Resinated Core Sample from Dunlin Field (3m)
AssociatedAssociated with
Fairfield Energy
AssociatedAssociated with
Shell UK Exploration And Production
(The Hague, Netherlands, founded 1907)
Date1973-1998
Object NameCore Sample
MediumSandstone
ClassificationsNorth Sea Oil and Gas Industries
AcquisitionPresented in 2018 by Fairfield Energy.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095559.10
Keywords
Although remote investigation of a potential resource bearing strata deep underground is possible, the results still need to be tested for likely amount of oil present, porosity of the rock and other factors. This requires samples of those rocks to be brought to the surface to be examined. This is done using a special hollow drill bit allowing a cylinder of rock to be recovered.
The samples here are thin metre long slices of some of these core cylinders and show the structure of part of the Dunlin reservoir deep under the sea bed.
Dunlin is now being decommissioned but had recoverable reserves of 363,000,000 barrels of oil.
late 20th-early 21st Century
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