Asset Report
UK West Shetland exploration basin
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Report summary
The West Shetland Basin is characterised by challenging climatic conditions and limited existing infrastructure. Companies have brought a small number of oil fields onstream and TotalEnergies started production from the first gas fields, Laggan and Tormore, in 2016. TotalEnergies discovered the large Glendronach field in September 2018. However, much of the basin remains under-explored and is considered frontier. There is potential to make sizeable discoveries (in terms of the UK) in the future.
Table of contents
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Summary of commercial outlook
- Advantages:
- Challenges:
- Pre-rift (Pre-Devonian)
- Rift I (Late Devonian - Early Carboniferous)
- Rift II (Permian - Triassic)
- Rift III (Late Jurassic - Cretaceous)
- Rift III (Early Paleogene)
- Post-rift (Late Paleogene - Neogene)
- Sources
- Reservoirs
- Seals
- Major structures/traps
- Wells drilled
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Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
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NW-SE seismic cross section of the West of Shetland Basin and broader Faroe-Shetland regionWest Shetland Basin tectonic history, lithostratigraphy and petroleum system evolutionWest Shetland primary reservoirs
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Petroleum events chartWest Shetland structural mapExploration wells by play ageExploration wells by lithologyKey play characteristicsExploration history mapDrilling activity by well typeDiscoveries and success ratesAll discoveries 2015-2024
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What's included
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