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Shell Internationale Petroleum Mij. B.V., P.O. Box 162, 2501 AN The Hague, The Netherlands
In 1964, following the implementation of the 'Continental Shelf Act', the first offshore licences in the United Kingdom were awarded.Subsequent exploration activities have resulted in the discovery of some 20 billions barrels of oil reserves and 70 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas, most of which are located in the North Sea Basin. It is no surprise, therefore, that most of the papers presented in this volume concentrate on this area, where a particular and favourable tectonic evolution has lead to the coincidence of good source rocks, sufficiently deeply buried; good reservoir development; and timely trap formation in relation to hydrocarbon generation and migration. It is the purpose of this contribution to summarize the various tectonic phases which have contributed to the complex geological evolution of the British Isles and surrounding territorial waters and trace their impact upon the development of the hydrocarbon habitat.
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