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This Web Site will on occasion display technical papers presented by members of the Energy Development Unit at conferences.

Upstream Challenges and DECC Initiatives
Simon Toole - Director, Licensing, Exploration and Development
keynote speech presented at Prospex on 15th December 2010
   Presentation (PowerPoint 4 Mbytes)
Strategic Environmental Assessment for a 14th and Subsequent Onshore Oil & Gas Licensing Rounds
   Environmental report (PDF 1 Mb) - Closing date for comments on this Environmental Report is 10th November 2010
   Appendix 1, 2 & 3 (PDF 0.5 Mb)
   Appendix 4 (PDF 10 Mb)
   Appendix 5 & 6 (PDF 1 Mb)
2009 Activity and Regulatory Update
Simon Toole - Director, Licensing, Exploration and Development
Presented at Prospex 2009
   Presentation (PowerPoint 2.9 Mbytes)
Regulations in the North Sea
Keith Mayo
Head of Offshore Decommissioning Unit
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Presented at Kuala Lumpur
1/2 October 2009
   Presentation (PowerPoint 6 Mbytes)
Managing Decommissioning Risks for Government
Keith Mayo
Head of Offshore Decommissioning Unit
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Presented at Bergen, Norway
10/11 February 2009
   Presentation (PowerPoint)
WITSML, PRODML and National Data Repositories could all come together to deliver major benefits
Stewart Robinson
Energy Resources Consultant
Department of Energy and Climate Change
(and board member of Energistics)
January 2009
   Presentation (PDF)
Making the most from UKCS Exploration
Simon Toole - Director, Licensing, Exploration and Development, BERR
Presented at the PESGB & BERR Prospecx 2007
London 11 December 2007
   Presentation (PowerPoint 6.3 Mbytes)
Stewardship Process - 3 years on
BERR Energy Development Unit September 2007
   Presentation (PDF 577 KBytes)
Optimisation of CO2 Injection into UKCS Oilfields
Tissa Jayasekera presented this paper at the IEA EOR Collaborative Agreement Workshop and Symposium held in Tokyo, in September 2005
   Presentation (PDF 1.6 MBytes)
BGS Report on Geology for offshore gas storage in salt caverns
   Report (PDF N.B. 49 MBytes)
Persistence of Temperature Effects from Sea Water Injection
Presented by Tissa Jayasekera at the IEA EOR Collaborative Agreement Workshop and Symposium held in Stavanger in September 2004
   Presentation (PDF, 395 KBytes)
DTI Perspective on Reservoir Surveillance
Presentation by Colin Cranfield at SPE 'Innovations in Reservoir Surveillance' Round Table, AECC, 15 Sept. 2004
   Presentation (PowerPoint, 493 KBytes)
DTI / UKOOA Workshop Presentations, 3 December 2003
  ETS Directive, Regulations and National Allocation Plan - Graeme Cobb
  Permits and Permit Application Process - Derek Saward
  Monitoring and Reporting Requirements - Paula Murphy
  Redevelopment of the UKOOA EEMS Database - Stewart Robinson
Potential for Geological Storage and EOR from CO2 Injection into UKCS Oil Fields
Presented by Tissa Jayasekera at the IEA EOR Collaborative Agreement Workshop and Symposium, held in Regina, Canada in September 2003
   Presentation (PDF, 214 KBytes)
Importance of Effective Sand Management - DTI View
Presentation by Colin Cranfield at Topsides Sand Management forum organised by Sand Management Network, AECC, 4 June 2003
   Presentation (PowerPoint, 247 KBytes)

Examine the gap between potential and actual oil & gas production. In particular focusing on loss of production and value due to poor production efficiency of facilities
Presented by Ragbir S Chana at PILOT Brownfields Showcase in Aberdeen on Wednesday 11th December 2002.
   Presentation (PowerPoint 97, 729 KBytes)
 
How can geology & geophysics improve brownfield recovery?
Presentation by Malcolm Pye at LOGIC Brownfields Showcase in Aberdeen on Wednesday 11th December 2002.
   Presentation (PowerPoint 97, 741 KBytes)
 
Unlocking the potential from UKCS low deliverability reservoirs
SPE paper presented by Colin Cranfield at EUROPEC, Aberdeen, 29-31 Oct. 2002.
   
