Norwegian Petroleum Society Research Articles

EVANS, D., GRAHAM, C., ARMOUR, A. & BATHURST, P. (editors and compilers) 2003. The Millennium Atlas: Petroleum Geology of the Central and Northern North Sea. 389 pp. London, Bath: Geological Society of London. Price £248 (book plus CD set); book only – £199; CD only – £199; hard covers, large format. ISBN 1 86239 119 X

EVANS, D., GRAHAM, C., ARMOUR, A. & BATHURST, P. (editors and compilers) 2003. The Millennium Atlas: Petroleum Geology of the Central and Northern North Sea. 389 pp. London, Bath: Geological Society of London. Price £248 (book plus CD set); book only – £199; CD only – £199; hard covers, large format. ISBN 1 86239 119 X - Volume 140 Issue 4

Sequence Stratigraphy—Concepts and Applications: Norwegian Petroleum Society, Special Publication No. 8

As prefaced by the authors, this special publication of the Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF) stems from a conference, titled “Predictive High Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy,” sponsored by the society. The first half of the book consists of six studies dedicated to a conceptual overview of sequence stratigraphy and stratigraphic simulation applications and philosophies, while the second half focuses on 12 studies covering high‐resolution sequence descriptions relating to the distribution and modeling of hydrocarbon reservoirs in the North Sea basin.While the high‐resolution theme is beautifully developed and illustrated in regards to conveying the characteristics of reservoir sands, the supporting modeling studies are somewhat limited, showing a strong emphasis on two‐dimensional geometric formulations. Simulations are presented for depositional stratigraphic systems in locales such as the United States, North and Barents Sea basins, and Bangladesh.

Tectonic, magmatic and depositional processes at passive continental margins

The papers presented in this thematic collection all derive from a meeting on geological processes at passive margins, held at Burlington House in February 1996. The meeting was co-hosted by the Geological Society, The Norwegian Geological Society and The Norwegian Petroleum Society. We would like to thank our colleagues Bjørn Larsen and Olav Eldholmfor ensuring the strong Norwegian participation at the meeting and Mike Daly for organizing contributions from the UK hydrocarbon industry. The formation of passive continental margins during continental rifting to form new oceans is a fundamental component of the plate tectonic process yet many aspects of the formation of passive margins are still poorly understood. Passive margins are amongst the more difficult areas of the earth's surface to study, because of their great water depths and the difficulty of acquiring data. Much of the current upsurge of attention to passive continental margins, which is particularly strong for the Irish, UK and Norwegian Atlantic margins, arises from the increased interest in their hydrocarbon potential resulting from advances in deep water exploration and production technology. This renewed interest has led to the collection of new data and the increased exchange of ideas between industry and academia, some of the results of which are presented here. The successful geological analysis of passive margins calls for the integration of many different disciplines. The papers presented here show how we need to understand the link between tectonics, depositional systems and magmatic processes in order to understand margin evolution. In addition much of