Ireland opens Rockall frontier

摘要

"The Irish Rockall Basin, with its proven petroleum systems, is one of the few remaining lightly explored regions in NW Europe offering first class frontier exploration opportunities." Minister of the Department of Communication, Energy, and Natural Resources, Ireland. The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources is holding a licensing round in the Rockall Basin in 2009. The frontier area will contain previously unlicensed blocks covering 27,413 sq miles (71,000 sq km). Ireland's Rockall region lies offshore the west coast and contains a vast amount of virtually unexplored acreage. According to Ciaran O hObain, principal officer, Petroleum Affairs Division, "Reservoir potential is expected in continental Permo-Triassic sandstones, marginal marine to fully marine Jurassic sandstones, and submarine fan sandstones in the Lower Cretaceous and Palaeogene."