Research Archive
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We retain strong links with academia and are involved in cutting edge research, so we are ideally positioned to bridge the gap between scientific rigour and commercial development. Maintaining close ties with our origins in the Department of Earth Sciences at Durham University, and many other universities globally, we are able to deliver innovative and world leading solutions to geoscience problems.
Our recent publications include collaboration with these research institutions
Durham University UK| Aberdeen University UK | Aix-Marseille University France | Akron University USA | Athens University Greece | Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation | Bergen University Norway | Birkbeck University UK | Bristol University UK | Camerino University Italy | Canterbury University UK | Cardiff University UK | Chieti University Italy | CNRS France | Cologne University Germany | CSIC Spain | CSIRO Australia | Edinburgh UK | ETH Zurich Switzerland | Geological Survey ISPRA Italy | Geological Survey Trentino Italy | GEOMAR Germany | GEUS Denmark | GFZ Potsdam Germany | Glasgow University UK | INGV Italy | Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (CNR IAMC) Italy | Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources (CNR IGG) Italy | Insubria University Italy | Italian Civil Protection Department (DPCN) Italy | Keele University UK | Khalifa University UAE | Leeds University UK | Leicester University UK | Leuven University Belgium | Mainz University Germany | Manchester University UK | Milan University Italy | Montpellier University France | Münster University Germany | New Mexico University USA | Newcastle University UK | Northumbria University UK | Oslo University Norway | Oxford University UK | Padova University Italy | Patras University Greece | Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi | Plymouth University UK | Rennes University France | Rome University Italy | Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre UK | Sheffield University UK | University College London UK | Uppsala University Sweden | Utrecht University Nederlands | Wyoming University USA
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Type | Author | Year | Title (link) | Reference |
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Conference | Daniels, S.E. Holdsworth, R.E. Narayan, N. Jones, R.R. and others |
2018 | Characterising and understanding fractures, karstification, and surface fissures related to active rifting: processes and implications for geothermal reservoir development | AAPG Geothermal Cross-Over Technologies Workshop, Utrecht, 17th & 18th April 2018 |
Conference | Daniels, S.E. Holdsworth, R.E. Long, J.J. Utley, T.A.G. and others |
2018 | Fractured reservoirs: conduits, corridors and baffles [Interactive Virtual Outcrop & Mapping Workshop] | PETEX, London, November 2018. |
Conference | Daniels, S.E. Holdsworth, R.E. McCaffrey, K.J.W. Long, J.J. and others |
2020 | Characterising Fractured Basement Reservoirs | 4th EAGE Workshop on Naturally Fractured Reservoirs, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, February 2020. |
Conference | Dichiarante, A.M. Holdsworth, R.E. McCaffrey, K.J.W. Dempsey, E.D. and others |
2016 | A reassessment of the brittle deformation history, age and attribute analysis from the Orcadian Basin, Scotland: implications for offshore Devonian fractured reservoirs | PETEX, London, November 2016 |
Conference | Franklin, B. Martin, J.C. Holdsworth, R.E. McCaffrey, K. and others |
2011 | Characterising fracture systems within fractured crystalline reservoirs: the Lewisian Gneiss Complex, Scotland as an onshore analogue for the Clair Field basement | AGU Fall Meting, San Francisco, December 2011 |
Conference | Franklin, B.S.G. Martin, J.C. Holdsworth, R.E. McCaffrey, K.J.W. and others |
2012 | Characterising fracture systems within the Lewisian Gneiss Complex, northwest Scotland: An onshore analogue for the Clair Field. | Tectonic Studies Group conference, Edinburgh, January 2012. |
Conference | Franklin, B.S.G. Holdsworth, R.E. McCaffrey, K.J.W. Walker, R.J. and others |
2011 | Characterising Fracture Systems on the Isle of Lewis: An Onshore Analogue for the Clair Field | Tectonic Studies Group conference, Durham, January 2011. |
Conference | Franklin, B.S.G. Holdsworth, R.E. McCaffrey, K.J.W. Krabbendam, M. and others |
2010 | Characterising fracture systems on the Isle of Lewis: An onshore analogue for the Clair Field | "Stress controls on faulting, fracturing …", EM Anderson Conference, Glasgow, September 2010 |
Conference | Franklin, B.S.G. Martin, J.C. Holdsworth, R. E. McCaffrey, K.J.W. and others |
