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History of petroleum systems in the southern part of the Broad Fourteens Basin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

J.M. Verweij ,
H.J. Simmelink ,
R.T. Van Balen  and
P. David
J.M. Verweij
Affiliation:
Netherlands Institute of Applied Geoscience TNO - National Geological Survey, P.O. Box 80015, 3508 TA Utrecht, the Netherlands; E-mail: [email protected]
H.J. Simmelink
Affiliation:
Netherlands Institute of Applied Geoscience TNO - National Geological Survey, P.O. Box 80015, 3508 TA Utrecht, the Netherlands; E-mail: [email protected]
R.T. Van Balen
Affiliation:
Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands
P. David
Affiliation:
Netherlands Institute of Applied Geoscience TNO - National Geological Survey, P.O. Box 80015, 3508 TA Utrecht, the Netherlands; E-mail: [email protected]
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2D Basin modelling was used to evaluate the response of source rock maturation, and of petroleum expulsion, migration, accumulation and preservation to the evolution of the southern part of the inverted Broad Fourteens Basin. Modelling results show that the temperature, maturation and petroleum generation history as well as migration characteristics of both the Jurassic oil systems and the Carboniferous gas systems vary over short distances relative to the differences in burial history of the basin. Model results indicate that no major gas accumulations are preserved in the Slochteren Formation along the cross-section at present-day. Gas accumulations are predicted in sandstone-dominated Triassic units in the southern part of the section. Present-day oil accumulations predicted in the Vlieland Sandstone Formation sealed by the Vlieland Claystone Formation (in P9 and Q1 crestal structures) are in accordance with known oil accumulations. Additional oil accumulations are predicted in the sandstone-dominated Middle Werkendam Member, and in sandstones of the Delfland Subgroup.

The modelling offers an explanation for the different geochemical compositions of the accumulated oils in the P9 and Q1 areas. Modelling implies, that the oils in the Q1 oil field were sourced by remigrated oils expelled over time, from early mature to mature source rocks of the Posidonia Shale Formation. The biodegraded and water-washed nature of the Q1 oil is explained by the concentrated topography-induced groundwater flow through the Vlieland Sandstone Formation during the Late Cretaceous inversion of the basin. The oils accumulated in the P9 area were sourced from an early mature part of the Posidonia Shale Formation and were probably not affected by water washing and biodegradation because of post-inversion charging of the reservoir.

Keywords

petroleum systemsbasin modellingBroad Fourteens BasinNorth Sea Basin
Type
Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 82 , Special Issue 1: Geofluids in the Netherlands , April 2003 , pp. 71 - 90
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Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2003

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