21CXRM Phase 2: Petroleum Systems Studies for Southwest Britain

21CXRM Phase 2 Southwest of Britain Data Package contains integrated petroleum systems studies and seep evaluations for the East Shetland Platform and SW Approaches areas of the UK Continental Shelf. The studies were completed in Q3 2018 by APT under contract to the North Sea Transition Authority as part of an industry collaboration. The work provides a high-quality geochemistry and thermo-chronology dataset with basin modelling to assess petroleum systems in these under-explored regions.

Use Cases

• Assessing petroleum system existence and effectiveness based on integrated PeST studies.
• Conducting oil-source correlations using biomarker studies and age-diagnostic assessments.
• Performing basin modelling studies using integrated geochemistry and thermo-chronology data.
• Evaluating seep data to de-risk exploration in the East Shetland Platform and SW Approaches.

Strengths

• The dataset is described as 'fully integrated' and 'very high-quality' for geochemistry and thermo-chronology.
• Studies were conducted as an industry collaboration under the 21CXRM initiative, suggesting a coordinated technical effort.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

North Sea Transition Authority

Collection Method

Integrated petroleum systems (PeST) studies and seep evaluations led by APT under contract.

Time Range

Studies completed in Q3 2018.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-18 11:13:05.904363; freshness should be verified.

Geography

East Shetland Platform and SW Approaches area of the UK Continental Shelf.