Durham University Post-Doctoral Research Project – New Appraisal of the Western Approaches Basins

<p style='margin: 0px 0px 11px; text-align: justify;'><span style='margin: 0px;'><font color='#000000'><font face='Calibri'><font size='3'>This delivery represents the final products from a two year post-doctoral research project that was carried out by a consortium led by Durham University. This project was focused on the SW Approaches areas and was one of three projects funded by the NSTA through the Frontier Basins Research Programme. The deliverables include a review of the chronostratigraphy of the SW Approaches and surrounding basins, an evaluation of the impact of Variscan deformation on the hydrocarbon potential of the area, an assessment of the reservoir quality of the Triassic and Lower Cretaceous intervals and the provision of reservoir and source rock distribution maps. The seismic interpretation carried out as part of this project formed the starting point for the final seismic grids provided for this area by the NSTA’s Regional Geological Mapping Project being undertaken by Lloyd’s Register (LR), the interim deliverables from which are also<span style='margin: 0px;'> </span>being released in support of the 31</font><font size='2'>st</font></font><font face='Calibri' size='3'> Frontier Licensing Round.</font></font></span></p> <span style='margin: 0px; line-height: 107%; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;'><font color='#000000'>Copyright for all reports produced as a result of the post-doctoral project led by Durham University is held by Durham University. Furthermore, the views and opinions expressed are those of the individual academic authors and do not necessarily represent the view of the North Sea Transition Authority.</font></span>本交付成果为杜伦大学（Durham University）牵头的研究联盟所执行的两年期博士后研究项目的最终产物。该项目聚焦西南 Approaches（SW Approaches）领域，是北海过渡局（North Sea Transition Authority, NSTA）通过前沿盆地研究计划资助的三个项目之一。本次交付成果包括：对西南 Approaches（SW Approaches）及周边盆地的年代地层学综述、华力西造山变形（Variscan deformation）对该区域油气潜力的影响评估、三叠系与下白垩统地层的储层质量评价，以及储层与烃源岩分布成图服务。本项目开展的地震解释工作，为北海过渡局（NSTA）委托劳埃德船级社（Lloyd’s Register, LR）实施的区域地质填图项目所提供的本区域最终地震网格奠定了初始基础；该填图项目的阶段性交付成果亦将同步发布，以支持第31届前沿勘探许可轮次（Frontier Licensing Round）。 本杜伦大学牵头的博士后研究项目所产出的全部报告的版权归杜伦大学所有。此外，文中所表达的观点仅代表个别学术作者，未必代表北海过渡局（NSTA）的官方立场。