2010 | Characterising Fracture Systems within the Lewisian Gneiss Complex, Northwest Scotland: an Onshore Analogue for the Clair Field? | AAPG International Convention & Exhibition, Calgary, August 2010. |
Conference | Franklin, B.S.G. Holdsworth, R. E. McCaffrey, K.J.W. Krabbendam, M. and others |
2010 | Characterising fracture systems within upfaulted basement highs in the Hebridean Islands: an onshore analogue for the Clair Field | Tectonic Studies Group Conference, Birmingham, January 2010 |
Conference | Guo, J. Holdsworth, R. E. De Paola, N. McCaffrey, K. and others |
2010 | The spatial heterogeneity of fracture orientations in fault zones | "Stress controls on faulting, fracturing …", EM Anderson Conference, Glasgow, September 2010 |
Conference | Hardman, K. Holdsworth, R.E. Dempsey, E. McCaffrey, K.J.W. and others |
2018 | Fault Void Fills: Internal architectures of near-surface faults and insights into basement cover relationships during rifting | Tectonic Studies Group Conference, Plymouth, January 2018 |
Scientific Article (peer reviewed) | Hardman, K. Holdsworth, R.E. Dempsey, E. McCaffrey, K.J.W. |
2020 | Nature and significance of rift-related, near-surface fissure-fill networks in fractured carbonates below regional unconformities | Journal of the Geological Society, 177, 1168-1185. |
Conference | Holdsworth, R.E. McCaffrey, K.J.W. Dempsey, E.D. and others |
2016 | Cracked and full of sand: microstructural insights into how oil gets into the fractured Precambrian basement of the Rona Ridge, West of Shetland | PETEX, London, November 2016. |
Conference | Holdsworth, R.E. Dempsey, E. Roberts, N. McCaffrey, K.J.W. |
2017 | Cracked and Full of Sand: Insights Into How Fractures Enable Ingress of Oil Into Crystalline Basement Reservoirs | AAPG ICE, London, October 2017 |
Scientific Article (peer reviewed) | Holdsworth, R.E. McCaffrey, K.J.W. Dempsey, E. Roberts, N.M.W. and others |
2019 | Natural fracture propping and earthquake-induced oil migration in fractured basement reservoirs | Geology, 47, 700-704. |
Conference | Holdsworth, R.E. Trice, R. Hardman, K. McCaffrey, K.J.W. and others |
2020 | The Lancaster Field: the anatomy and structural evolution of a fractured basement reservoir | Tectonic Studies Group Conference, Hull, January 2020. |
Scientific Article (peer reviewed) | Holdsworth, R.E. Trice, R. Hardman, K. McCaffrey, K.J.W. and others |
2020 | The nature and age of basement host rocks and fissure fills in the Lancaster field fractured reservoir, West of Shetland | Journal of the Geological Society, London, 177, 1057-1073. |
Conference | Holdsworth, R.E. Wilson, R. McCaffrey, K.J. Imber, J. and others |
2009 | Continental basement inheritance and multiscale rifted ocean margin architectures: case studies from the N Atlantic-Greenland region | AGU Fall Meting, San Francisco, December 2009 |
Conference | Jones, R.R. Long, J.J. |
2015 | Tectonic Controls on Development of the Zagros: Implications for Hydrocarbon Systems | EAGE Third EAGE Workshop on Iraq, Dubai UAE, November 2015. |
Conference | Jones, R.R. | 2015 | Structural Style in the Zagros: Implications for Hydrocarbon Systems | Finding Petroleum: Opportunities and Risks in the Middle East & the Levant |
Conference | Jones, R.R. Pearce, M.A. Keith, R. Alsop, G.I. |
2013 | 3D Fold Geometries in Northern Kurdistan: Implications for Exploration | Hydrocarbon Exploration in the Zagros Mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan and Iran Conference, Geological Society, London, January 2013. |
Conference | Jones, R.R. Kokkalas, S. Long, J.J. Daniels, S.E. and others |
2018 | Calibration of Fracture Models Using Multi-Scale Outcrop Analogues – the Importance of Mechanical Stratigraphy | Third EAGE Workshop on Naturally Fractured Reservoirs, Muscat, Oman, February 2018 |
Conference | Jones, S.J. Holdsworth, R.E. Stricker, S. Lee, J. and others |
2017 | Hydrocarbon potential of the Variscan basement, SW Approaches, Celtic Sea | 56th BSRG AGM Newcastle upon Tyne, 16-19 December 2017 |
Conference | Kokkalas, S. Jones, R.R. Long, J. Woods, C. and others |
2015 | Structural evolution of the Jebel Hafeet Anticline (Al Ain, UAE): A multi-scale approach to model fracture patterns and kinematic fold evolution | GSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore USA, November 2015. |
Conference | Martin, J.C. Holdsworth, R.E. McCaffrey, K.J.W. Conway, A. and others |
2010 | Characterising brittle reactivation in basement: an example from the Lewisian Gneiss Complex, NW Scotland | Tectonic Studies Group Conference, Birmingham, January 2010 |
Conference | McCaffrey, K. Holdsworth, R. Oxlade, D. Robertson, A. |
