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Geological understanding based on new data is required to unlock potential in the Vøring Basin

Jens Benfeeldt and Reidun Myklebust, TGS

May 29, 2025

TGS 3D seismic data coverage in the Norwegian Sea. PGS23M02NWS GeoStreamer 3D seismic and location of composite foldout line. Outer Vøring Basin – what is required? To unlock the prospectivity…

From data to discovery: Applying AI in offshore geoscience

William Reid, Earth Science Analytics

May 27, 2025

Gamma ray log colored by averaged measured depth for 5,000 wells. AI at Scale: Modernising subsurface interpretation with EarthNET A machine learning-powered workflow enabling geoscientists to analyse and interpret large,…

The greater Caribbean Basin synthesis: Exploring the bigger picture using modern reprocessed data

Mike Powney, Geoex MCG, Julian Sherriff and Stephen Doyle, DUG

May 24, 2025

Understanding the Caribbean – discoveries confirmed, potential growing The Caribbean has a long-standing history of hydrocarbon exploration, with most activity occuring within the region of Trinidad. Here, numerous gas fields…

The E&P industry of the future

Rachael Moreland, VP Global Energy Software & Innovation Lead

May 20, 2025

An industry in transition or transformation? The upstream E&P sector has faced challenges over the last decade, including a downturn, the energy transition, and COVID-19. The industry is resilient but…

The Equatorial Margin of Brazil is open for business

Kyle Reuber, Pedro Zalan and Henri Houllevigue, TGS

April 29, 2025

Figure 1: TGS data library map, basins, 2025 OPC Blocks, exploration wells and fields for the Equatorial Margin of Brazil. Key and recent discoveries marked with a green dot. The…

Deepwater exploration: It’s the hope that keeps us here

Neil Hodgson, Karyna Rodriguez and Lauren Found, Searcher

April 23, 2025

New technologies for deepwater So, where do you look for billions of barrels of oil and gas equivalent, after really smart and determined humans built a civilization out of looking…

Developing the Kuda Tasi and Jahal discoveries offshore Timor-Leste

Aaron Bond and Shane Westlake, Finder Energy with acknowledgements to Neil Hodgson and Lauren Found, Searcher, for their input

March 5, 2025

Continuing the exploration and development success of the Laminaria High In 2024, Finder Energy underwent a transformational change, acquiring the rights to develop several oil discoveries on the Laminaria High…

Revitalising geothermal exploration: A path toward efficiency and sustainability

GeoAlliance

February 26, 2025

On behalf of the University of Bucharest, the implementation team was formed by Florina Ţuluca, Dumitru Ioane, Lucian Petrescu, Iulian Popa, Lonelia Panea, Ioan Munteanu, Nicolae Cruceru, Mihaela Roca, Mihaela…

Pacific oil rush: The sequel – and this time it’s Ecuador

Karyna Rodriguez, Neil Hodgson and Lauren Found, Searcher

January 7, 2025

Offshore Ecuador as the sweet spot for oil exploration It is about time to conclude that a single gas field does not do the prospective nature of Ecuador enough justice…

Exploring deeper in Uruguay: Could Namibia’s successful Cretaceous play be chased in Uruguay’s deepwater?

Roberto Juncken, Liam Hunt, Zhiping Yang, Viridien and Bruno Conti, Pablo Gristo and Pablo Andres Rodriguez, ANCAP

December 13, 2024

Figure 2. Location and coverage map of Viridien’s 3D seismic reimaging program offshore Uruguay. Deepwater Uruguay: Reducing uncertainties in the Cretaceous stratigraphic play with an improved TL-FWI velocity model FWI…

South Atlantic – a raging bonfire of memes

Neil Hodgson, Karyna Rodriguez and Lauren Found, Searcher

October 21, 2024

Namibia – Brazil: Where memes collide and where we go next From outdated to new memes: How recent discoveries in Namibia’s Orange Basin are shaping exploration strategies for Brazil’s Pelotas…

Côte d’Ivoire – The new West African exploration hotspot

Madhurima Bhattacharya, Misha Isakov, Paolo Gabrielli, Carl Watkins and Dan Carruthers, Viridien

October 7, 2024

Location and coverage map of Viridien’s 16,000 km2 multi-client PSDM re-imaging program along the Côte d’Ivoire margin showing current held acreage, fields and recent discoveries. A new regional framework for…

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