Paper (Word, 193 Kbytes)
   Presentation (PowerPoint, 412 KBytes)
 
Tissa Jayasekera presented the following papers at the IEA EOR Collaborative Agreement Workshop and Symposium held in Caracas, Venezuela, in September 2002:

(1) Subsurface Issues for CO2 Flooding of UKCS Reservoirs

   Presentation (PDF, 408 KBytes)

(2) The Use of Distributed Well Temperature Measurements in Waterflood Management

   Presentation (PDF, 347 KBytes)

(3) In-depth Blocking to Boost Late life Reserves

   Presentation (PDF, 8.4 MBytes)
 
Improved Hydrocarbon Recovery in the UKCS: Past, Present and Future
Presented by Tissa Jayasekera at the SPE/DOE Thirteenth Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, held in Tulsa OK, April 2002.
   Presentation (PDF, 2.9 MBytes)
 
Intelligent Wells - Impact on Regulatory Authorities
Talk by Colin Cranfield at 'Smart Wells' SPE Forum, Sainte Maxime, 23-28 Sept. 2001
   Presentation (PowerPoint 97, 91 KBytes)
 
HPHT - Hot Spot for UK Investment
by M. Grist, M. Simpson and R. Milton-Worssell.
   
Paper
   Presentation (PowerPoint 97, 1.8 MBytes)
 

OG-LED and the UK Onshore Oil and Gas Industry
a talk given by Geoff Swann at the Petroleum Group Conference, Burlington House, Piccadilly on 17th/18th April 2001.

  Presentation (PowerPoint 97, 402 KBytes)
 
Extension of Field Life on UKCS
Talk by Colin Cranfield at 'Field Rehabilitation 2' Petroleum Group conference, Burlington House, 21-22 Nov. 2000
   Presentation (PowerPoint 97, 1.76 MBytes)
 
 
Decision Risk Management Review of Through-Tubing Drilling Uptake on UKCS
Talk by Colin Cranfield at SPE-IoCTA 'CT & Well Intervention' roundtable, AECC, 15-16 Nov. 2000
   Presentation (PowerPoint 97, 119 Kbytes)
 
 
 
The Development of Heavy Oil Fields in the U.K.Continental Shelf: Past, Present and Future
Presented by Tissa Jayasekera at the:
(1) SPE International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium, held in Bakersfield CA, March 1999.
(2) SPE Western Regional Meeting, held in Anchorage, Alaska, May 1999
(3) IEA EOR Workshop and Symposium, held in Paris, September 1999
This paper has also been published in SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, Volume 3, Number 5, October 2000
   Presentation (PDF, 702 Kbytes)
 
 

Regulatory reporting using XML
a talk given by Stewart Robinson at the XML conference in Stavanger on 28th September 2000. Power Point 97, 2.1 MB.

  Presentation (PowerPoint 97, 2.1 MBytes)
 

UK Onshore Oil and Gas (GIF Image, 49 KBytes)
UK Future Potential (GIF Image, 38 KBytes)
Future Potential: Southern North Sea (GIF Image, 47 KBytes)
Future Potential for Heavy Oil Exploration and Development, UKCS (GIF Image, 51 KBytes)
Lower Cretaceous, Moray Firth (GIF Image, 49 KBytes)
Atlantic Margin: West of Shetland (GIF Image, 58 KBytes)
Undeveloped Discoveries (GIF Image, 37 KBytes)

Extension of Field Life and Prevention of Premature COP
Poster by Colin Cranfield at SPE "Field Management of Mature Fields" workshop, Scheveningen, 5-8 June 2000
   Poster (PowerPoint 97, 132 KBytes)
 

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