|
| |
| | North Sea oil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | North Sea oil was discovered in the early 1960s, with the first North Sea oil coming on line in 1971 and being piped ashore at Teesside, England, from 1975, but the fields were not intensively exploited until rising oil prices in the 1980s made exploitation economically feasible. | | | North Sea oil production fell ten percent (230,000 barrels) in 2004, the biggest of any other oil producing nation in the world, and has led to Britain becoming a net importer of gas for the first time [1]. | | | North Sea oil refers to oil and natural gas (hydrocarbons) produced from oil reservoirs beneath the North Sea. |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_oil
(291 words)
|
|
| |
| | Depletion Rates for Major North Sea Oil Fields |
| | The North Sea has been a major oil production province since its first significant production in the middle 1970s. | | | North Sea fields were selected for this analysis because high quality data are available for individual oil fields, because the North Sea has been a key factor in increasing non-OPEC oil production over the last 20 years, and because the best available technology is used in the North Sea. | | | The North Sea has been extensively explored and consequently the oil discovery rate has been declining. |
|
http://dieoff.org/page180.htm
(1630 words)
|
|
| |
| | North Sea oil is declining |
| | Now many of the major fields in the North Sea are in decline and the North Sea is about to lose its prominent role as one of the world's leading oil domains. | | | With severe wind gusts and waves 30 metres high, the North Sea has been one of the most challenging areas for oil exploration and recovery. | | | Despite the challenges, the North Sea has been a key component of the increase in non-OPEC oil production over the last 20 years. |
|
http://www.iags.org/n0524043.htm
(945 words)
|
|
| |
| | Support for the North East Atlantic Programme |
| | The purpose of WWF's North-East Atlantic Programme is to protect and, where necessary, restore biodiversity and maintain the natural productivity and status of the North-East Atlantic marine environment, with special focus on land-sea interface, land-based activities in the catchment area and commonly shared resources. | | | The North-East Atlantic Ocean provides a diverse range of coastal and offshore marine habitats from tidal mud flats to fjords and steep cliffs - from the shallow North Sea to the continental shelf break and the deep sea. | | | Coastal and marine habitats are increasingly degraded by harbour construction, industrial development, flood defence and oil, gas, sand and gravel extraction from the sea bed. |
|
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/toxics/projects/project_details.cfm?sPrjId=9E0140
(682 words)
|
|
| |
| | Hydro - The Troll Story |
| | Troll Oil consists of thin oil-bearing layers – just 4 to 26 metres thick – that lie beneath the huge Troll gas reservoir in the North Sea. | | | It took the combined efforts and skills of personnel from such diverse disciplines as geology and geophysics, reservoir management, production and process technologies to turn Troll from what was originally thought to be a gas field that initially had no commercially-producible oil to one of the largest-producing oil fields in the North Sea. | | | The success of this drilling and production experience led to the quest to produce the even thinner oil layers of the Troll West gas province – just 7 to 14 metres thick – with more subsea units and wells tied into a separate floating rig, Troll C. Multilateral wells |
|
http://www.hydro.com/en/press_room/features/troll_story.html
(682 words)
|
|
| |
| | Guardian Eyes on the new North Sea explorers |
| | He has industry backing for measures to peg North Sea production at 3m barrels of oil and gas a day until 2010, including a plan to encourage big oil companies to hand over acreage in which they have no interest to smaller firms. | | | Flexible the North Sea newcomers may be, but there is a question mark over whether they have the muscle to raise cash in bad times; and some seem to be put off by the cost of abandoning old platforms in exhausted fields. | | | Majors such as BP and Shell have been in retreat from the North Sea because they see it as a mature region in which the chances of making a big discovery are slim compared to new frontier zones such as West Africa, Brazil and the Caspian Sea. |
|
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4345037-103676,00.html
(1143 words)
|
|
| |
| | Tim Shank's Lab: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| | The deep-sea coral Lophelia pertusa was first found growing on North Sea oil platforms in 1999, as the Brent Spar oil-storage buoy was decommissioned (Bell & Smith, 1999) and as the Beryl Alpha platform was surveyed (Pearce, 1999). | | | To use the data acquired to assess the general âhealthâ of Lophelia pertusa colonies growing on oil rigs in the North Sea. | | | We are investigating the reproduction of colonies of Lophelia pertusa from different locations on oil rigs in the North Sea. |
