Deepwater Santos Basin: extending the pre-salt play outboard
Huge potential in undrilled Southern Santos Basin The prospectivity of the deepwater outboard Santos Basin is revealed by new 3D seismic. With a daily oil production in the region of…
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Diving deeper to reveal hydrocarbon potential in the Barents Sea
A novel solution tailored for the Barents Sea An unusual acquisition configuration resolves the challenges of the Barents Sea through an innovative combination of streamer setup and advanced imaging technologies. The…
Atlantic offshore Morocco: new data, new insights
Regional geology of Morocco is key to new understanding Seismic data provide new clues to crustal architecture and deformation history A late Cretaceous ‘Atlantis’ The 2018 Morocco Atlantic Margin Well…
Santos vision: innovative seismic data processing in a super giant oil basin
Figure 1: Structural map of the top of salt encompassing the 34,000 km2 of the Santos Vision program and including the outline of the next phase extension. The survey covers…
What lies beneath: unraveling the potential of the East Palawan Basin, Philippines
Map showing the location of the East Palawan data (white), acquired in conjunction with the DOE, TGS and Seabird, overlying the free-air gravity anomaly (relative highs in whites/reds, lows in…
Australia: depth reprocessing rejuvenates Gippsland Basin
Changing perceptions ReGeneration project overcomes the imaging challenges of the Gippsland Basin. Over the last ten years CGG has gained extensive experience in the processing and reprocessing of legacy datasets…
The chase for oil in offshore Somalia
Figure 1: Spectrum 2D datasets offshore Somalia. The illusive oil-prone region of offshore Somalia Offshore Somalia remains one of the last truly frontier passive margins in the world. Only two…
Offshore exploration in Greece
Map showing the location of the seismic line below in relation to major structural features in the region. Catching the deep sea wave The underexplored deep waters of the east…
The Zambezi Delta Basin
Figure 1: Location of the gravmag, 3D seismic survey (green polygon area) and wells analyzed. Figure 2: Basin configuration at 160Ma, 145Ma and present day, with stretching orientation. Another piece…
Aiding the Next Steps of Oil and Gas Exploration in the MSGBC Basin
A new integrated approach to oil and gas exploration in the MSGBC Basin, North West Africa. The Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea Conakry (MSGBC) Basin is home to several…
Norway: new play models for Patch Bank Ridge, East of Utsira High
Figure 2: Coloured overview showing geological interpretation of the foldout seismic line in Figure 1. Line location indicated by yellow line in Figure 3. Figure 3: Map showing the…
Overcoming Seismic Imaging Challenges in Highly Congested Areas
Combining streamer and node technology to provide high resolution seismic in congested areas with a fast turnaround. This year, Polarcus was challenged by Dubai Petroleum to provide a high-resolution, fast-turnaround,…