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The geology of the Morecambe gas field
Author(s) -
LEVISON ALAN
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2451.1988.tb00563.x
Subject(s) - geology , irish sea , natural gas field , fluvial , natural (archaeology) , natural gas , geomorphology , archaeology , geochemistry , paleontology , oceanography , geography , chemistry , organic chemistry , structural basin
The subsurface of the Irish Sea contains one of the United Kingdom's most important gas fields, the Morecambe Field, owned by British Gas. Approximately 10% of the UK's daily consumption of natural gas will be supplied by this giant accumulation trapped within fluvial deposits of the Lower Triassic Sherwood Sandstone Formation.