Groningen gas field geology pdf

Spica, nori nakata, xin liu, xander campman, zijian tang, and gregory c. Because of the large areal extent of the reservoir, the long history of depletion, and the available data sets which exist as a result of consequences and public unrest caused. Netherlands to halt gas production at groningen by 2030. Gas field earthquakes put netherlands biggest firms on extraction notice. The first well drilled to marginal facies of the permian rotliegend is one of.

Available formats pdf please select a format to send. Our understanding of the geology of the groningen field has evolved very significantly from the time of its serendipitous discovery in 1959 until today. Gas field earthquakes put netherlands biggest firms on. Schoonebeek oil field in 1943 and the groningen gas field in 1959. E the ambient seismic field at groningen gas field.

Brief history of petroleum exploration in the netherlands. After more than half a century of production and with some 350 wells, the groningen gas field must be one of the beststudied gas fields in the world. History and recent developments abstract induced seismicity of the groningen gas. The dutch government said on thursday it will phase out gas production at the groningen field, once europes largest, by 2030 as part of efforts to reduce the danger caused by small but damaging. The life cycle of the netherlands natural gas exploration. Beroza abstract the longterm exploitation of the groningen gas field led to compaction at reservoir depth, subsequent ground subsidence, and recentlyearthquakes. Geology of groningen gas field, netherlands aapg bulletin. Induced seismicity of the groningen gas field stanford center for. The continuous gas extraction led to an induced seismic activity in the area. The groningen gas field lies in the northern part of the netherlands, near the border with germany source. Pdf after more than half a century of production and with some 350 wells, the groningen gas field must be one of the beststudied gas fields. Geology of the groningen field an overview cambridge. In order to monitor the seismic activity and study. Initially, it was considered to be relatively simple and behaving like one big tank.

The rotliegend was hardly known in the netherlands before the groningen gas find. An overview from the surface to reservoir depth by zack j. The groningen gas field is one of the largest gas fields in europe. The groningen gas field, located just onshore in the nether lands fig.

The operator of the groningen gas field has been a major player in north. Namtno testing the groningen discovery well, slochteren 1, in 1959 the southern permian basin extended from the uk to poland. While the centre of the basin was taken up by a large salt lake, alluvial fans formed on the southern margin, with braided rivers, dune fields and sabkhas to the. Some 75% of the gas originally in place has been produced by now, and the field is rapidly approaching a natural phase of declining. The groningen gas field and the rotliegendes of the. Government tells 200 companies they have four years to stop sourcing gas from groningen field after increasingly. This has led to some studies in 20 for example, nam, 20 tno, 20b in which the links among the geology of the field, reservoir dynamics, and. Geology of the groningen field an overview netherlands. Pdf geology of the groningen field an overview researchgate. The groningen gas field is a giant natural gas field located near slochteren in groningen province in the northeastern part of the netherlands. Discovered in 1959, it is the largest natural gas field in europe and the tenthlargest in the world. Exploration after the groningen discovery however is of.