The Canadian Beaufort Sea
Line 5600 is the most seaward ‘strike’ line in the ArcticSPAN Beaufort survey. The 547-km-long line shows the variable basin architecture of the Canadian Arctic passive margin (vertical exaggeration is…
Exploration Opportunities
Offshore Mid-Norway
Flatspot within the Cretaceous on the Gjallar Ridge, (close-up of the rectangle on seismic). The seismic line is acquired in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea covering tectonic elements from…
The Russian Chukchi Sea
With little seismic data, and no wells, the assessment of the Russian Chukchi Sea depends largely on field work and outcrop studies on the Chukotka Peninsula on the northeastern shore…
The Norwegian Barents Sea
An intriguing seismic example of shallow gas with a possible flat spot. Could this be a new prospect in the Barents Sea? Outcrops on the Svalbard archipelago make excellent reference…
Hunting the Pre-Salt
There is now growing industry excitement in anticipation of the forthcoming Gabonese Licensing Round. The Round is increasingly being hailed as one of the best opportunities in many years to…
New Insights Beneath the Salt
ION’s BasinSPANTM regional 2D programs feature surveys designed for the purpose of imaging the full crustal architecture. Their BrasilSPAN program is showing never before imaged sub-salt horizons and new stratigraphic…
Seismic attribute and spectral decomposition analysis of the Sooner Field
An overview of the Sooner Field The Sooner Unit is a Cretaceous D Sand stratigraphic play, located in Weld County, Colorado. The reservoir is interpreted to be funnel-mouth estuary and…
Norwegian Sea: Deep Penetration
The Norwegian Sea covers more than 200 000 km2 of highly prospective acreage with many proven discoveries of Mezosoicand Cenozoic age. The large shelf area can be divided into three sub-regions.…
The North Sea: Deep Imaging
North Sea Renaissance (NSR) is an ongoing long offset 2D seismic program that will total some 85,000 km at the end of this year. The program is acquired with a…
Offshore West-Greenland
Frontier exploration Despite previous disappointments, geologists can now demonstrate the probable presence of prolific source rocks, good reservoir rocks and huge structures in an area that is now open for…
Deep-Water Gulf of Mexico
The Ocean Confidence semisubmersible rig is used to drill deep prospects in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Sediments, similar to these off the current Mississippi delta, derived from the north,…