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Appendix: A list of common abbreviations AAI Absolute acoustic impedance LPG Liquified petroleum gas AI Acoustic impedance LST Lowstand system tract °API Oil gravity, American Petroleum Institute LWD Logging while drilling degrees LSW Lowstand wedge AFTA Apatite fission track analysis Ma million years AST Aggradational system tract mBRT Metres below rotary table AVO Amplitude versus offset (amplitude variation mD millidarcies with offset) mfs maximum flooding surface BBL Barrel MORB Mid-ocean ridge basalt BCPD Barrels of condensate per day MRIL Magnetic resonance imaging log BGS British Geological Survey ms milliseconds BHT Bottom hole temperature N: G (NG) Net to gross BIRPS British Institutions Reflection Profiling NGL Natural gas liquids Syndicate NMO Normal move out BKB Below Kelly bushing NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance BMSL Below mean sea-level NOCS Norwegian Continental Shelf BOPD Barrels of oil per day NPD Norwegian Petroleum Directorate BOE Barrels of oil equivalent NNS Northern North Sea BRT Below rotary table OBC Ocean bottom cable BWPD Barrels of water per day OBS Ocean bottom seismograph CDR Common depth ratio ODP Ocean Drilling Program CMP Common mid point ODT Oil-down-to CNS Central North Sea OMF Outer Moray Firth COG Common offset gather owe Oil water contact CRG Common receiver gather PCA Principal component analysis CSG Common slowness gather PBU Pressure build-up CSIA Compound specific isotope analysis PSDM Pre-stack depth migration ,5,3C Ratio of carbon-13 isotope to carbon-12 isotope psi Pounds per square inch measured in a sample relative to a standard PVT Pressure, volume, temperature <515N Ratio of nitrogen-15 isotope to nitrogen-14 RFT Repeat formation test isotope measured in a sample relative to a Ro Vitrinite reflectance measured using oil standard immersion objectives ,8 <5 0 Ratio of oxygen-18 isotope to oxyge-16 isotope ra Resistivity (oil) measured in a sample relative to a standard RSA Residual salt analysis DHI Direct hydrocarbon indicator Rw Resistivity (water) DMO Dip move out s, Yield during (RockEval) pyrolysis of DSDP Deep Sea Drilling Project petroleum-like material contained in sample DST Drill stem test Maximum petroleum yield from kerogen of s2 DTI UK Department of Trade and industry sample released during (RockEval) pyrolysis ERD Extended reach drilling of petroleum EWT Extended well test SB Sequence boundary FIT Formation interval test SCF Standard cubic feet FSB Faeroe-Shetland Basin SEM Scanning electron microscope FTSS Feet, subsea Sm3 Standard cubic metres GC Gas chromatography SNS Southern North Sea GC-MS Gas chromatography mass spectrometry SrRSA Strontium isotope residual salt analysis GEUS Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland ss Subsea GIIP Gas initially in place STB Stock tank barrel GOC Gas-oil contact STOIIP Oil initially in place GOR Gas-oil ratio ow Water saturation GRV Gross rock volume ^wirr Irreducible water saturation GWC Gas-water contact TD Total depth HDIL High definition induction log TDS Total dissolved solids HI Hydrogen index TOC Total organic carbon HP/HT High pressure/high temperature TSR Thermal sulphate reduction HST Highstand system tract TST Transgressive system tract HWC Hydrocarbon-water contact TVD True vertical depth IMF Inner Moray Firth TVDSS True vertical depth, subsea IOR Improved oil recovery TWT two-way time KCF Kimmeridge Clay Formation UKCS United Kingdom Continental Shelf Kh Horizontal permeability VCS Vertical cable seismic Kv Vertical permeability P-(compressional) wave velocity vv XVI APPENDIX: A LIST OF COMMON ABBREVIATIONS VR Vitrinite reflectance WAG Water-alternating-gas (oil recovery technique) Vs S-(shear) wave velocity WUT Water-up-to VSP Vertical seismic profile XRD X-ray diffraction Index Page numbers in bold refer to tables and page numbers in italics refer to figures Acadian orogeny 512 Cretaceous extension 49-51 Barra Fan 42 acoustic impedance (AI) 1047-1048 Eocene inversion 52-53 Barra Volcanic Complex 579 Adolphus Field 474 Jurassic uplift 47-49 Barra Volcanic Ridge 42 Aegean Sea, as structural model 147, 148 Neogene rifting 53-56 basalt Aegir Ridge 42 Paleocene magmatism 51-52 seismic imaging problems 1243 aeromagnetic data see magnetic data Permo-Triassic extension 46-47 relation to Iceland plume 1250-1251 AFTA see apatite fission track analysis thermal history reconstruction wide angle data Aghardfjellet Formation 252 methods 349-350 acquisition 1245-1246 AI (acoustic impedance) 1047-1048 results 351-354 interpretation 1247-1248 Albuskjell Field 912, 913 Atlantic Ocean (North) 1250 processing 1246-1247 Alder fan 854 Caledonian setting 8-11 Base Cretaceous Event (BCE) 829, 830, 831 Alexis Formation 510 Carboniferous setting 15-18 Base Cretaceous