Here are geology, potential of England's Windsor anticline

Journal Article · Mon Nov 22 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:5699463

Oswald, D H ^[1]

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1. Canuk Exploration Ltd., Buckinghamshire (United Kingdom)

The Windsor anticline is the northernmost structure in the Weald basin. In southeastern England there are two intracratonic Mesozoic basins--Wessex and Weald. The distinction between them is formed by a structural arch resulting in slight differences in their stratigraphic successions. The Wessex and Weald are the sites of the main producing basins in onshore Britain, the former containing Wytch Farm oilfield, producing from Triassic and Jurassic reservoirs with an estimated 350 million bbl of oil recoverable. A number of smaller oilfields produce from the Middle and Upper Jurassic of the Weald basin. The paper describes the structural history, source rocks, and reservoir seals. The reason such a large structure remained undrilled is that the structure underlies Windsor Castle. Plans are to drill an exploratory well and conduct the development program with directional drilling.

• OSTI ID: 5699463
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 91:47; ISSN OIGJAV; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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