New chance for the Zechstein-2 play?!
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UK
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NL
•Proven play in SPB - production in Poland, Germany and Netherlands
•Presence of Zechstein-2 Carbonates around Elbow Spit High shown by wells and seismic
•Possibly charge from Scremerston coals and/or Zechstein carbonates source rocks
•Cluster of leads with sizable volumes, nearby infrastructure
A08-Heron lead
Tertiary
Mid North Sea High
Trap
Carbonate platform / slope
Reservoir Karstified / fractured limestone
Seal
Overlying Zechstein strata
(clays, salts)
Overlying Cretaceous - Jurassic
shales, tight Chalk
Source
Zechstein intra-platform (oil /
condensate, lateral migration)
Carboniferous coals (gas,
vertical migration)
?
Chalk
Lower Cretaceous
?
Basal Zechstein Unit
including Zechstein-2 Carbonate Triassic
younger Zechstein
including Zechstein-2 Halite
Pre-Zechstein
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El
W
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E02-02 build-up
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Tertiary
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Hi
Seismic line showing a Zechstein-2
build-up with the transition from platform
to basin. Logs and side wall core material
of well E02-02 confirm the presence of
Zechstein-2 Carbonates along the edge of
the Elbow Spit High.
Chalk
Triassic
Lower Cretaceous
Zechstein-2 Carbonate
Basal
Zechstein-1 Anhydrite
Zechstein Unit
not present
basinal facies
platform / slope facies Zechstein build-up
indicate basal Zechstein
unit well penetrations
oil fields
gas fields
Facies and present-day distribution of the Zechstein-2 Carbonate Member, modified from Geluk, 2007
www.ebn.nl
basin
slope
platform
Pre-Zechstein
W
E02-02
(seismic data courtesy Fugro)
younger Zechstein
including Zechstein-2 Halite
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