress.
- carbonate rocks
- carbonatization
- Carboniferous
- clastic rocks
- dolomitization
- England
- Europe
- fractures
- geophysical methods
- Great Britain
- hydraulic fracturing
- Namurian
- natural gas
- North Yorkshire England
- oil and gas fields
- oil wells
- Paleozoic
- permeability
- Permian
- petroleum
- production
- reservoir properties
- sandstone
- sedimentary rocks
- seismic methods
- Sherwood Sandstone
- source rocks
- structural traps
- traps
- two-dimensional models
- unconformities
- United Kingdom
- Upper Permian
- Western Europe
- Yorkshire England
- Zechstein
- Cleveland Basin
- Zechstein Group
- Kirkham Abbey Formation
- Kirby Misperton Field
- Malton Field
- Pickering Field
- Marishes Field