Mesozoic resource potential in the Southern Permian Basin area: the geological key to exploiting remaining hydrocarbons whilst unlocking geothermal potential

Kilhams, Ben; Kukla, Peter A.; Mazur, Stan; McKie, Tom; Mijnlieff, H.F.; Ojik, K. van; Rosendaal, E.A.

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“…There fore, an ob vi ous com par i son is with the North Sea Ba sin and ad ja cent ar eas. Re cent sum ma ries of the pe tro leum systems of the SPB area were pub lished by Pletsch et al (2010) and by Kilhams et al (2018a). Sim i lar Zechstein-sourced oil and gas fields are known from Po land, Ger many, and from the UK in the North Sea area (e.g., Pletsch et al, 2010;Peryt et al, 2010;Reijers, 2012).…”

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“…Al though pe tro leum and nat u ral gas ex plo ra tion in north ern Eu rope has reached an ad vanced stage, cer tain strati graphic in ter vals are still un der-ex plored (Doornenbal and Stevenson, 2010;Doornenbal et al, 2019). In par tic u lar, the Zechstein and Me so zoic strata in the area of the South ern Perm ian Ba sin (SPB), ex tend ing from the UK to Po land (Van Wees et al, 2000;Maystrenko et al, 2008;Doornenbal and Stevenson, 2010), con tin ues to pro vide new in sights into the geo log i cal history of this area, where most hy dro car bon fields are re lated to the Cam brian to Rotliegend strata (Kilhams et al, 2018a;Underhill and Rich ard son, 2022). Me so zoic con ven tional hydro car bon re serves (>90%) within the SPB are pre dom i nantly found in the Neth er lands, Ger many and Den mark, with only minor amounts as so ci ated with the UK and other coun tries such as Po land (Kus et al, 2005;Pletsch et al, 2010;Kilhams et al, 2018a).…”

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Hydrocarbon generation modelling in the Permian and Triassic strata of the Polish Basin: implications for hydrocarbon potential assessment

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2023

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Hy dro car bon gen er a tion mod el ling in the Perm ian and Tri as sic strata of the Pol ish Ba sin: im pli ca tions for hydro car bon po ten tial as sess ment. Geo log i cal Quar terly, 67: 20, doi: 10.7306/gq.1690 Hy dro car bon gen er a tion in the Zechstein Main Do lo mite and Up per Tri as sic po ten tial source rocks of the Pol ish Ba sin was in ves ti gated by 1-D ther mal ma tu rity mod el ling in 90 bore holes across the ba sin. This iden ti fied ma jor zones po ten tially worthy of fur ther ex plo ra tion ef forts. The max i mum burial depth of the Zechstein Main Do lo mite and Up per Tri as sic reached >5 km dur ing the Late Cre ta ceous lead ing to max i mum ther mal ma tu rity of or ganic mat ter. Hy dro car bon gen er a tion de vel opment re veals con sid er able dif fer ences be tween par tic u lar zones of the Zechstein Main Do lo mite and Up per Tri as sic. The kerogen trans for ma tion ra tio (TR) in the Zechstein Main Do lo mite reached val ues ap proach ing 100% along the ba sin axis. The TR in the Up per Tri as sic source rocks is gen er ally lower than in the Zechstein Main Do lo mite due to lesser burial. The Up per Tri as sic source rocks have the high est TR val ues (>50%) along the ba sin axis, in the area be tween bore holes Pi³a IG 1 and Piotrków Trybunalski IG 1, with the most pro nounced zone in the Krooeniewice Trough (i.e., be tween the Krooeniewice IG 1 and Budziszewice IG 1 bore holes), where the TR reached >90%. The Zechstein Main Do lo mite and Up per Tri as sic en tered the oil win dow in the Late Tri as sic to Early-Mid dle Ju ras sic, re spec tively. Hydrocarbon gen er a tion con tin ued un til the Late Cre ta ceous, and was com pleted dur ing tec tonic in ver sion of the ba sin. Key words: hy dro car bon po ten tial, kerogen trans for ma tion ra tio, ther mal ma tu rity mod el ling, Pol ish Ba sin, Perm ian, Tri as sic.

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Hydrocarbon generation modelling in the Permian and Triassic strata of the Polish Basin: implications for hydrocarbon potential assessment

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Diagenesis and controls on reservoir quality of Lower Triassic red bed sandstones (Buntsandstein) from a marginal basin facies, southwest Germany

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Marine and Petroleum Geology

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An introduction to the Triassic: current insights into the regional setting and energy resource potential of NW Europe

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Kilhams

2018

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A review of recent Triassic research across the Southern Permian Basin area demonstrates the role that high-resolution stratigraphic correlation has in identifying the main controls on sedimentary facies and, subsequently, the distribution of hydrocarbon reservoirs. The depositional and structural evolution of these sedimentary successions was the product of polyphase rifting controlled by antecedent structuration and halokinesis, fluctuating climate, and repeated marine flooding, leading to a wide range of reservoir types in a variety of structural configurations. Triassic hydrocarbon accumulations form an important energy resource across the basin, not only in the established Buntsandstein fairway but also in Rogenstein oolites and Muschelkalk carbonates. In addition, sand-prone sections in the Late Triassic, such as the Schilfsandstein, have the potential to be hydrocarbon reservoirs. Several Triassic intervals are now the focus for developing geothermal projects. A detailed understanding of Triassic reservoir quality and distribution is one of the main keys to efficiently unlocking the geothermal and remaining hydrocarbon potential across the basin.

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Mesozoic resource potential in the Southern Permian Basin area: the geological key to exploiting remaining hydrocarbons whilst unlocking geothermal potential

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Hydrocarbon generation modelling in the Permian and Triassic strata of the Polish Basin: implications for hydrocarbon potential assessment

Hydrocarbon generation modelling in the Permian and Triassic strata of the Polish Basin: implications for hydrocarbon potential assessment

Diagenesis and controls on reservoir quality of Lower Triassic red bed sandstones (Buntsandstein) from a marginal basin facies, southwest Germany

An introduction to the Triassic: current insights into the regional setting and energy resource potential of NW Europe

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