GLUYAS, J. G. & HICHENS, H. M. (eds) 2003. United Kingdom Oil and Gas Fields. Commemorative Millennium Volume. Geological Society Memoir no. 20. vii+1006 pp. London, Bath: Geological Society of London.  Price £175.00, US $293.00; GSL/IGI members' price £100.00, US $167.00; AAPG/SEPM/GSA/RAS members' price £105.00, US $175.00 (hard covers). ISBN 1 86239 089 4

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.

Download Full-text

About this title

Geological Society London Memoirs ◽

10.1144/gsl.mem.2003.020.01.01 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. NP-NP ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

North Sea ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Irish Sea ◽

Oil And Gas Fields ◽

East Midlands ◽

Northern North Sea ◽

The Irish Sea ◽

Giant Fields ◽

Gas Fields

Memoir 20 is the most comprehensive reference work on the UK's oil and gas fields available. It updates and substantially extends Memoir 14 (1991), United Kingdom 0il and Gas Fields, one of the Geological Society's best-selling books. This new edition contains updates on many of the ageing giant fields, as well as entries for fields either undiscovered or undeveloped when Memoir 14 was published.The book is divided into nine parts covering the major petroleum provinces both offshore and onshore United Kingdom, from the Gas Basin in the southern North Sea to the Viking Graben in the northern North Sea, from the Atlantic Frontier to the Irish Sea and from the Wessex Basin to the East Midlands. Each part contains a reference map showing field locations. The introductory chapters reveal the stories behind the major plays and discoveries therein, and their tectonic and stratigraphic framework. There are two appendices: tabulated field data and a comprehensive list for all of the UK's 300+ oil and gas fields.

Download Full-text

About this title

Geological Society London Memoirs ◽

10.1144/gsl.mem.1991.014.01.69 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. NP-NP ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Hydrocarbon Exploration ◽

Oil And Gas Fields ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Exploration And Production ◽

Moray Firth ◽

The Uk ◽

Hydrocarbon Exploration And Production ◽

Gas Fields

The United Kingdom Oil and Gas Fields has been produced to commemorate the first 25 years of hydrocarbon exploration and production in the United Kingdom North Sea. The result of this exploration has produced many benefits for the UK, its government and industry but above all for geologists and geophysicists, Articles on the 64 oil and gas fields discovered on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf are given in a standardized layout to provide easy to use databook for the petroleum geologist and geophysicist. The producing oil and gas fields have been arranged into:the Viking Graben, the Central Graben and Moray Firth, the Southern Gas Basin and Morecambe Basin. Also included are two introductory articles, the first sets the fields in a historical perspect!ve and the second places them in a stratigraphic framework.

Download Full-text

UK Oil and Gas Fields - An Overview

Geological Society London Memoirs ◽

10.1144/gsl.mem.2003.020.01.02 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 3-4 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

J. G. Gluyas ◽

H. M. Hichens

Keyword(s):

Oil And Gas ◽

First Year ◽

Geological Society ◽

Oil And Gas Fields ◽

The Uk ◽

Gas Fields

AbstractThis volume was conceived when one of us (JG) returned to the UK in mid-1996. Having not worked the UK offshore since the late 1980s it was clear that there had been many changes, not least in the number of fields on production. During that first year back in the UK, JG's copy of Abbots (1991) UK Oil and Gas Fields, 25 Years Commemorative Volume became exceedingly well used. A casual comment to Wendy Cawthorne of the Geological Society library to this effect solicited the response that JG was not alone in finding Abbots (1991) useful. Memoir 14 was the Geological Society's 'best seller'. However, although Abbots (1991) continues to sell well, it was by 1996 out of date insofar as it contains papers describing only about half of the fields then on production.A combination of egotistical zeal, wishing for a bestseller and altruism towards the UK industry led us to make an offer to the Geological Society to revise Memoir 14. The offer was accepted and by April 1998, editors had been appointed and letters of invitation to contribute to the memoir were sent to exploration managers in all the UK operating companies. The responses to those letters were for the most part positive. A request was made to authors for manuscripts to be sent to the editors by June 1999. The first to arrive was six months ahead of schedule (thanks A. Yaliz & N. McKim for their paper on the Douglas Field). However, neither the editors

Download Full-text