Off-Sea Evaluation of Unlicensed Mining Blocks in the North Sea
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Background
This is a hypothetical situation in which oil companies interested purchasing licensed or non-licensed wells off-shore Britain, need assistance from Carleton University using open source software to reduce costs. A variety of factors need to be considered to determine which wells are prime targets for each company to purchase.
The following is a list of factors used in this study:
- Distance from Coastline
- Depth of Well
- Licensed or Unlicensed (Ownership)
- Environmental Concerns
- Legal Boundaries
- Proximity to neighboring cells
Methods
Data Collection
The well and coastline data was collected from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (UK), downloaded from: DECC Download Directory.
Data Preparation
Various layers needed to clipped so that were relevant to the study.
- Wells file contained points that were both on-shore and off-shore. The wells file needed to be clipped by the coastline file
- Coastline polygon had to be reduced to only include the mainland, removing Ireland and small islands
Results
Ideal Well has the following characteristics
- Close to processing Plants
- Low Water Depth
- No current ownership