Key Points - Data

 

• The package contains 76 discrete seismic lines, some in stack and migrated versions. 94 SEG-Y sections in total.

 

• Navigation co-ordinates are uploaded to the trace headers and side label information to the EBCDIC headers.

 

• Log data is supplied in LAS format.

 

• Geochemistry data is in the form of page images saved as a multipage .pdf file.

 

 

 

 

Key Points - Area Background

 

• This is a rare example of a relatively unexplored Tethyan margin foldbelt.

 

• In the past, efforts were concentrated on the, mainly small and often leaky, shallower frontal thrust prospects.

 

• Huge areas of the north and east have never been drilled and there exists the potential for large, deep structures under Palaeogene flysch nappes.

 

• There is evidence of high-grade liquid hydrocarbons in the form of surface seeps along trend with the platform margin. Analysis shows that the liquids emanate from 3 or more different source rocks.

 

• Discoveries of biogenic gas in the foreland basin are indicative of its potential.

 

• The stratigraphic column shows multiple examples of reservoir/seal combinations.

 

• Promising targets exist in the Lower and Middle Jurassic in both clastic and carbonate facies and also in the Tertiary and Cretaceous in the form of turbidite sand bodies.