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Unlocking Gulf energy: The impact of advanced seismic technologies on exploration

Finding treasures beneath the waves: The role of advanced seismic technologies in the Gulf of Mexico The Gulf Of Mexico (GOM) has long been a cornerstone of America’s energy landscape, providing significant oil and gas reserves. As exploration ventures into…

Andrey Bogachev, TGS

September 9, 2024

New plays in Southern Santos Basin revealed by large-scale, high quality 3D multi-client seismic

Figure 2: Map showing extent of Santos 3D Sul project in relationship with other TGS 2D and 3D programs. Leveraging integrated workflows and fast track data for prospect evaluation during acquisition The Santos Sul 3D MC program is situated near…

Milos Cvetkovic and Francisco Colina, TGS

July 1, 2024

FWI Imaging under complex geological anomalies

Map of Offshore Liberia with project location in orange. Figure 2: a) Tomography and 15Hz DM FWI (refraction) velocity model; b) Additional higher frequency DM FWI run up to 40Hz (reflections and refractions) build a more detail and geologically consistent…

Adriana Citlali Ramirez, Simon Baldock and Stuart Fairhead, TGS

September 11, 2023

Dynamic Matching FWI + rEEI makes a difference to your interpretation

Gas to Europe: Refocusing exploration efforts in the Atlantic Margins According to the World Economic Forum, Europe has enough gas for the first quarter of 2023. However, there is no time to sit back, as the remainder of the year…

Bent Kjølhamar, Adriana Citali Ramírez and Reidun Myklebust, TGS

July 20, 2023

Offshore Brazil: Reducing risk with regional 3D reprocessing

Coloured Pre-Salt Isopach Map relating mature Lagoa Feia source rock presence with Base of Salt structure contours displaying the fetch and hydrocarbon migration pathways to the pre-salt lead. Interpreted seismic cross-section displaying the Agua Marinha block. Power of Picanha Exploration…

Andrew Hartwig, TGS Houston

March 19, 2023

The striking similarities between Namibia and Brazil’s conjugate margins

Regional seismic lines indicate that the Pelotas Basin in Brazil contains the same play ingredients as the Orange Basin in Namibia where the Venus discovery was recently made.

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October 27, 2022

Exploration opportunities in the Gambia and Senegal

Credit: TGS, GeoPartners. Connecting the shelf to the deepwater A flurry of hydrocarbon exploration activity continues in The Gambia and Senegal, and it is fuelled by drilling successes. The Gambia, bid opportunity prospects Block A1 is now open to exploration,…

Felicia Winter, Anongporn Intawong and Paolo Esestime, TGS

June 19, 2022

Countdown to CCS

Figure 3: Three seismic sections through TGS’s 3D data over the Acorn CCS site, the Northern Endurance CCS site and a 2D line from TGS’s CFI-NSR dataset over the Northern Lights CCS site. Inset well images are taken from TGS’s…

Will Bradbury, Alex Kurobasa and Bent Kjølhamar; TGS

May 18, 2021

Why exploration offshore Somalia could reveal an oily surprise

Seismic line through Tertiary fold belt showing large high amplitude fold and thrust structures. © TGS. Seismic attribute display of the same line: (Far – Near) * Far. The black colours indicate an increase in amplitude with offset (AVO) response.…

Richard Hedley, TGS

November 20, 2020

Geology-driven subsurface imaging in the Faroe-Shetland Basin

Seismic image from the Erlend Wild West survey showing two well paths: Tobermory gas discovery (left) and the Bunnehaven gas discovery (right) the latter penetrating Cretaceous sub-lava. Improved seismic imaging reveals hydrocarbon potential in the Faroe-Shetland Basin Better subsurface imaging…

Reidun Myklebust, Bent Kjølhamar and Aurélien van Welden, TGS

October 17, 2020

Revealing future opportunities within the Southern MSGBC Basin

Exploration Potential in the Southern MSGBC Basin A new study reveals the plays and opportunities that abound in this exciting region This article supplies the geological rationale for the review, at present being undertaken by First Exchange Corporation (FEC) in…

Nick Cameron and Andy Carr, First Exchange Corporation; Ben Sayers, TGS

December 7, 2017

Regional play types in the Mexican offshore

Map showing the extent of the Gigante seismic in relation to the main geological features of the Mexican Gulf of Mexico. Structural styles and regional play types New seismic data has revealed a wealth of untested opportunities in the Mexican…

Cian O’ Reilly, James Keay, Alex Birch-Hawkins, Duncan Bate and Jennifer Halliday; TGS

July 14, 2017

The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

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