Lacking it i would opt for his earlier manual of field geology with a photocopy of the pegmatite section from geology in the field. Maps of central arabia and greater ghawar area showing expulsion of oil and gas from qusaiba hot shale. Water cut is the ratio of water to total liquids production from an oil field. Containing numerous endofchapter problems, elearning modules, and with stunning field photos and illustrations, this book provides the ultimate learning experience for all students of structural geology. It also gives practical guidelines as to how a production geologist can. As individual buyers please browse our online shops. Ranked as a giant by world standards, gullfaks is one of the largest discoveries on the northwest european continental shelf. Cumulative frequencythrow plot of the faults shown in fig. In the oil and gas industry, some cases of subsidence have become wellknown. The gullfaks giant oil field in the norwegian sector of. Properties of fault populations in the gullfaks field. It represents the shallowest structural element of. Reservoir and recovery strategy several separate geological structures containing oil and gas are found in the gullfaks block, which lies. North sea oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons, comprising liquid petroleum and natural gas, produced from petroleum reservoirs beneath the north sea in the petroleum industry, the term north sea often includes areas such as the norwegian sea and the area known as west of shetland, the atlantic frontier or the atlantic margin that is not geographically part of the north sea.
Investigating the impact of different reservoir property. Property modelling 20, petrel geology 2014, petrel geophysics 20, velocity modeling 2011 and structural modeling 2012. Neodymium isotope stratigraphy of gullfaks oilfield. The field has been developed with three integrated processing, drilling and accommodation facilities with concrete bases gullfaks a, b and c. This article aims to outline the petroleum geology of the basins, to. The field produces from three separate cbs platforms, the gullfaks a, b and c. Properties of fault populations in gullfaks field 500 c 200 o 100 at o 50 20 10 5 2 1 2 5 10 20 50 throw m d 0. Petroleum migration, filling and biological degradation in. Presence of more than one oil water contacts in the field indicates that some of. The quality of the papers in this book are possibly better than. The main gullfaks field lies in block 3410 in the northern part of the norwegian north sea. Complex hangingwall deformation above an extensional.
The book provides a wideranging coverage of brent group ge. North sea contains several major oil and gas fields e. This allweather bound book comes equipped with 20 helpful geological reference pages, standard and metric rulers and numbered pages. List of oil and gas fields of the north sea oilfieldwiki. This book was written for students, new professionals in oil companies, and for anyone with an interest in reservoir geology. Fossils gastropod gastropod ammonite echinid trilobite trilobite ammonite ammonite can you identify the fossils. A geochemical mapping of the gullfaks reservoir petroleum column based on.
If you are in the petroleum geology business this is a musthave volume. It was discovered in 1978, in block 3410, at a water depth of 230 meters. Gullfaks south, rimfaks and gullveig lie to the south and southwest of the main gullfaks field. It has 160 pages 80 sheets 4 34 in x 7 12 in sewn in pages. Spe 1260 reservoir management of the gullfaks main field. The gullfaks giant oil field in the norwegian sector of the north sea was discovered in 1978. In threedimensions, the western gullfaks structure is an almost ideal example of bulk plane strain, with a ver complex hangingwall deformation above an extensional detachment example. The snorre field a major field in the northern north sea. Oil field production geology geoscienceworld books. Degradation and maturity controls on oil field petroleum column. Geological and geophysical evaluation of the gullfaks field based on 3d seismic interpretation using modern interpretation tools. Structural and tectonic modelling and its application to.
The gullfaks field giant oil and gas fields of the. The snorre field is located in the northern north sea and belongs to the prolific hydrocarbon province on the western margin of the viking graben that contains fields such as the brent, statfjord, and gullfaks fields. There are many ways the field of geology contributes to the petroleum industry. Associated gas mainly passes into the statpipe network.
Drilling started in 1901 with oil discovered in the mancos shale at depths of 150 to 520m. Samples collected from over 500 m of stratigraphy from 4 wells, which represent the complete reservoir interval of gullfaks oilfield, have been analysed for. Norwegian boundary of the north sea at a water depth of 145 m, discovered in 1974 by mobil and since 1987 operated by statoil it is a transmedian field crossing the norwegian and uk north sea boundary with approximately 15% being in the uk continental shelf waters. The gullfaks field contains oil reserves on the order of 230 million standard m 3. Development strategy at statfjord field conference. Gullfaks represents the shallowest structural element of the tampen spur. Methane hydrate deposits contain more fuel value than all other fossil fuels combined. Geology and petroleum american association of petroleum. Book chapter the gullfaks field authors ole petterson ole petterson statoil bergen, norway. Treatise of petroleum geology atlas of oil and gas fields compiled by norman h. In my early geological experiencework the standard reference for field work was by lahee. A major oil resource that can be difficult to produce.
It is located in block 3410, 175km nw of the city of bergen in the norwegian sector of the north sea and covers an area of 47 km 2. Giant oil and gas fields of the decade 19781988 articlechapter. All three fields produce from the brent group of sands, while gullfaks south and rimfaks have reserves in the statfjord formation. Geologic overview and petroleum systems of the greater. Ole petterson, arvid storli, eva ljosland, ole nygaard, ian massie, henrik carlsen abstract. Gullfaks a and c receive and process oil and gas from gullfaks sor and visund sor. A particular well type may be best suited or most economic in the efforts to drain a specific configuration of hydrocarbons. The crude oil is stored in the concrete base of the platforms and loaded into tankers via two separate mooring buoys. The illustrated and quantitatively retraced diagenetic features can be taken as proxies for intense oil degradation. It has spaces to carry three pencils, an acid bottle and a short 6 rulerstyle map scale items not included.
