Norway: The North Sea super basin story continues
This map shows the location of the foldout line (red) and the original north–south NVG survey (blue). The green polygon shows the location of the new east–west survey, acquired in…
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Morocco: Lixus offshore – how new data analysis techniques are transforming a basin
Figure 2: Merged Miocene top reservoir seismic amplitude map. Figure 3: Location map of the Lixus license in the offshore Rharb Basin (3D seismic extent in blue). Resolving Neogene clastic…
MCG’s regional deep imaging project: Norwegian Sea 2019
Figure 1: Location map showing RDI19.A ‘Need-to-Have’ for understanding the regional and detailed geology of the Norwegian Sea. Understanding the structural evolution of the Norwegian Sea Every continental margin deserves…
Banda Arc: broadband 2D seismic unlocks frontier area
BandaSeis 2D seismic line locations by phase, and corresponding offshore areas. New broadband imaging reveals prospectivity insights New high quality seismic datasets and a regional prospectivity study bring greater…
Mexico: Maximus survey – opportunities in deepwater Gulf of Mexico
Figure 3: Location map of the Maximus survey. The importance of depth imaging Depth modelling using several algorithms has significantly improved salt imaging in the deepwater Bay of Campeche. The…
North Gabon: lightning strikes connect the Gulf of Mexico subsalt trend to North Gabon
Figure 1: Final Velocity model (TVDSS). Detached salt bodies and well-defined salt flanks resulting from several iterations of manually picked salt bodies provided to constrain the tomographic updates. The tanzanites,…
Côte d’Ivoire: regional understanding to unlock hydrocarbon potential
Map showing location of seismic line. Extending Oil and Gas Exploration Potential to Western Côte d’Ivoire Regional seismic data allows petroleum plays to be interpreted in full for the first…
2019 bid round treasures exposed by ocean currents
Location of the Angoche Basin and Spectrum 2D seismic lines. Drifting towards 2019 bid round treasures Mixed/hybrid deepwater turbiditic-contouritic depositional systems are only just beginning to be understood, but show…
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…
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…