Hydrocarbons (well samples) | Gilmerton and Keyworth core stores
Operators working on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) are required by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to deposit representative samples of core and cuttings at the National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC) at Keyworth. The full regulations covering this requirement can be found at PON9.
The regulations state that representative samples from both cores, compromising at least the width of the core, which will allow standard poroperm plugs to be taken, and cuttings, at least 100 g weight, must be provided.
The retention of the samples together with the legacy data being gathered in the NGDC will provide a unique collection of data to assist research and exploration on the UKCS.
Borehole material may be viewed and sampled, by arrangement and subject to certain regulations, in the laboratories of the Survey, by emailing staff noted below or by completing and posting a request form. The collection is being transferred from Gilmerton, Edinburgh to Keyworth, Nottingham during 2011 – 2012, and the UKCS (offshore) hydrocarbon wells database shows the current location of any sample. Core samples already transferred to Keyworth will have been photographed, and their images may be viewed using the Onshore borehole material database.
A searchable map of the wells on the UKCS can be found on the DEAL website where an automatically generated request form can also be found.
Contacts
If any required samples are shown as being at Gilmerton, please contact:
Graham Tulloch or Michael Togher
British Geological Survey
NGDC
376 Gilmerton Road
Edinburgh
EH17 7QS
Location map Gilmerton core store
Tel +44 (0)131 664 7330
Fax +44 (0)131 664 8394
E-mail ngdcgilmerton@bgs.ac.uk
If all required samples are shown as being at Keyworth, please contact:
British Geological Survey
Keyworth
Nottingham
NG12 5GG
Location map Keyworth Core Store
Tel +44 (0)115 936 3105
Fax +44 (0)115 936 3200
E-mail kwcorestore@bgs.ac.uk
