Field map

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.

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Field map

Geological Society London Memoirs ◽

10.1144/gsl.mem.2003.020.01.map3 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 132-132

Keyword(s):

North Sea ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Median Line ◽

Moray Firth ◽

The Uk ◽

Central North Sea ◽

International Border

AbstractMap depicting the position and names of the main oil and gas producing fields located in the Viking Graben and eastern parts of the Outer Moray Firth rift arms, Northern and Central North Sea. The international border (median line) between the UK and Norway is highlighted as are the producing fields in the Norwegian sector. The boxed areas show the extent of licensed acreage in the region.

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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.

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Field map

Geological Society London Memoirs ◽

10.1144/gsl.mem.2003.020.01.map5 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 62.2-62

Keyword(s):

North Sea ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Median Line ◽

The South ◽

Moray Firth ◽

The Uk ◽

Central North Sea ◽

International Border

AbstractMap depicting the position and names of the main oil and gas producing fields located in the South Viking Graben, Inner and Outer Moray Firth Basins and Central Graben areas of the Central North Sea. The international border (median line) between the UK and Norway is highlighted as are the producing fields in the Norwegian sector. The boxed areas show the extent of licensed acreage in the region.

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Field map

Geological Society London Memoirs ◽

10.1144/gsl.mem.2003.020.01.map4 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 394-394

Keyword(s):

North Sea ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Median Line ◽

The South ◽

Moray Firth ◽

The Uk ◽

Central North Sea ◽

International Border

AbstractMap depicting the position and names of the main oil and gas producing fields located in the South Viking Graben, Inner and Outer Moray Firth Basins and Central Graben areas of the Central North Sea. The international border (median line) between the UK and Norway is highlighted as are the producing fields in the Norwegian sector. The boxed areas show the extent of licensed acreage in the region.

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The Environmental Benefits of Repurposing Tubular Steel from North Sea Oil and Gas Fields

10.2118/205468-ms ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Rob William John Holdway ◽

Mark Patrick Dowling ◽

Iain Bell ◽

Iain Laing

Keyword(s):

Environmental Impacts ◽

North Sea ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Environmental Indicators ◽

Environmental Benefits ◽

Oil And Gas Fields ◽

Impact Reduction ◽

The Uk ◽

Gas Fields ◽

The Impact

Abstract The purpose of conducting this LCA was to calculate the potential environmental impacts of the repurposing of John Lawrie Tubulars products sourced from North Sea Oil and Gas fields and to compare repurposed steel tubulars to those made from prime steel1throughout their lifecycle. The analysis includes multiple environmental characterization indicators associated with the material processing, on-site operations, and supply chain. The benefits of repurposed tubulars are consistently beneficial across all environmental indicators when compared to prime steel tubulars. The life cycle analysis results show that for every tonne of steel tubular repurposed there is a 97.21% saving of carbon emissions over a prime steel seamless equivalent and is 97.78% for welded steel tubulars (cradle to gate). Further characterization analysis (cradle to site) showed that distribution presented the highest impact (47%) with materials (26%) and material transportation (15%). The average delivery in the UK adds 56.53kgCO2eto John Lawrie's tubular steel giving a cradle to delivery at the customers gate of 118.53kgCO2eper tonne2. The combined material and distribution carbon footprint of repurposed tubular products (cradle to site) has ~6% of the impact of those made from prime steel. With growing pressure on the construction industry amongst others to be more resource efficient, and to lower embodied carbon, material reuse strategies are critical to meet targets. Considering the potential of the results for environmental impact reduction there is the need to further develop and promote the application of repurposed steel tubulars. This data can be used to demonstrate the environmental impacts and benefits of refurbished tubulars and supports the efficacy of environmental claims and contribution to circular economy. With both the construction and energy industries focused on finding innovative ways in which to reduce their emissions and support the Scottish and UK Governments in bringing all greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) to net zero by 2050, this study details one way these industries can help drive the changes required.

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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

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