The Kopervik fairway, Moray Firth, UK

Citation
A. Law et al., The Kopervik fairway, Moray Firth, UK, PETR GEOSCI, 6(3), 2000, pp. 265-274
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences","Geological Petroleum & Minig Engineering
Journal title
PETROLEUM GEOSCIENCE
ISSN journal
13540793 → ACNP
Volume
6
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
265 - 274
Database
ISI
SICI code
1354-0793(200008)6:3<265:TKFMFU>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The Albian-Aptian sand fairway in the Outer Moray Firth of the United Kingd om Continental Shelf informally referred to as the Kopervik fairway, poses considerable challenges to the explorationist, but has the potential to gen erate significant commercial reward. After an initial spate of activity in the mid 1970s, the Kopervik Sandstone remained largely ignored as a primary exploration target until the late 1990s, despite its excellent reservoir q uality and proven charge. This renewed exploration effort led to a number o f successful discoveries. As a result of this activity - and a willingness among operators along the fairway to share information - a large regional d atabase is developing. Drawing on this, we summarize our current and histor ical understanding of the fairway, using existing discoveries as examples.