21CXRM: Palaeozoic Petroleum Systems Analysis for the Mid North Sea High

21st Century Exploration RoadMap Palaeozoic Petroleum Systems Analysis Project products describe the Palaeozoic geology and conventional petroleum potential in and around the Mid North Sea High. The British Geological Survey produced these peer-reviewed reports, images, and GIS products between November 2014 and May 2016, integrating interpretations of well, seismic, gravity-magnetic, and source rock data. The datasets are applicable for use at scales between 1:750,000 to 1:3,000,000.

Use Cases

• Regional basin modelling based on integrated well, seismic, and source rock interpretations.
• Mapping petroleum system elements based on GIS and gridded geological products.
• Stimulating exploration activity based on analysis of underexplored Devonian and Carboniferous rocks.
• Conducting petrophysical studies based on collated and interpreted data from the Central North Sea.

Strengths

• Peer-reviewed products produced by the British Geological Survey.
• Analysis based on integration of extensive well, seismic, gravity-magnetic, and source rock datasets.
• Covers a large area of the Central North Sea from the Forth Approaches to the northern side of the Southern North Sea.
• Project conducted between November 2014 and May 2016 with a defined scope.

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.
• Unreleased raw data is excluded, as is the UK Government Seismic data released in 2016.

Provenance

Source

British Geological Survey (BGS) for DECC/OGA, Oil and Gas UK and oil company sponsors.

Collection Method

Collation and interpretation of released data; interpretations of unreleased data included with agreement of data owners.

Time Range

Project period: November 2014 to May 2016.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 08:34:49.761221; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mid North Sea High (Quadrants 25-44), Central North Sea from Forth Approaches to northern side of Southern North Sea.