|
http://www.whoi.edu/science/B/people/tshank/projects/p_oileffects.htm
(1143 words)
|
|
| |
| | Planet Ark : FEATURE - Sun still rising on depleted North Sea oil wealth |
| | The local oil industry says that all the predictions so far have been too pessimistic, that safety and environmental standards are as strict in the North Sea as anywhere in the world and that alternative energy sources are not yet able to replace oil and gas. | | | Conventional wisdom holds that the end may be drawing near for the oil workers of the North Sea rigs. | | | If life in the North Sea oil province carries a high price, it also yields a high reward. |
|
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/16572/story.htm
(1086 words)
|
|
| |
| | Roger Blanchard • The Coming Global Oil Crisis |
| | North Sea fields were selected for this analysis because high quality data are available for individual oil fields, because the North Sea has been a key factor in increasing non-OPEC oil production over the last 20 years, and because the best available technology is used in the North Sea. | | | In the U.K. sector of the North Sea, the 200 | | | Second, not all oil fields decline at the same rate due to a variety of factors, but all fields in Tables 1 and 2 that have been in decline for at least 6 years have total declines of more than 50% from their maximum production levels. |
|
http://www.oilcrisis.com/blanchard
(2195 words)
|
|
| |
| | AT Buller -North Sea Oil and Gas Reservoirs II - Paul Joseph Lederer |
| | North Sea Oil and Gas Reservoirs II No. 1: North Sea Oil and Gas Reservoirs II. | | | North Sea Oil and the Environment Developing Oil and Gas Resources Environmental Impacts and Responses. | | | AT Buller -North Sea Oil and Gas Reservoirs II - Paul Joseph Lederer |
|
http://www.reviewofbooks.net/266003north_sea_oil_gas_reservoirs_ii.html
(44 words)
|
|
| |
| | North Sea Oil Papers 1975-1994 |
| | OP 28 Economic and Fiscal Aspects of the Development and Decommissioning of New Oil Fields in the North Sea: a Comparative Study of the UK, Norway, Denmark and The Netherlands by A. Kenip and G. Kellas, assisted by D. Reading (1989) (No Abstract Available) | | | OP 24 Barriers to Entry in the North Sea Offshore Oil Supply Industry by J. Cairns, A. Harris and H. Williams (1987) (No Abstract Available) | | | OP 19 The North Sea Oil and Gas Supply Industry, 1977-1990 by D. Newlands, R. Shaw and P. Jones (1983) (No Abstract Available) |
|
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~pec148/nsowp94.htm
(1219 words)
|
|
| |
| | Talisman Energy |
| | Talisman Energy is to invest a further £20m in its Aberdeen-based North Sea oil operations, as part of a £183m boost to its international exploration and development budget. | | | Talisman Energy has announced a new oil discovery at the Lucy Field in the North Sea, and development plans will be finalised later this year. | | | Talisman Energy is planning to invest up to £30m rebuilding its North Sea pipeline linking the Beatrice oilfield with the Nigg terminal on the Cromarty Firth, as part of an expansion that will create 1,600 jobs. |
|
http://www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk/tay55673.htm
(1219 words)
|
|
| |
| | RIGZONE - North Sea |
| | Monday, March 13, 2006 - North Sea oil and gas explorer Nautical Petroleum PLC said it is on track to deliver it first revenues in 24 months after it reported losses in the first half year to December, in line with expectations. | | | Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - BP says that oil from the Buzzard field in the Central North Sea will be exported through the FPS, becoming a constituent of Forties Blend crude and affecting its hydrocarbon characteristics. | | | Monday, March 06, 2006 - Centrica has reached agreement with BP to double its interest in the Statfjord oil and gas field in the northern North Sea. |
|
http://www.rigzone.com/news/region.asp?r_id=2
(1845 words)
|
|
| |
| | North Sea at opensource encyclopedia |
| | There is a substantial amount of oil and natural gas under the seabed: see North Sea oil. | | | The North Sea is the part of the Atlantic Ocean situated between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. | | | Major waterways that drain into the North Sea include the Elbe (at Cuxhaven), the Weser (at Bremerhaven), the Ems at Emden, the Rhine and Meuse (at Rotterdam), the Scheldt (at Flushing), the Thames, and the Humber (at Hull). |
|
http://www.wiki.tatet.com/North_Sea.html
(376 words)
|
|
| |
| | Pacific Ocean - Wikipedia |
