Two Frontier Basins Come to Light
Off the western Irish coast, new regional 2D seismic data is providing key information on the petroleum potential of a large and underexplored area. The roughly south-east to north-west trending…
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Western Florida: A new exploration frontier in the US Gulf of Mexico
A new perspective on rifting Long-offset seismic reflection data over the western Florida shelf and eastern Gulf of Mexico provide new insights into local geology, illuminate new exploration plays and…
Pre-salt basins identified in Gabon deepwater area
The section around the Tupi discovery offshore Brazil (far left) compares with the section (near left) from another line in South Gabon. Note that the Tupi example is a Reverse…
Oil finders use seismic analogues
Chevron has big ambitions in the North Atlantic Volcanic Margin. They believe the region can hold significant resource and be a major growth area for the Company for years to…
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…
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.…