CASCADE - UK Carboniferous Shale Resource Assessment, Characterization and Development Evaluation.

CASCADE - 英国石炭系页岩资源评估、表征和开发评价。

• 批准号: NE/M007286/1
• 负责人: Kevin Taylor
• 金额: $ 9.53万
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2015 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FM007286%2F1
• 关键词: CASCADE; UK; Carboniferous; Shale; Resource

CASCADE is a programme of applied research and collaboration focussed upon UK Carboniferous shale systems and their resource potential. It will be hosted and lead by the University of Manchester involving university researchers and industry. The programme will build on the deep history and track record of research excellence and expertise at Manchester on the geology and characterisation of UK Carboniferous petroleum systems and associated shale resources. NERC sponsorship has been a core part of the research programmes at the University. This platform of knowledge forms the basis for a new and focussed programme of collaboration, learning and research that has the potential to enable a step forward in knowledge and capability in the assessment of resource potential and development of UK Carboniferous shale resources. The recent government sponsored report from BGS suggests that there is potential for considerable shale gas resources in the UK Carboniferous, specifically in the Bowland and Hodder Shales of northern England. The assessment was based upon the analysis of legacy cores and data together with a limited number of recent core and geochemical data. There is no production data to model and predict likely recoveries of these potential resources. Critical subsurface uncertainties relate to the understanding of what might be considered recoverable shale gas resource and the controls on the distribution of lower risk areas for development. There is also important learning required in new well delivery to enable safe drilling and completion planning and execution. The aim of CASCADE is to develop deeper links between University of Manchester researchers and industry working on UK shale operations and related exploration and development. Significant NERC-funded research on shale petroleum systems and potential shale reservoirs has been undertaken at the University of Manchester. Much of this has direct bearing on the UK's Carboniferous unconventional resource and reservoir characterisation, its production and environmental impact as well as potentially wider impact on global unconventional gas and oil exploitation.

CASCADE 是一个应用研究和合作项目，重点关注英国石炭系页岩系统及其资源潜力。它将由曼彻斯特大学主办和领导，涉及大学研究人员和工业界。该计划将建立在曼彻斯特在英国石炭系石油系统和相关页岩资源的地质和特征方面的深厚历史和卓越研究记录和专业知识的基础上。 NERC 的赞助一直是该大学研究项目的核心部分。该知识平台构成了新的重点合作、学习和研究计划的基础，该计划有可能在评估英国石炭系页岩资源的资源潜力和开发方面的知识和能力方面取得进步。 BGS 最近由政府资助的报告表明，英国石炭系，特别是英格兰北部的鲍兰页岩和霍德页岩，蕴藏着大量页岩气资源。该评估基于对遗留岩心和数据以及有限数量的最新岩心和地球化学数据的分析。没有生产数据来建模和预测这些潜在资源的可能回收率。关键的地下不确定性涉及对可采页岩气资源的理解以及对低风险开发区域分布的控制。新井交付还需要重要的学习，以实现安全钻井和完井规划和执行。 CASCADE 的目标是在曼彻斯特大学研究人员与从事英国页岩作业及相关勘探和开发的行业之间建立更深入的联系。曼彻斯特大学已开展由 NERC 资助的关于页岩石油系统和潜在页岩储层的重要研究。其中大部分对英国石炭系非常规资源和储层特征、其生产和环境影响以及对全球非常规天然气和石油开采的潜在更广泛影响具有直接影响。