| | Extending approximately 15,500 km (9,600 mi) from the BERING SEA in the Arctic north to the icy margins of Antarctica's Ross Sea in the south, the Pacific reaches its greatest width at about 5 deg north latitude, where it stretches approximately 19,800 km (12,300 mi) from Indonesia to the coast of Colombia. | | | It provides low-cost sea transportation between East and West, extensive fishing grounds, offshore oil and gas fields, minerals, and sand and gravel for the construction industry. | | | The Aleutian Current branches as it approaches North America and forms the base of a counterclockwise circulation in the Bering Sea. |
|
http://nostalgia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean
(376 words)
|
|
| |
| | East China Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | It is connected with the South China Sea by the Taiwan Strait and with the Sea of Japan by the Korea Strait; it opens in the North to the Yellow Sea. | | | Gas and oil rivalry in the East China Sea Asia Times Online. | | | Territories with borders on the sea (clockwise from north) include: South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Mainland China. |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_China_Sea
(371 words)
|
|
| |
| | ::.......CCOP EPF......:: |
| | These sedimentary basins, from north to south, are Bohai Basin, North Yellow Sea Basin, South Yellow Sea Basin, East China Sea Basin, Okinawa Trough Basin, West Taiwan Basin, Southwest Taiwan Basin, East Taiwan Basin, Pearl River Mouth Basin, Beibu Bay Basin, Yinggehai-Qiongdongnan Basin and basins in the south part of South China Sea, etc. | | | Up to now, Pinghu and Chunxiao oil and gas fields have been found in East Sea basin. | | | There are different types of oil and gas pools in the basin: lower reservoir-upper source-rock type, lower source-rock-upper reservoir type, oil and gas pools of laterally connected source- and reservoir-rock assemblages, carbonate fissure-vug-type oil and gas pools. |
|
http://www.ccop.or.th/epf/china/china_petroleum.html
(371 words)
|
|
| |
| | Plan now for a world without oil : Melbourne Indymedia |
| | Four months ago, Britain's oil imports overtook its exports, underlining a decline in North Sea oil production that was already well under way. | | | North Sea oil output peaked at about 2.9m barrels per day in 1999, and has been predicted to fall to only 1.6m bpd by 2007. | | | Oil powers the vast network of planes, tanks, helicopters and ships that provide the basis of each country's armaments. |
|
http://www.melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2004/01/59989.php
(371 words)
|
|
| |
| | North Sea oil is declining |
| | While primary oil demand in European Union (EU) countries is projected to increase by 0.4% per year from now to 2030, North Sea output peaked in 1999 and has been on the decline ever since. | | | Now many of the major fields in the North Sea are in decline and the North Sea is about to lose its prominent role as one of the world's leading oil domains. | | | With severe wind gusts and waves 30 metres high, the North Sea has been one of the most challenging areas for oil exploration and recovery. |
|
http://www.iags.org/n0524043.htm
(945 words)
|
|
| |
| | Marginal sea -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | The (An arm of the North Atlantic between the British Isles and Scandinavia; oil was discovered under the North Sea in 1970) North Sea (separated by (An island comprising England and Scotland and Wales) Great Britain) | | | A marginal sea of the (The 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the East and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south) Indian Ocean: | | | Marginal seas of the (The 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east) Atlantic Ocean: |
|
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/m/ma/marginal_sea.htm
(485 words)
|
|
| |
| | Encyclopedia: Petroleum |
| | West Texas Intermediate (WTI) is a type of crude oil used as a benchmark in oil pricing and the underlying commodity of New York Mercantile Exchanges oil futures. | | | China has confirmed that two of its largest producing regions are in decline, and Mexico's national oil company, Pemex, has announced that Cantarell Field, one of the world's largest offshore fields, is expected to peak in 2006, and then decline 14% per annum. | | | Sullom Voe is an inlet between North Mainland and Northmavine on Shetland in Scotland, and an oil terminal sited on its shore. |
|
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Petroleum
(485 words)
|
|
| |
| | Genesis Oil Politics |
| | Proven oil reserves range from 15 billion to 30 billion barrels, comparable to those of the North Sea; estimates of unproven reserves range up to 200 billion.(1) Proven natural gas reserves are estimated at roughly Oil Politics 200-350 trillion cubic feet, comparable to North American reserves, and total Caspian reserves could be double that figure. | | | The primary options presently being considered for big oil include three Azeri variants: (1) expanding the northern route from Azerbaijan to Novorossiysk; (2) building a pipeline through Georgia and/or Armenia ending in Ceyhan, Turkey; or (3) building a new trans-Caucasus pipeline from Baku through Georgia to Supsa. | | | Hence some of the region's more ambitious proposals: one would move oil from Baku to the Georgian port of Poti, then by tanker across the Black Sea to Odessa, and on through Ukraine to Poland. |
