The striking similarities between Namibia and Brazil’s conjugate margins
Regional seismic lines indicate that the Pelotas Basin in Brazil contains the same play ingredients as the Orange Basin in Namibia where the Venus discovery was recently made.
Exploration Opportunities
Potential prospectivity identified in the Orphan Basin
Joint PGS/TGS library. The Blomidon survey is shown in orange and the PGS Ultima test area covers 900 sq. km of that survey. The survey is a part of…
Baleine discovery: Côte D’Ivoire’s exploration “Black Swan”
The Tano Basin – revealing late cretaceous depositional styles in a frontier basin A recent seismic stratigraphic analysis demonstrates the presence of key petroleum system elements and the potential to…
UK Mid North Sea High: defining and de-risking exploration in the Zechstein Play
Figure 1: A) Location map showing Phases 1, 2 and 3 of the ION MNSH Prime 3D program. B) Interim depth section across Phase 2 of the ION MNSH Prime…
Accurate Reservoir Attributes Delivered with GeoStreamer X in the South Viking Graben, Norway
Illustrated here are the two GeoStreamer X surveys (2019 southern polygon and 2020 northern polygon), the rockAVO wells used in this study and the random line for the main seismic…
Chasing the many plays of the Mauritanian Margin
An overview map of the Mauritanian Margin. PSDM transverse with velocity overlay through the Mauritania 3D data, showing the syn-rift section (including allochthonous and partially migrated Triassic salt, deposited in…
NE Mongolia (Tamtsag Basin) Block XX exploitation licence
Upstream projects for the global transition A Mongolian opportunity with local markets, appraisal/development and exploration upside, and generating fewer emissions than coal. Whether the world likes it or not,…
New life for the extended Orange Basin
The Orange Basin – An underexplored oil giant? The Orange Basin offshore Namibia and South Africa The Orange Basin is part of the volcanic-rifted passive margin south of the Walvis…
Exploration opportunities in the Gambia and Senegal
Credit: TGS, GeoPartners. Connecting the shelf to the deepwater A flurry of hydrocarbon exploration activity continues in The Gambia and Senegal, and it is fuelled by drilling successes. The Gambia,…
Energy opportunity: Offshore Jamaica
Figure 1: Generalised map showing the Walton Morant Licence area, the identified prospectivity, well locations and seismic coverage. Geoseismic cross-section A–A’ is shown in Figure 7. Figure 2: A prominent…
Offshore Oman: stunning hydrocarbon geology from a closing ocean
Location map showingposition of composite line. Searcher. Offshore Oman Unexplored and tantalisingly prospective. The Eastern Oman Mountains are widely known as an ophiolite range of rugged and dramatic beauty,…
Seismic imaging-led sedimentology insight reveals extraordinary new potential in the Gulf of Papua
Figure 2: Location map and information. Foldout seismic line is located within PPL579. © Searcher. Stunning unexplored turbidite play revealed offshore Papua New Guinea Exceptional imaging from modern multi-client PSDM…