Title
Modelling the hydrocarbon generation and migration in the West Netherlands Basin, the Netherlands
Author
Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO
van Balen, R.T.
van Bergen, F.
de Leeuw, C.
Pagnier, H.
Simmelink, H.
van Wees, J.D.
Verweij, J.M.
Publication year
2000
Abstract
The hydrocarbon systems of the Mesozoic, inverted West Netherlands Basin have been analyzed using 2-D forward modelling. Three source rocks are considered in the modelling: Lower Jurassic oil-prone shales, Westphalian gas-prone coal deposits, and Lower Namurian oil-prone shales. The Lower Namurian hydrocarbon system of the basin is discussed for the first time. According to the modelling results of the Early Jurassic oil system, the oil accumulations were filled just after the main inversion event. Their predicted locations are in agreement with exploration results. Modelling results of the Westphalian gas system, however, show smaller and larger sized accumulations at unexplored locations. The gas reservoirs were filled during the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous rifting phase. Results of modelling of the Lower Namurian oil system indicate that gas formed by secondary cracking of the oils can have mixed with the Westphalian coal-derived gas. Such a mixing is inferred from geochemical analyses. The existence of a Lower Namurian hydrocarbon system in the West Netherlands Basin implies that hydrocarbons are possibly trapped in the Westphalian and Namurian successions. These potential traps in the basin have not yet been explored.
Subject
Energy / Geological Survey Netherlands
Geological Survey Netherlands
Hydrocarbon generation and migration modelling
North Sea Basin
Rijswijk oil province
Subsidence modelling
West Netherlands Basin
gas field
hydrocarbon generation
hydrocarbon migration
Namurian
oil field
source rock
Netherlands
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TNO identifier
235467
ISSN
0016-7746
Source
Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 79 (79), 29-44
Document type
article