Data Publication

Pore pressure data from the Bunter Sandstone Formation, Southern North Sea of the UK Continental Shelf

Williams, John D O

NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre

(2025)

Descriptions

This dataset contains pore pressure measurements from the Bunter Sandstone Formation across the Southern North Sea of the UK Continental Shelf including quadrants 41 -50. The pressure measurements have been collected from released offshore legacy well records available from the UK National Data Repository (NDR) which is managed and served by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA). The data were compiled by British Geological Survey researchers in support of research projects seeking to evaluate the potential of the Bunter Sandstone Formation for storage of carbon dioxide. These projects were funded by United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI). The dataset comprises direct pressure measurements from formation pressure testers (downhole tools containing a probe and packer on a retractable pad, a pretest chamber and pressure gauges) as well as formation pressure estimates from Drill Stem Tests (DST). Most of the measurements comprise results from Schlumberger’s Repeat Formation Tester (RFT), Formation Multi Tester (FMT) and Modular Dynamics Tester (MDT) tools.

Keywords

MSL enriched keywords
Measured property
pore fluid pressure
sedimentary rock
sandstone
wacke
Sherwood sandstone
surface morphological setting
marine setting
continental shelf
minerals
chemical elements
carbon
measured property
carbon (C)
carbon dioxide
MSL vocabulary keywords corresponding to originally assigned keywords
pore fluid pressure
Originally assigned keywords
Bunter Sandstone Formation
Southern North Sea
Pore pressure
Formation Pressure Tester
Drill Stem Test

Metadata


MSL enriched sub domains

rock and melt physics
geochemistry

Source


Source publisher

NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre

DOI


Creators

Williams, John D O
Personal
British Geological Survey

Citation

Williams, J. D. O. (2025). Pore pressure data from the Bunter Sandstone Formation, Southern North Sea of the UK Continental Shelf [Dataset]. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/530CCD12-BFCA-4112-B25C-E8C929F74964


Dates

Available 2025-11-05

Language

- no language entry found -


Locations


Geo location(s)

UK Southern North Sea, including offshore Quadrants 41 to 50


Spatial coordinates