unconformity (BCU) Alleghenian orogeny 512, 513 Cretaceous setting 31-33 1014 Alpha Field 912 Devonian setting 12-15 basement Alpha Ridge 172, 174, 250 Jurassic setting 20-29 gravity anomaly 602 Alpine orogeny 137, 146, 915 Permian setting 19-20 highs and heat flow 1316 aluminium seafloor spreading 8 basin modelling export 1345-1347 Tertiary setting 33-35 charge model 1323-1324 mobilization 1340-1341 Auk Field 474 history of 1314-1315 amplitude studies, seismic resolution Auk Horst 75 pressure model 1320-1323 enhancement 1047 Avalon Formation 504, 506, 518 Rockall Trough 428-430 amplitude versus offset see AVO Avalon Uplift 492 thermal model 1317-1318 Amroth, sediment log 776 AVO basinal facies, NE Greenland 331, 333 analogue modelling A + B sections 1291 Bean Basin 410-411 strike-slip fault system A v. B crossplot 1291 Beatrice Field 474 method 216-217 case studies Ben Nevis Formation 504, 506, 518 results 217-220 Barents Sea 1295-1297 Beothuk Field 474, 475 results discussed 221-224 Brent Field 1047 Bernard parameter 802 Andrew tuff 651, 655 chalk 928, 943-944 Beryl Embayment 127 Anguille Group 513 Greenland West 1292-1295 seismic inversion Anticosti Basin 511-513 Tor Formation 945-947 method 1282-1284 Anton Dohrn Lineament 408 West Shetland modelling results 1284-1285 Anton Dohrn Seamount 42, 392, 401, 579, anisotropy 639-641 results discussed 1285-1287 586 conventional model compared 641 stratigraphy 1281-1282 Anton Dohrn Transfer 42, 46 pre-drill model 635-636 structure 1282 apatite fission track analysis (AFTA) walkaway vertical seismic profile Beryl Field 1187 349-350 638-639 Beryl Formation reservoir 1188-1189 Faeroe-Shetland Basin 588 well data 636-638 cross Field correlation 1192-1195 method 614-615 effect on well ties 1265, 1270 depositional model 1195-1197 North Atlantic margin studies 351-354 theory 1289-1290 engineering properties 1192 results 616-619 Aylesbeare Group 1157 facies analysis 1191-1192 Appalachian Basin, Namurian stratigraphy sedimentology 1189-1191 760-763 Beryl Formation 1053, 1054, 1281 Arbroath Field 1125, 1128, 1129 back basin problem see Strathmore Field also Beta North East Terrace 868 Are Formation 1209, 1210, 1213 Solan Field beta stretching facies analysis 1214 Bacton Group 203, 1300 Atlantic margin 1351 reservoir geometry modelling 1211-1216 Baikalian orogeny 248 Rockall Trough 429 Arenicolites 1034 Bakevellia Basin 204 Billefjorden Fault Zone 42 Argo Formation 504, 520 Balder Formation 1369, 1370 biomarkers, marine v. non-marine 480-483 Argyll Field 474 Balder Graben 386 biostratigraphy, chalk 916-917 Arkwright Field Balder tuff 650 BIRPS Westline 374, 410 coherency study 1302-1304 Banff Field 975 Biscay, Bay of 8 development 1128-1133 reservoir properties Bivrost Lineament 42 discovery 1125-1126 characterization 980-982 Bjarni Formation 510 reservoir characteristics 1126 development 979-980 Bjornoya Basin 42 volumetric predictions 1126-1128 fracturing 984-985 Bjornoya Fan 42 well testing 1126 lithofacies 984 Black Cove Formation 512 Asterosoma 1191, 1213 modelling development 986-987 Blackstones 581 Atlantic margin performance 980 Blodoks Formation 915, 919 basin modelling 1357-1359 stratigraphy 982 Boat Harbour Formation 513 hydrocarbon expulsion and migration seismic image 978-979 Bosies Bank Formation 179 1360-1361 structural development 977-978 Boss Point Formation 765 hydrocarbon maturation 1360 Banks Group 93, 103, 1235 Bothnian Senja Shear Zone 42 large igneous province (LIP) Barachois Group 513 Bothnian-Kvaenangen Fault Complex 42 flood basalts 574-578 Barents Sea (Norwegian Sector) 247 Bothnian-Senja Shear Zone 46 Iceland plume 573 margin areas Bouguer gravity sediment sill complexes 578-579 reservoirs and traps 256-257 Erris Trough 458 source rocks 1354-1357 source rocks 255-256 Faeroe-Shetland Basin 601-602 tectonic evolution 1351-1354 structure 254-255 Intra-Basin 602-603 volcaniclastics 581 platform areas Slyne Trough 450, 451 volcano complexes 579-581 evolution 249-250 see also gravity post-Triassic development 231-232 reservoirs and traps 252-254 Bowland Shale Formation 813 prospectivity 227-228 source rocks 250-252 Brae Field 1347 tectonic events structure 248-249 Brae Formation 855, 1200 Caledonian 42-46 see also Hammerfest Basin Brendan Complex 579 XV111 INDEX Brent Field 92-93, 1039-1040, 1235 Faeroe-Shetland Basin 661 Chanter Field 854, 865 development 1040-1041 Newfoundland West 514 charge modelling 1323-1324 fault scarp case study Southern Permian Basin 800 Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone 392 degradation products 97-102 sediments Cheshire Basin 475 external geometry 95-96 Irish Rockall Trough 434-435 Chondrites 966, 968, 1142, 1191, 1213 internal structure 96-97 Slyne Trough 447 chromatograms, Jurassic oils 651 reservoir potential 103-104 source rocks chronostratigraphy v.