|
http://darrendixon.supanet.com/oilpolitics.htm
(485 words)
|
|
| |
| | Nat' Academies Press, Oil in the Sea III: Inputs, Fates, and Effects (2003) |
| | Oil in the Sea III: Inputs, Fates, and Effects TABLE E-14 Total Bilge Oil Discharge—North American Waters (for vessels greater than or equal to 100 GT) (tonnes) (gallons) United States 81 Canada 11 Mexico 7 Best estimate 99 26,465 bilge oil amongst the various zones. | | | Oil in the Sea III: Inputs, Fates, and Effects presumed to occur outside the waters of the United States or any other nation. | | | Oil in the Sea III: Inputs, Fates, and Effects onboard the product tankers is 2 m3 or about 1.8 tonnes. |
|
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309084385/html/203.html
(485 words)
|
|
| |
| | BBC NEWS Scotland New fears over North Sea oil jobs |
| | Unions and politicians are warning of further job cuts in the North Sea oil industry after BP announced the loss of 800 contractors' positions. | | | A further 3,300 agency and contract workers are employed by the company, which is responsible for about a fifth of the output of Britain's North Sea offshore oil and gas fields. | | | David Davidson, Tory MSP for North-east Scotland region said: "Prospects for the oil industry have already been bleak with the North Sea province coming to a mature phase of development and a consequential decrease of production. |
|
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2018236.stm
(614 words)
|
|
| |
| | North Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | There is a substantial amount of petroleum and natural gas under the seabed: see North Sea oil. | | | The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between Norway and Denmark in the east, the UK (England and Scotland) in the west, and Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France in the south. | | | The bed of the North Sea forms two basins, the main northern one lies to the north of a ridge between north Norfolk and Frisia. |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-Sea
(515 words)
|
|
| |
| | [A-List] UK economy: decline of North Sea oil |
| | Not much oil left to pour from UK's troubled waters By Dan Roberts Financial Times; Apr 15, 2003 Beneath the chilly North Sea, one of Britain's most important economic assets is slipping quietly into history. | | | But as British troops help bring Iraq's vast - and cheap - oil reserves back to production, multinational energy companies are turning their back on the North Sea, leaving a new generation of self-proclaimed "scavengers" to cope with billions of pounds in decommissioning liabilities. | | | No production field has yet been through this process in the North Sea, but abandonment costs are thought to be about £100m each. |
|
http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/a-list/2003-April/025326.html
(1069 words)
|
|
| |
| | CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Environment - current issues |
| | acid rain damage to soils and lakes; pollution of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea | | | recurrent drought in north severely affects agricultural activities; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching and habitat destruction threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water | | | desertification resulting from the degradation of limited arable land, periods of drought, and dust storms; coastal degradation (damage to coastlines, coral reefs, and sea vegetation) resulting from oil spills and other discharges from large tankers, oil refineries, and distribution stations; lack of freshwater resources, groundwater and seawater are the only sources for all water needs |
|
http://www.phatnav.com/factbook/fields/2032.html
(1069 words)
|
|
| |
| | The angel of the North Sea - [Sunday Herald] |
| | The North Sea is now a mature province and Goligher's 1500-strong team works with a variety of clients from Shell to newer entrants like Dana Petroleum, pushing back technical boundaries and extending the life of the oil basin which still contains some four billion barrels. | | | She is determined to see out the process of change in the North Sea, a task that she expects to keep her in Aberdeen for at least another year. | | | North Sea chiefs say she commands wide respect for her knowledge and professionalism, while Goligher says she has always been treated well by male colleagues. |
|
http://www.sundayherald.com/np/34702
(1468 words)
|
|
|
Topic: North Sea oil