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Hydrocarbon potential of the Lower Carboniferous in the Dutch northern offshore
Marten ter Borgh, Bastiaan Jaarsma, Walter Eikelenboom andEveline Rosendaal
EBN, the Netherlands.E-mail: [email protected]
Palaeozoic Plays of Northwest Europe, 26-27 May 2016, London
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Introduction• Recent UK gas discoveries were made in
Lower Carboniferous reservoirs; most prominently: Breagh.
• Is there potential for Lower Carboniferous fields in the Dutch offshore?
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Presentation outline:• Post-well analysis• Reservoir potential• Source& charge• Closures
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Take-home messages
• Lower Carboniferous present in most of the Dutch northern offshore
• A mature source rock is expected to be present
• Reservoir potential looks promising
• The play is virtually untested
• Significant closures exist at BPU level, also in open blocks
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Early Carboniferous& Devonian
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• Significant extension on the S flank of theElbow Spit Platform
• No or little offset at Base Permian level
• Change in seismicfacies across fault; faulting affectsdeposition
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Lower Carboniferous north of Elbow Spit Platform
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30 m coal
A major Carboniferous/Devonian low is present north of the Elbow Spit Platform; in line with findings by Milton-Worssell et al. (2010) for adjacent UK sector.Lower Carboniferous deposits preserved!
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Structural framework
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• A detailed structural framework was constructedfor the Northern Dutch offshore.
• More details available on our poster, which is on display today.
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Play elements Lower Carboniferous
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• The Lower Carboniferous clasticsplay is established in the SNS, with fields producing from Namurian reservoirs and the Visean Breaghfield.
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Exploration history of the Lower Carboniferous in the Northern Dutch offshore
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Well Spud
year
Lower
Carboniferous
primary target?
Result Stratigraphy Operator
Dev
on
ian
Tou
rnai
sian
Vis
ean
Nam
uri
an
A11-01 1981 No (Rotliegend) Dry X Placid
A14-01 1982 No (Rotliegend) Gas Shows X X NAM
A15-01 1978 No (Zechst./Rotl.) Gas Shows X Placid
A16-01 1974 No (Zechstein) Dry X Elf Petroland
B10-01 (DE) 1977 Unknown Dry X Amoco
B17-04 1990 Yes Dry X Arco
E02-01 1972 No (Wildcat) Dry X X NAM
E02-02 1990 No (Zechstein) Dry X Mobil
E06-01 1983 No? (Westphalian?,
Rotliegend)
Dry X X X ? NAM
E09-01 1990 No (Rotliegend) Gas, high N2 X NAM
E12-02 1990 No (Westphalian?) Dry? Shows? X Conoco
E12-03 (Tulp) 1991 No (Westphalian) Gas, high N2 X Elf Petroland
E12-04-S2 (Lelie) 1996 Yes Gas, high N2 X Elf Petroland
• 1972-1990: wildcats, aiming to extend the Rotliegend play towardsthe north.
• 1990s: Namurian in E12 (discoveries: Tulp/Lelie stranded fields).
• Last well penetrating the Lower Carboniferous was drilled in 1996.
• Only two wells had the Lower Carboniferous as primary target! Used UK wells in study as well
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Well Results, Visean
2 June, 2016
Well Charge Reservoir Seal Trap Conclusion
A14-01 Gas shows Present Doubtful (Epen
Fm)
Absent (2D) Invalid test
A16-01 No shows Present Present, thin Probable
(2D)
Negative/
invalid
B10-01 No shows Present Present Absent (2D) Invalid test
E02-01 Doubtful
shows
Present Doubtful
(Chalk)
Absent (3D) Invalid test
E02-02 No shows Present Present, thin Absent (3D) Invalid test
E06-01 No shows Present Present Doubtful
(3D)
Invalid test
• Only two wells had the Lower Carboniferous as their primary target; one focused on the Namurian, the other on the Lower Carboniferous in general.
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Well Results, Namurian
2 June, 2016
Well Charge Reservoir Seal Trap Conclusion
A11-01 Weak gas shows Present Present Absent (3D) Invalid test
A14-01 Gas shows Present Doubtful (Epen
Fm)
Absent (2D) Invalid test
A15-01 Gas in Zechstein
(16% N2)
Inconclusive Lower
Rotliegend
volc.
Present Negative
B17-04 Mature source
rock in well
Tight
(large depth;
4600 m)
Present Absent (2D) Invalid test
E06-01 No shows Only 17 m,
possibly
part of
Yoredale.
Present Doubtful
(3D)
Invalid test?
E09-01 Present, 85% N2 Inconclusive Present Inconclusive Invalid test
E12-02 Gas shows Probable Present Absent (3D) Invalid test
E12-03 Present, 33% N2 Present Present Present Positive
E12-04 Present, 65% N2 Present Present Present Positive
• Only one well had the Namurian as primary target
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Reservoir potential
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• Lithological classification based on sonic and gamma ray logs.
