Horda Platform: Exploring the Cretaceous

The main area of hydrocarbon exploration in the Northern North Sea has been within pre- and syn-rift Jurassic sandstones. This is with the exception of chalk reservoirs in the Ekofisk field and Palaeogene sand reservoirs of the Frigg field. Now, with ignited interest in the Horda Platform, and particularly after the discovery of the Grosbeak and Skarfjell oilfields, attention has been directed towards the hydrocarbon potential within post-rift Cretaceous sands. The prospectivity of the Cretaceous sands was demonstrated more than three decades ago with the Agat discoveries.