Geological Results of Petroleum Exploration in Britain 1945-1957 / Norman Leslie Falcon, Peter Kent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Falcon, Norman Leslie, author.

Kent, Peter, author.

Series:

Memoir (Geological Society of London) ; volume 2.

Memoir (Geological Society of London) ; volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum--Prospecting.

Petroleum.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (56 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Place of Publication:

London : Geological Society, 1960.

Summary:

The main geological results of exploration by the British Petroleum Company Limited since 1945 are outlined, and the general basis of operations described.

Contents:

Introduction

General exploration: Southern England (Dorset and the Hampshire basin, The Isle of Wight [Arreton], The Wealden area) ; South Midlands ; East Midlands ; East Yorkshire (Fordon and Lockton, Eakdale, Robin Hood's Bay and Redcar) ; West Yorkshire ; Lancashire (Formby area, Upholland) ; The Midland Valley of Scotland

Established oilfields: General ; The Plungar oilfield, Leicestershire ; The Egmanton oilfield ; Postscrop note: More recent borings in southern England

Appendix: Lithological and faunal markers useful for well correlation in the Upper Carboniferous of the East MIdlands, summarized from unpublished reports / by T.M.W. Strong.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-78620-165-8