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      • Geological Setting
        • Origins of Oil and Gas
        • Migration
        • Trapping Oil and Gas
        • Forces that shape the Earth's crust
        • The Crust around Britain
        • Foundations
        • Forces
        • Western Basins
        • North Sea Basins
        • The North Sea - The Southern Gasfields
        • Oil and Gas from the Buried Rift Valley
        • A closer look at some North Sea fields
        • Oil and Gas from the Western Basins
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Geological Setting

This chapter explains how oil and gas is formed and particularly why oil and gas is present in the seabed around the UK's coastline. A closer look is taken at the basins which make up the UK continental shelf (UKCS). Please use the links on the left to navigate to the page you require.