Area of interest of the GARAH project workpackage 2. The GARAH project focuses on the petroleum systems of both conventional and unconventional resources in the North Sea.

Calibration well used in the 3D study. The attributes come from EMODnet.

Reliability of the susceptibility assessment to the presence of marine hydrate deposits. It based on the density of geographical data taken into account in the susceptibility assessment. Reference: https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062865

Density map of geothermal gradient developed with the “point density” algorithm of ArcGIS®. Pixel value, number of data per 100,000 km2. Parameters: population field, none; cell size, 5000; radius, 178,415 metres; areal units, square kilometres; method, geodesic. Knowledge gap, raster value < 1 Reference: https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062865

Calculated vitrinite reflectance (EASY%Ro) at the Base Cretaceous Unconformity subcrop. The subcrop covers the Top Upper Jurassic, Top Lower Jurassic and Triassic

Base of hydrate stability zone for 96% CO2. Geographical site: South of Biscay Bay, Galicia Area. References: Burnol, A. (2018). Roles of Gas Hydrates for CO2 Geological Storage Purposes. Gas Hydrates 2, 267-284. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119451174.ch13 Burnol, A., Thinon, I., Ruffine, L., & Herri, J. M. (2015). Influence of impurities (nitrogen and methane) on the CO2 storage capacity as sediment-hosted gas hydrates – Application in the area of the Celtic Sea and the Bay of Biscay. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 35, 96-109. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.01.018

Base of hydrate stability zone for biogenic gas. Geographical site: world. Reference: Piñero, E., Marquardt, M., Hensen, C., Haeckel, M., & Wallmann, K. (2013). Estimation of the global inventory of methane hydrates in marine sediments using transfer functions. Biogeosciences (BG), 10(2), 959-975.

Base of negative bouyancy zone for 96% C02. Geographical site: South of Biscay Bay, Galicia Area. References: Burnol, A. (2018). Roles of Gas Hydrates for CO2 Geological Storage Purposes. Gas Hydrates 2, 267-284. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119451174.ch13 Burnol, A., Thinon, I., Ruffine, L., & Herri, J. M. (2015). Influence of impurities (nitrogen and methane) on the CO2 storage capacity as sediment-hosted gas hydrates – Application in the area of the Celtic Sea and the Bay of Biscay. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 35, 96-109. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.01.018

Base of hydrate stability zone for 100% CO2. Geographical site: Celtic Sea & French EEZ. References: Burnol, A. (2018). Roles of Gas Hydrates for CO2 Geological Storage Purposes. Gas Hydrates 2, 267-284. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119451174.ch13 Burnol, A., Thinon, I., Ruffine, L., & Herri, J. M. (2015). Influence of impurities (nitrogen and methane) on the CO2 storage capacity as sediment-hosted gas hydrates – Application in the area of the Celtic Sea and the Bay of Biscay. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 35, 96-109. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.01.018

Calculated average transformation ratio (TR all) for the Lower Jurassic interval.