Springer nature content can be licensed by academic institutions, governments and corporations and is purchased by everyone from small colleges on a single site to global organizations with multiple locations we also provide different online subscriptions options for individual buyers such as researchers and students. License with springer nature for librarians springer. Style of jurassic and its oilcontrolling regularity in shixi oilfield, junggar basin. It also gives practical guidelines as to how a production geologist can analyze the reservoir geology and fluid flow characteristics of an oil. The production and exploration geologists best data base for saving time. The books coverage of structural and tectonic modelling, petroleum geology applications, and the treatment of the norwegian continental shelf should make this book an invaluable resource book for advanced students of structural and tectonic modelling, teachers, and researchers.
Petroleum geoscience in norden exploration, production and. This book is a usefulprimer for geophysicists, geologists, and petroleum engineers in the oil industry who wish to expand their knowledge beyond their specialized area. The field lies 120 mi offshore from bergen, norway, in 475 ft of water, and is being developed using three condeep. Gullfaks is an oil and gas field in the norwegian sector of the north sea operated by equinor. Reservoir management of the gullfaks main field onepetro. This paper solely deals with reservoir management of the main field and hence no more discussion will be made on the satellites. A ns and a ew set are dominating, with an additional nnessw set of faults. There are a number of different types of wells that can be drilled, and these are described below. Discovered in 1979, gullfaks south contains oil, gas and condensate light oil in two formations. Minerals hardness 1gypsum, 2halite mineral 1 is harder or softer than a penny.
We give here a brief overview over the regional and structural geology of the study area. How hydrogeochemical modeling can help decipher organicinorganic interactions oil degradation in the gullfaks field led to hydrogeochemical processes that caused high co2 partial pressure and a massive release of sodium into the formation water. Goose creek field south of houston was one of the first that received intense study. Gullfaks fieldnorway east shetland basin, northern north sea. Pdf characterization of fault zones in the gullfaks field for. Gullfaks oilfield in the north sea, where more than 170 wells have been drilled and extensive well data of various. The gullfaks field is a classic north sea oil field with rotated fault blocks trending in a northsouth direction. The varied disciplines of geology explore the history of the earth itself in hopes of understanding in greater detail where oil comes from and where more oil might be found, as well as the best ways to retrieve oil and utilize it once it has been retrieved. Basin modeling and geochemistry american association of. Structural geology of the gullfaks field, northern north sea article pdf available in geological society london special publications 127.
The gullfaks oilfield is located in the northeastern part of block 3410 in the norwegian sector of the north sea. This is a quick reference to concepts, tools, formulas, and techniques on everything from economics and land leasing to wellsite and engineering methods. The gullfaks oil field is located in the norwegian sector of the north sea, in block 3410, approximately 175 km northwest of bergen, see figure 1. This list of oil and gas fields of the north sea contains links to oil and natural gas reservoirs beneath the north sea. Geology of the norwegian oil and gas fields edited by spencer a.
In my opinion comptons geology in the field is the best single field manualbook available. Properties of fault populations in the gullfaks field, northern north sea. Known oilfield size and grown oilfield size versus field discovery year for horst. It was formed during the upper jurassic to lower cretaceous as a sloping high, with a westward structural dip gradually decreasing toward the east. The publications of the bureau of mines, which was created in 1910 to carry on investigations in connection with the waste, recovery. Gullfaks main represents the main reservoir containing 78% of the total inplace oil volumes and 88% of the recoverable reserves. The discovery of an oil seep in a spring along the north bank of the white river brought attention to the area as a potential oil field and a number of companies were organised among the local residents to prospect and develop it. Various drilling strategies can be adopted to place wells in specific patterns with the aim of optimizing production from a field. Controls on co2 fate and behavior in the gullfaks oil field norway. This oil field reached peak production in 2001 at 180,000. Published by the american association of petroleum.
Gullfaks a and c are fully independent processing platforms, with three separation stages. In terms of the oil industry, north sea oil often refers to a larger geographical set, including areas such as the norwegian sea and the uk atlantic margin west of shetland not, strictly speaking, part of the north sea. Block 3410 was awarded to statoil, norsk hydro and saga petroleum in june 1978. Structural geology of the gullfaks field, northern north sea. The gullfaks a platform began production on 22 december 1986, with gullfaks b following on 29 february 1988 and the c platform on 4 november 1989. Gullfaks b has a simplified processing plant with first stage separation. It represents the shallowest structural element of the tampen spur, and was formed during the upper jurassic to lower cretaceous as a sloping high, with a westerly structural dip gradually decreasing towards the east.
High degrees of modeled oil degradation, resulting rock matrix alteration and nahcolite formation lead to co 2 and ch 4 partial pressures similar to those observed in the areas of the gullfaks field with strong degradation. It has been developed with three large concrete production platforms. The statfjord oil field is a large oil and gas field covering 580 km 2 in the u. Oil and gas in the arctic giant oil and natural gas fields await discovery in the arctic. Gullfaks oil field project, north sea northern offshore. The gullfaks field was discovered in the same year by the first exploration well 34101, which encountered a 160m oil column in the brent group and penetrated waterbearing cook and statfjord. This third edition of elements of petroleum geology is completely updated and revised to reflect the vast changes in the field since publication of the second edition.
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