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Journal of Petroleum Geology
Abstract
Journal of Petroleum Geology, vol.
With the exception of
the prolific East Irish Sea Basin, there have been no hydrocarbon discoveries to
date in the other basins in the Irish Sea region. Excellent reservoirs, viable seals and
structural traps have been identified in all the basins, suggesting that other factors
have prevented the accumulation or preservation of oil
and gas. The lack of exploration success in the Larne - Lough
Neagh, Solway and Peel, Kish Bank and Central Irish Sea Basins is attributed to a
combination of poor
preservation of regional source rocks, unfavourable timing of hydrocarbon migration and
trap
formation and, locally, a lack of seal integrity.
Inversion episodes during latest Carboniferous, Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous and Early
Tertiary times were critical in preventing the optimum conditions necessary for the
generation and preservation of oil and gas in these basins.
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