The petroleum exploration of Ireland's offshore basins

This guide covers a wide range of exploration topics from the regional to the field scale. It provides new information on Neogene to recent stratigraphy and sedimentation in the North Atlantic.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Shannon, P., Haughton, P. D. W., Corcoran, D. V.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London : Geological Society, 2001.
SeriesGeological Society special publication ; no. 188.
Subjects
Petroleum > Prospecting > Ireland.
Petroleum > Prospecting > North Atlantic Ocean.
Petroleum > Geology > North Atlantic Ocean.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781423711636
1423711637
9781523122295
1523122293
1862390878
9781862390874
Physical Description1 online resource (473 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).

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Table of Contents:
  • The petroleum exploration of Ireland's offshore basins : introduction / P.M. Shannon, D.V. Corcoran, and P.D.W. Haughton
  • Petroleum systems offshore western Ireland in an Atlantic margin context / A.M. Spencer and B. MacTiernan
  • Petroleum geochemistry of the Lower and Middle Jurassic in Atlantic margin basins of Ireland and the UK / Iain C. Scotchman
  • Interpretation of vitrinite reflectance profiles in sedimentary basins, onshore and offshore Ireland / D.V. Corcoran and G. Clayton
  • Hot fluid flow events in Atlantic margin basins : an example from the Rathlin Basin / David W.J. Middleton [and others]
  • Hydrocarbon prospectivity in the Irish Sea area : insights from recent exploration of the Central Irish Sea, Peel and Solway basins / Jonathan Floodpage, Phil Newman, and Jason White
  • Hydrocarbon potential of the Kish Bank Basin : integration within a regional model for the Greater Irish Sea Basin / G.M. Dunford, P.N. Dancer, and K.D. Long
  • Fault distribution and timing in the Central Irish Sea Basin / Chris Izatt, Suvimol Maingarm, and Andrew Racey
  • The influence of thermal history on hydrocarbon prospectivity in the Central Irish Sea Basin / Paul F. Green [and others]
  • The geology and geophysics of the SW Kinsale gas accumulation / John M. O'Sullivan
  • Late Tertiary faulting, footwall uplife and topography in western Ireland / Michael E. Badley
  • Exloring in the Slyne Basin : a geophysical challenge / P. Nick Dancer and Nick W. Pillar
  • Sub-basalt imaging using converted waves : numerical modelling / F. Martini [and others]
  • The Mesozoic evolution of the southern North Atlantic region and its relationship to basin development in the south Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland / Sara Johnston, Anthony G. Doré, and Anthony M. Spencer
  • Aspects of the structure of the Porcupine and Porcupine Seabight basins as revealed from gravity modelling of regional seismic transects / H. Johnson [and others]
  • Structural modelling of the south Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland : implications for the timing, magnitude and style of crustal extension / K. Baxter [and others]
  • Provenance implications of reworked palynomorphs in Mesozoic successions of the Porcupine and North Porcupine basins, offshore Ireland / J. Smith and K.T. Higgs
  • Reservoir characteristics of the Upper Jurassic sequence in the 35/8-2 discovery, Porcupine Basin / A.J. Robinson and A.C. Canham
  • Comparative Tertiary stratigraphic evolution of the Porcupine and Rockall basins / A. McDonnell and P.M. Shannon
  • Cenozoic and Cretaceous transient uplift in the Porcupine Basin and its relationship to a mantle plume / Stephen M. Jones, Nicky White, and Bryan Lovell
  • Evidence of shallow gas above the Connemara oil accumulation, Block 26/28, Porcupine Basin / K.P. Games
  • Carbonate mounds and slope failures in the Porcupine Basin : a development model involving fluid venting / J.P. Henriet [and others]
  • Thermally driven porosity reduction : impact on basin subsidence / P.A. Bjørkum, O. Walderhaug, and P.H. Nadeau
  • Interpretation of transverse gravity lineaments in the Rockall Basin / K. McGrane, P.W. Readman, and B.M. O'Reilly
  • The structural style and evolution of the Bróna Basin / A. Thomson and A. McWilliam
  • A Mid- to Late Cenozoic techonostratigraphic framework for the Rockall Trough / M.S. Stoker, T.C.E. Van Weering, and T. Svaerdborg
  • Slope instability and sediment redistribution in the Rockall Trough : constraints from GLORIA / V. Unnithan [and others]
  • Slope failure features on the margins of the Rockall Trough / P.M. Shannon [and others].

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