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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Exploration Opportunities

The Gambia: the next major oil play?

Tony Pedley, Polarcus
Location of the Polarcus Block A2-A5 multi-client 3D seismic survey. Extension of a New Oil-Prone Fairway The SNE and FAN discoveries in neighboring Senegal have opened up a new oil-prone…

A Nigerian Renaissance

John Balch, Polarcus and Matt Lamont, DownUnder GeoSolutions
Full stack comparison at the target level. Legacy data versus the latest version of the pre-stack depth migration.   A clearer picture The Niger Delta is one of the most…

Offshore Somalia: East Africa’s oil frontier

Hannah Kearns, Jake Berryman, Neil Hodgson and Karyna Rodriguez, Spectrum
Somalia’s Exploration Journey Exploration in Somalia began onshore in 1956 with the drilling of the Sagaleh-1 well, followed by a number of wells drilled mostly in the north of the…

3D Broadband Seismic in the Southern Central Graben

Jens Beenfeldt and Simon Baer, PGS
New Potential in the Southern Central Graben Is it possible to determine where the future hydrocarbon potential lies or to identify a new play that will ensure continued interest and growth…

De-risking the Barents Sea

Kim Gunn Maver, Anongporn Intawong, Howard Nicholls (Spectrum) and Andrea Klubicka (ORG Geophysical)
Figure 1: Survey map with licences and blocks in the 23rd licensing round. Increasing the chance of success Used together, IP data and 2D broadband seismic can be very useful…

Croatia’s 2016 Licence Round. A second bite at the Big Apple

Anna Marszalek, Ashleigh Hewitt, Karyna Rodriguez and Neil Hodgson
Stunning Potential Offshore Croatia Integration of seismic, well and potential field data has led to a better understanding of the petroleum system of the Adriatic Basin. The Adriatic Basin is a prolific hydrocarbon province…

Ivory Coast exploration in the transform margin

Patrick Coole, Matthew Tyrrell and Christine Roche. Petroleum Geo-Services.
Survey areas of the reprocessed 1996 data (yellow outline) and 2014 GeoStreamer® data (purple). Offshore Ivory Coast: reducing exploration risk In 1996 PGS acquired a 1,600 sq.km 3D survey over…

Ireland: South Porcupine Basin

Tony Pedley, Polarcus; Gerrard Spear, Lyme Bay Consulting; Keith Byrne, Providence Resources
The Porcupine Basin The South Porcupine Basin contains all the elements for a successful petroleum system. The Porcupine Basin is related to Mesozoic extension across north-west Europe and the break-up…

Super-high resolution seismic data in The Hoop Area Norwegian Barents Sea

Tomas Kjennerud, Jan Ove Knudseth, Gaetano Salvaggio, Fjalar Reynisson (Exploro); & Tor Åkermoenv (MCG)
Location map of the Super High Resolution MCG 1401 seismic survey in relation to the announced blocks for the 23rd Concession Round in the Norwegian Barents Sea. Imaging shallow reservoirs…