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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Exploration

Continued significant interest in exploration in mature areas in APA 2020

The authorities have received applications from 33 companies in the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2020.
The deadline for applications was 22 September. Most of the companies that are active on the Norwegian shelf have submitted applications in this year’s APA round. “In a challenging year…

Dugong, Liatårnet, Echino South…..

Henk Kombrink
NCS Exploration – Recent Discoveries 2020 will take place on 14-15 October. However, this year the conference will take place in a digital format. The talks are going to be delivered…

Aker BP spuds wildcat in the Norwegian Sea

Henk Kombrink
According to the Norwegian Environment Agency, the well (6607/12-4) aims to test the reservoir and hydrocarbon potential of the Middle and Lower Jurassic Garne, Ile, Tofte and Åre formations. These…

Guyana–Suriname: The Hotspot That Keeps on Giving

Rog Hardy and Peter Elliot; NVentures Ltd.
Patterns are emerging in the Guyana-Suriname hydrocarbon hotspot as further successes are announcement – indicating an even more promising future for oil and gas exploration in the region. Building on…

Onshore Hydrocarbon Exploration Opportunities in Angola

Matt Tyrrell and Alessandro Colla, Trois Geoconsulting BV; Mike Oehlers, Tectosat Ltd.
Angola’s Onshore Kwanza Basin offers an underexplored basin with a world class petroleum system, presenting many oil and gas exploration opportunities for the upcoming Onshore Angola License Round. Seasoned explorers…

Major Gas Discovery Offshore Turkey

Brought to you in association with NVentures.
The state oil and gas firm of Turkey, TPAO, has announced a major gas discovery at Tuna-1 in the western Black Sea. Location of the Tuna-1 gas discovery in the…

Chasing Hydrocarbon Plays Along the Rona Ridge

Matthew Dack, CGG
Review of new 3D seismic data in the Faroe-Shetland Basin has revealed new hydrocarbon potential of the Early Cretaceous syn-rift and Precambrian fractured basement plays along the northern extent of…

Licensing Update Somalia: A Final Frontier Opens Up

GEO ExPro
Somalia’s first offshore licensing round commenced in August 2020, opening up one of the final frontier regions of the world for oil and gas exploration. Offshore Somalia is one of…

Success for Shallow Water Bashrush Gas Discovery, Offshore Egypt

This exploration update is brought to you in association with NVentures
After a string of dry wells in the eastern deepwater Nile Delta, Eni, in partnership with BP and Total, have had success testing their recent shallow water Bashrush gas discovery,…

Hydrocarbon Exploration Suriname: Perseverance Rewarded

This exploration update is brought to you in association with NVentures
Perseverance pays off; following two high-profile, high-cost dry holes drilled in Suriname, Apache hit their third consecutive major condensate-light oil discovery on Block 58.   Map showing location of the…