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Broadband 3D: building blocks for exploration in a mature setting

Rune Sakariassen, Nicola O’Dowd and Caroline Lowrey, Petroleum Geo-Services

December 2, 2013

The MC3D NVG survey comprises MC3D NVG 09/10/11 GeoStreamer surveys acquired in conjunction with TGS and PGS MC3D NVG 05 survey. Improved resolution and penetration with Broadband 3D The…

Danish Sector: Insight into mature and deeper plays

Ingvild Ryggen Carstens

October 10, 2013

This 2D long-offset line is orientated north-east – south-west and has an overall length of 85 km from the hangingwall of the Coffee Soil Fault through the Roxanne-1 well over…

Revealing the mysteries of the Black Sea

Rod Graham, Nuretdin Kaymakci, ION Geophysical Consultants; Brian W. Horn, ION Geophysical

October 10, 2013

The Black Sea: Something different? Black SeaSPAN data highlight unusual geometries that do not correspond to established general models of continental separation, leading to new ideas about the opening of the…

Petroleum potential on the offshore Namibe Basin

Jennifer Greenhalgh, Petroleum Geo-Services, Weybridge UK

October 10, 2013

Location map with position of PGS regional 2D MultiClient surveys, the highlighted location of main seismic image and distribution of main salt and volcanic centres. Evolution, geology and prospectivity of…

The Santos Basin, Brazil: Unlocking the pre-salt potential

Jaswinder Mann, CGG

October 10, 2013

The interpreted seismic line extends across the fast-track results from the Phase VI-B survey in the Santos Basin. The survey covers an area of 14,000 km2 and has been acquired using…

The Australian North West Shelf: new insights from deep seismic

Paul Bellingham, Kenneth McDermott, ION Geophysical

October 10, 2013

Figure 1: Map of the Australian North West Shelf showing the location of the main basins and the ION Westralia SPAN data. Lines from Figures 2–4 are highlighted. A developing…

A stitch in time!

Kim Gunn Maver, Helge Aven, Neil Hodgson and Paolo Esestime, Spectrum

October 9, 2013

A cross section of Norway: putting the pieces together By assembling and merging a fragmented dataset of 3D seismic, it is possible to release the hydrocarbon potential of the Norwegian…

Early carboniferous battleground for the UKCS 28th licence round

Neil Hodgson, Richard Wringley and Karyna Rodriguez

October 8, 2013

New data reveals potential The northern parts of Quads 42 and 43 in the UKCS Southern North Sea have received limited exploration to date. New data in open acreage north…

Croatia: a new oil province at the heart of Europe

Neil Hodgson, Howard Nicholls, Anna Marszalek, Peter Browning-Stap and Steve Maddox; Spectrum

October 8, 2013

A new wave of exploration offshore Croatia Proven hydrocarbon systems, shallow waters and proximity to hungry energy markets: is it time for Croatia to emerge from the shadows of its…

West of Shetland: SHarp broadband 2D regional well tie survey

IAN T. EDWARDS, Global Multi-Client Surveys and New Ventures

October 7, 2013

Location of Dolphin Geophysical’s SHarp Broadband Regional Multi- Client Well Tie Survey. A new regional dataset for West of Shetland The use of deep tow streamers and proprietary processing algorithms has…

New plays from old: Frontier exploration at the Western Edge of Gabon’s Salt Basin

Neil Hodgson, Anongporn Intawong, Spectrum

October 6, 2013

Gabon, world-class frontier exploration targets Seriously underexplored, the potential for deepwater Gabon to provide a spectacular future for sub-salt discoveries is very promising. Although Gabon’s southern salt basin extends over an…

3D Seismic and SHarp Broadband 2D UtStord and South Viking Graben

Ingvild Ryggen Carstens

October 1, 2013

Location of Dolphin Geophysical’s UtStord 3D seismic and SHarp Broadband 2D lines in relation to key structural elements and discoveries. Improved imaging throughout Examples demonstrate the tectonic styles and potential…

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