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Exclusive access to Venezuela’s next offshore play

Venezuela Offshore Multi-Phase Exploration Program, via exclusive multi-client agreement with the Ministry of Hydrocarbons (MINHID). Venezuela offshore: A basin re-entering the global stage Proven discoveries, established infrastructure and newly reprocessed seismic data are providing a clearer understanding of Plataforma Deltana,…

Mike Powney, Jeniffer Masi and George Baba, Geoex MCG; Julian Sherriff and Stephen Doyle, Dug Technology

August 18, 2026

Ghana’s next frontier: The Voltaian Basin

Michael Aryeetey Hydrocarbon exploration in Ghana is entering a new stage: After two decades of offshore success, attention is shifting inland, towards the vast and little‑understood Voltaian Basin. Michael Aryeetey, Deputy Chief Executive for Exploration and Production at the Ghana…

Mariël Reitsma

August 13, 2026

Benin’s second act: Redevelopment of the historic Sèmè Field

Benin’s upstream sector is entering a new era. After nearly three decades without production, the West African nation is preparing for a revival thanks to the redevelopment of the historic Sèmè field. Akrake Petroleum drilled a successful horizontal well earlier…

Mariël Reitsma

August 6, 2026

Guinea-Conakry: From quiet frontier to regional contender

Guinea-Conakry is among the West African countries actively developing its offshore prospects. Encouraged by discoveries in other parts of MSGBC basin, the country is now gearing up for the next phase. The progression is driven by improved geological understanding, strengthened…

Mariël Reitsma

July 24, 2026

From vision to discovery

The Niger Delta has delivered many of West Africa’s defining hydrocarbon discoveries, but every so often a well comes along that exceeds expectations. JK‑004 marks the first major success under Renaissance’s refreshed exploration strategy. The well was drilled in shallow…

Mariël Reitsma

July 15, 2026

Liberia’s quiet rise: Inside the country’s emerging petroleum industry

Liberia is often described as one of West Africa’s last true frontier basins, an offshore province with world‑class geology but still awaiting its first commercial discovery. As the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) intensifies seismic reprocessing, regulatory reform, and…

Mariël Reitsma

July 8, 2026

Before you decide to enter Venezuela…

In recent months, several articles emphasising the historical, technical, and human aspects of the evolving “apertura” in Venezuela have been published in the AAPG Explorer and GEO EXPRO. In the former, Brown provided geopolitical and historical perspectives and an indication…

Kevin Schofield, Katya Casey, Marel Sanchez and Juan Francisco Arminio, U3Explore

July 7, 2026

A basin-scale perspective: Foster Boateng’s journey through data, discovery and a changing industry

My journey in geoscience started during my undergraduate days at the University of Ghana, where my interest in sedimentary basins and petroleum systems first took shape. That fascination pushed me to pursue a master’s degree in Petroleum Geology at IFP…

Mariël Reitsma

July 1, 2026

The basement tapes

“You’re the only company that tells us where their model could be wrong.” It is an observation that Phil and Tim have had from clients when presenting the latest version of their Global SEEBASE® basement model. “We are open about…

Henk Kombrink

July 1, 2026

Is your data NDR compliant?

Good subsurface data has never been more valuable. From oil and gas exploration to carbon storage and offshore wind positioning, geological characterisation is essential, yet new data acquisition is becoming increasingly expensive. The case for reusing legacy datasets is clear.…

Martyn Budd, Principal Consultant at Katalyst Data Management

June 28, 2026

Halo oils, tight-rock saturation, and production allocation: What the North American playbook can and can’t tell the next set of unconventional basins

Halo oils and the limits of the source-rock map The textbook example is the Permian Basin. The Woodford (Late Devonian) and the Barnett (Mississippian) are two of many principal sources, but the oils they generated do not always stay near…

Graham Spence, GeoMark Research

June 24, 2026

Moveout democratises data transformation

UK-based Moveout Data has spent more than a decade addressing this problem as a service provider. Now, the company is taking a different approach: Releasing its in-house data transformation platform, Metaseis, to the wider market. The move reflects broader changes…

Nevil Hall, Moveout Data

June 18, 2026

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Exclusive access to Venezuela’s next offshore play

Ghana’s next frontier: The Voltaian Basin

Benin’s second act: Redevelopment of the historic Sèmè Field

Guinea-Conakry: From quiet frontier to regional contender

From vision to discovery

Liberia’s quiet rise: Inside the country’s emerging petroleum industry

Before you decide to enter Venezuela…

A basin-scale perspective: Foster Boateng’s journey through data, discovery and a changing industry

The basement tapes

Is your data NDR compliant?

Halo oils, tight-rock saturation, and production allocation: What the North American playbook can and can’t tell the next set of unconventional basins

Moveout democratises data transformation

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