2016 | Natural seismogenic pumping processes in near surface fractured basement gneisses | Tectonic Studies Group Conference, London, January 2016. |
Scientific Article (peer reviewed) | McCaffrey, K.J.W. Holdsworth, R.E. Pless, J. Franklin, B.S.G. and others |
2020 | Basement reservoir plumbing: fracture aperture, length and topology analysis of the Lewisian Complex, NW Scotland | Journal of the Geological Society, 177, 1281-1293. |
Conference | Pless, J. Franklin, B. McCaffrey, K. Holdsworth, R. and others |
2012 | Fracture Characterisation in Crystalline Basement: Building an Analogue for the Clair Basement Based on the Lewisian Gneiss Complex of NW Scotland | Geological Society, London, "Industrial Structural Geology", November 2012. |
Scientific Article (peer reviewed) | Pless, J.C. McCaffrey, K.J.W. Jones, R.R. Holdsworth, R.E.H. and others |
2015 | 3D characterization of fracture systems using Terrestrial Laser Scanning: an example from the Lewisian basement of NW Scotland | In: Richards, F.L. et al. (eds) Industrial Structural Geology: Principles, Techniques and Integration. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 421, 125-141 (2015). |
Conference | Pless, J.C. Holdsworth, R.E. McCaffrey, K.J.W. Conway, A. and others |
2010 | Characterising Fault Networks in Three Dimensions in the Lewisian Gneiss Complex, NW Scotland: Implications for Petroleum Potential in the Clair Field Basement, Faroe-Shetland Basin | PETEX Petroleum Geoscience Research Collaboration, London, November 2010 |
Conference | Sleath, P. Holdsworth, R.E. Utley, T.A.G. Dempsey, E. and others |
2018 | Remote image analysis of structures in the Precambrian basement exposed in small remote islands N of Scotland and possible implications for Lewisian terrane models | Tectonic Studies Group Conference, Plymouth, January 2018 |
Conference | Smith, S. Jones, R. Di Toro, G. Mariano, S. and others |
2010 | The Structure of Seismogenic Faults in Crystalline Basement | EGU General Assembly, Vienna, May 2010. |
Conference | Smith, S.A.F. Jones, R. Rempe, M. Niemeijer, A. and others |
2010 | Quantifying the structure of an exhumed seismogenic fault zone using Differential GPS and Terrestrial Laser-Scanning | GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, November 2010 |
Conference | Utley, T. Holdsworth, R.E. Dempsey, E. McCaffrey, K.J.W. and others |
2017 | The Onshore Structural Geology of Foula, Shetland and Implications for the Devonian-Carboniferous Development of the Offshore Clair Basin | AAPG ICE, London, October 2017 |
Conference | Utley, T. Holdsworth, R.E. Dempsey, E. McCaffrey K.J.W. and others |
2017 | The structural evolution of the Devonian rocks and associated basement in Foula and Shetland: An analogue for the Clair Basin | TransIapetus Workshop - University of Hull |
Conference | Utley, T.A.G. Holdsworth, R.E. McCaffrey, K.J.W. Jones, R.R. and others |
2016 | A reservoir-scale structural reappraisal of onshore Devonian analogues of the Clair Group in the Fair Isle-Shetland region | PETEX, London, November 2016. |
Conference | Utley, T.A.G. Holdsworth, R.E. McCaffrey, K.J.W. Dempsey, E. and others |
2018 | The use of Virtual Outcrop Models, digital geology and legacy data to reappraise Devonian basin evolution in NE Scotland and Shetland. | A Data Explosion, the impact of Big Data in Geoscience (Geological Society Janet Watson Meeting, Feb-March 2018) |
Conference | Utley, T.A.G. Holdsworth, R.E. Dempsey, E. McCaffrey, K.J.W. and others |
2018 | The Use of Virtual Outcrop Models, Digital Geology and Legacy Data to Reappraise Devonian Basin Evolution in NE Scotland and Shetland: Analogues for the Offshore Clair Basin and Clair Oil Field, West of Shetland | PETEX, London, November 2018. |
Conference | Utley. T.A.G. Holdsworth, R.E. McCaffrey, K.J.W. Dempsey, E.D. and others |
2017 | The structural geology of Foula, Shetland: an onshore analogue for the top of the Clair Ridge, west of Shetland. | Tectonic Studies Group Conference, Liverpool, January 2017 |
Scientific Article (peer reviewed) | Wilson, R.W. McCaffrey, K.J.W. Holdsworth, R.E. Imber, J. and others |
2006 | Complex fault patterns, transtension and structural segmentation of the Lofoten Ridge, Norwegian margin: Using digital mapping to link onshore and offshore geology | Tectonics. TC4018 doi:10.1029/2005TC001895 (2006). |
Conference | Wilson, R.W. McCaffrey, K.J.W. Holdsworth, R.E. Imber, J. and others |
2006 | Structural segmentation and oblique extension on passive margins – the effects of pre-existing basement structures on reservoir potential | Structurally Complex Reservoirs, Geological Society, London, February-March 2006. |