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Induced seismicity of the groningen gas field stanford center for. Geology of the groningen field an overview cambridge. 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. The rotliegend was hardly known in the netherlands before the groningen gas find. E the ambient seismic field at groningen gas field. Government tells 200 companies they have four years to stop sourcing gas from groningen field after increasingly. Available formats pdf please select a format to send. The continuous gas extraction led to an induced seismic activity in the area. Spica, nori nakata, xin liu, xander campman, zijian tang, and gregory c. The first well drilled to marginal facies of the permian rotliegend is one of. Beroza abstract the longterm exploitation of the groningen gas field led to compaction at reservoir depth, subsequent ground subsidence, and recentlyearthquakes. Brief history of petroleum exploration in the netherlands. Initially, it was considered to be relatively simple and behaving like one big tank.

The groningen gas field lies in the northern part of the netherlands, near the border with germany source. The groningen gas field is one of the largest gas fields in europe. Netherlands to halt gas production at groningen by 2030. The groningen gas field, located just onshore in the nether lands fig. Geology of groningen gas field, netherlands aapg bulletin. Some 75% of the gas originally in place has been produced by now, and the field is rapidly approaching a natural phase of declining.

An overview from the surface to reservoir depth by zack j. 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. Gas field earthquakes put netherlands biggest firms on. Gas field earthquakes put netherlands biggest firms on extraction notice. The depth contours represent respectively the top of the slochteren formation left and the top of the rotliegend right structural setting the gas water contact in the groningen field is encountered at depths between 2971m in the northeast of the field to 3016m in the southwest.

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. Our understanding of the geology of the groningen field has evolved very significantly from the time of its serendipitous discovery in 1959 until today. History and recent developments abstract induced seismicity of the groningen gas. The groningen gas field and the rotliegendes of the.

Geology of the groningen field an overview 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. 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. Schoonebeek oil field in 1943 and the groningen gas field in 1959. 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.

Discovered in 1959, it is the largest natural gas field in europe and the tenthlargest in the world. Pdf geology of the groningen field an overview researchgate. In order to monitor the seismic activity and study. Exploration after the groningen discovery however is of. 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. The groningen gas field is a giant natural gas field located near slochteren in groningen province in the northeastern part of the netherlands.