• 7 Lithology types distinguished: Sand, Shaly sand, Shale, Marl, Carbonate, Coal. Igneous rocks marked manually.
• QC’d using composite logs, mudlogs, density, resistivity, spontaneous potential and caliper logs, and core descriptions.
• Applied to Lower Carboniferous in 13 NL, 9 UK and 2 DE wells.
Composite Classification
sand
carbonate
shale
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Lithological trends, upper Asbian-Brigantian
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• Roughly coincides with the Yoredale Fm in the Elbow Spit High area.
• Less shale and carbonates, more sand toward the N.
Proximal
Distal
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Well correlation, Visean, NL
2 juni 2016
ProximalDistal More sand, more coal, less limestone&shale
S N
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Well correlation, Visean, UK
2 juni 2016
More sand, more coal, less limestone&shale
Breagh Breagh CrosganSW NE
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Well correlation, Namurian, NL
2 juni 2016
TulpLelieS N
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Lithological characteristics, BPU subcrop
2 June, 2016
• Wells shown where the Lower Carboniferous subcrops the BPU.
• Averages for the first 100 m below the BPU.
• Breagh& Crosgan appear to be at the margin of the play; more sand further north.
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Porosity& permeability data
2 June, 2016
• Same color coding as lithologies on well correlation panels.
• 6 NL wells, 2 UK wells.
• All data from Visean& Namurian.
• Intervals classified as sand have favourablereservoir characteristics.
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Source Rock potential
2 June, 2016
Coals• N-ward increase in coal content
in Scremerston Fm.• Yoredale Fm and Namurian also
contain coal; up to 7.5 m encountered in wells.
Potential additional source rocks• Namurian marine shales;
potential in the S• Lateral charge from Westphalian• Bituminous limestones Yoredale• Lateral migration from
downthrown proven PosidoniaShale, Zechstein.
High contrast seismic facies in Visean
30 m coal23 m coal
8 m coal
2 m coal
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Coals in Lower Carboniferous north of the Elbow Spit Platform
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• Lower Carboniferous is present north of the Elbow Spit Platform.
• Has a high contrast seismic facies.
30 m coal
A09-01
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Maturity - BPU below 3.0 km • Basin modelling by TNO
shows that Scremerston coals become mature at approximately 3 km burial.
• Region where Base Permian Unconformity is below 3 km is shown in figure.
• Coals are commonly located a few hundred metres below the BPU.
• Carboniferous expected to be in gas window in most of the area.
Depth BPU [m]Depth (m)
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Approximate depth Scremerston Fm [m]: BPU + 300 m; shown
where shallower than 3 km
Maturity – coals below 3.0 km • Basin modelling by TNO
shows that Scremerston coals become mature at approximately 3 km burial.
• Region where Base Permian Unconformity is below 3 km is shown in figure.
• Coals are commonly located a few hundred metres below the BPU.
• Carboniferous expected to be in gas window in most of the area.
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Lateral migration
• Carboniferous expected to be in gas window in most of the area.
• Lateral migration from kitchen areas may have charged areas located updip.
Approximate depth Scremerston Fm [m]:
BPU + 300 m
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Positive indications for Palaeozoic source rocks
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Shows, below North Sea Group
• Hydrocarbon shows also occur below the Posidonia & Kimmeridge Clay Fm.
• Shows also occur outside the extent of these source rocks.
Inventory of formations with source rock potential. Where formations overlap only the shallowest formation is shown.
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Closures
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• 20 structures at BPU level have been identified with a total P50 GIIP of ~75 BCM (unrisked). A subset of these structures is indicated on the BPU depth map (right).
• Closures also located in open blocks.
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Example of a lead at BPU level: Kilimanjaro
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Reservoir Namurian& Visean clastics
Seal Silverpit shales&Zechstein salt
Source Scremerston coals
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Example: Intra-Carboniferous structuration
2 juni 2016
Seismic data courtesy Spectrum ASA
• Significant structures, formed by Lower Carboniferous faults, combined with a younger Carboniferous fault trend.
• More information about the structural evolution of the area available on poster on display today.
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Take-home messages
• Lower Carboniferous present in most of the Dutch northern offshore
• A mature source rock is expected to be present
• Reservoir potential looks promising
• The play is virtually untested
• Significant closures exist at BPU level, also in open blocks
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Thank you for your attention
More information about the structural evolution of the area available on poster on display today.
More information? Contact us:
Acknowledgements:Fugro and Spectrum ASA, for giving permission to show data from the DEF survey
EBN Colleagues, Rader Abdul Fattah (TNO, Basin modelling), Tacjana Litwinska-Kemperink
References:Milton-Worssell, R., Smith, K., Mcgrandle, A., Watson, J. and Cameron, D., 2010. The search for a Carboniferous petroleum system
beneath the Central North Sea. In: Vining, B.A. and Pickering, S.C. (Eds.) Petroleum Geology: From Mature Basins to New Frontiers –Proceedings of the 7th Petroleum Geology Conference, 57-75.
TNO, 2014: Basin Modelling carried out for EBN.
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