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Geng North-1 – A multi-TCF prospect in deep-water Indonesia will be drilled this year

Peter Elliott - NVentures

June 2, 2023

Neptune Energy recently announced that the Eni-operated Geng North-1, in the North Ganal PSC in Indonesian waters, is planned to start drilling in Q3 2023. The ultra deep-water well (around…

Interest from majors shows that Bangladesh is still on the exploration map

Thomas Davis, Geologist, Ventura (California), and Badrul Imam, University of Dhaka

May 29, 2023

Gas is the dominant energy source for power generation in Bangladesh; it has fuelled the nation’s rapid economic growth during the last several decades. However, dwindling domestic production, mostly from…

The heartbeat of Europe

Ian Cross – Moyes & Co

May 24, 2023

Norway remains the heartbeat activity in Northwest Europe, and is the gift that keeps on giving to use that well-known phrase. The country has had successful bid rounds, regular deal…

Mature basins still favoured for exploration dollars

Peter Elliott - NVentures

May 12, 2023

Old basins still attract new exploration investment, with great success in the case of the Tano Basin in the transform margin of West Africa. Spanning the eastern Cote D’Ivoire and…

This is why Ephesus is a well to watch

Henk Kombrink

May 11, 2023

Sometimes a map says more than a lengthy story. That is the case here. We plotted the exploration wells drilled on the Newfoundland and Labrador shelf on a bathymetric map…

Norway creates room for more exploration, but it won’t get a thank you from Europe

Henk Kombrink

May 11, 2023

“I am touched and excited with this government”, wrote E&P analyst Anders Wittemann on LinkedIn yesterday. He referred to the announcement of the 2023 APA Round – Awards in Predefined…

Fans of Senegal…

Ben Sayers - GeoPartners

May 3, 2023

Senegal is due to become an oil producing nation later this year when Woodside brings onstream the Sangomar field which should lift 100,000 bbls of oil per day to the…

ReconAfrica’s exploration program in one of the most underexplored basins

Ansgar Wanke and Jim Granath, ReconAfrica

April 28, 2023

It is a rare opportunity in the twenty-first century to explore an untouched basin for hydrocarbons, but this is the position ReconAfrica finds itself in exploring the Kavango area, east…

Seismic acquisitions focus on mature hydrocarbon provinces

Henk Kombrink

April 20, 2023

As always, conferences are great places to gauge the state of play of the industry. Yesterday, I talked to several people with good insight into the seismic acquisition business at…

“It’s the amplitude anomalies that brought us back”

Henk Kombrink

April 4, 2023

“When I prepared the slides for this talk”, said Nick Comrie-Smith from Harbour Energy during his presentation at the Seapex Conference in Singapore early March, “I considered the title “Shooting…

Argentina’s first deep water well

Ian Cross

April 2, 2023

2022 saw the award of around 60 blocks in Brazil, most as a result of the ANP’s 3rd Open Acreage Concession Bid Round. However, licensing activity in South America has…

Guyana-Suriname Basin: predicting facies in undrilled successions using new sea-level curve

Douwe van der Meer and Kent Wilkinson, CNOOC

March 27, 2023

The Guyana Basin formed during the Jurassic opening of the North Atlantic. Plate reconstructions suggest rifting and early seafloor spreading began with NNW/SSE extension (c. 190–160 Ma). Since the Liza…

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Exploration

Geng North-1 – A multi-TCF prospect in deep-water Indonesia will be drilled this year

Interest from majors shows that Bangladesh is still on the exploration map

The heartbeat of Europe

Mature basins still favoured for exploration dollars

This is why Ephesus is a well to watch

Norway creates room for more exploration, but it won’t get a thank you from Europe

Fans of Senegal…

ReconAfrica’s exploration program in one of the most underexplored basins

Seismic acquisitions focus on mature hydrocarbon provinces

“It’s the amplitude anomalies that brought us back”

Argentina’s first deep water well

Guyana-Suriname Basin: predicting facies in undrilled successions using new sea-level curve

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