Pressure Study of the North Sea Central Graben

Assess and reduce risk associated with hydrocarbon prospectivity, reservoir connectivity and entrapment

Utilise key information to decide whether to acquire or drop acreage in this high pressure, high temperature (HP/HT) region

With increased focus on drilling in the Central North Sea following recent discoveries and revitalised licencing activity, GeoPresure Technology, the UK's leading pressure experts and IHS Energy, developers of a unique Formation Pressure database, have combined in a joint venture to examine the distribution and impact of overpressure on the North Sea Central Graben petroleum system.

The benefits to a company with exploration, development and/or production in:

• Reduced Risk
• Associated time and cost savings
• Potential reserves upside
• Improved understanding of the regional pressure regime
• Reliable and convenient information

This significant new Study uitilising over 1200 wells and the high quality data used in its compilation provide a comprehensive and authoritative picture of formation pressure distribution, and its causes within the Central Graben, giving valuable calibration to in-house pressure interpratations.

Study Area

• UK Quads 21, 22, 23, 39, 30, 31 & 39 plus 15 (South), 16 (South)
• Norway Quads 1, 2, 6, 7 plus 15 (south), 16 (South)
• Denmark Quads 5503, 5504, 5603 & 5604

Case Studies

• Fault Seal Failure - Evidence from anamalous low-pressure compartments
• Seal breach risk - Determination of Fracture Gradients
• Late Jurassic intra-formational reservoir pressures
• Pressure Leak Points-location and regional significance
• Palaeocene/Chalk hydrodynamic flow and link with deeper fluid sources

The completed study, produced in collaboration with IHS Energy, is now available to buy through GeoPressure Technology

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