oa New Insights from Hydrocarbon Prospectivity - Moroccan and Nova Scotian Conjugate Margins

Emerging plays in Brazil, Ghana and Morocco have triggered interest in searching for analogue plays in<br>conjugate margins. Using paired margins is a powerful way to evaluate basins in search of overlooked<br>plays. Insights gained from the Rockall, Porcupine and Orphan have been used to evaluate systems<br>and plan exploration programmes.<br>Interest in Morocco and NS has been triggered by licence activity. Using data/maps across the margin<br>is vital in understanding the critical synrift and early postrift play systems. The paper is based on work<br>undertaken for OETR in Halifax and studies completed on the Moroccan margin. Both margins show<br>that when integrated into play analyses there is potential for significant volumes of hydrocarbons. The<br>use of conjugate margin analysis is critical in developing models for de-risking hydrocarbon prospectivity.