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AAPG Bulletin; Year: 2022; Issue: March
DOI: 10.1306/07132120084

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Figure 35. Graphical representation of field sizes for the five decades of the North Sea’s exploration history. (A) The average field size was 285 million bbl over the period 1964–1983, 57 million bbl between 1984 and 2003, and 48 million bbl between 2004 and present. (B) Plot showing the decline curves for each decade from illustrating the progressive drop in resources exhibited by the basin.

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