Exploration

An area requiring major discoveries

Only 11.5 percent of exploration licences in the Barents Sea have resulted in production. “The area has not met expectations,” says NTNU professor in an interview on nrk.no.

The Elusive Deepwater Gippsland Gas Prize

ExxonMobil have recently completed a three-well drilling campaign on VIC/P70 offshore Gippsland Basin, south-east Australia.   Location of the Sculpin-1 well. ExxonMobil have recently completed a three-well drilling campaign on…

Trinidad: A Move to Gas

Since August 2019, Touchstone Exploration of Canada have been quietly logging impressive net gas pays and proving up significant gas reserves in Trinidad’s mature southern onshore trend. Map showing location…

Update on the Deepwater Luiperd-1 Well, Offshore South Africa

Total, with partners Africa Energy, Qatar Petroleum and CNR, have returned to the deepwater Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin, offshore South Africa, to spud the Luiperd-1 well. Location off…

Norway Surprises with 25th Oil and Gas Licensing Round

Norway surprised many observers in June by announcing plans for a licensing round that signalled a major expansion of the availability of areas for oil exploration in the Norwegian sector…

Cinder Cone or Mud Volcano?

A triangular feature identified in modern seismic on the Papuan Plateau went ‘viral’ on social media amongst the geoscience community as geoscientists from all over the world debated their theories…

Latin America Leads the Way with FSPO Developments

South America’s upcoming floater projects could help sustain fabrication yards that are struggling to keep their doors open, with FPSO developments driven by Brazil and Guyana. While the rest of…

Calculating Fluid Saturation in Unconventional Reservoirs

A new way to accurately model and calculate true moveable fluid phase saturation in unconventional, organic-rich shale reservoirs. New and greatly improved technologies in drilling, hydraulic fracturing and imaging have…