Exploration Update: Alaska
ConocoPhillips successfully drilled and tested discoveries on the Narwhal Trend, onshore Alaska. ConocoPhillips indicated in July that earlier in 2018 it had successfully drilled, cored and flow-tested both the…
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Exploration Update: Guyana
On 30 August 2018, ExxonMobil announced its ninth hydrocarbon discovery on the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana. Operator ExxonMobil Announces Ninth Hydrocarbon Discovery Offshore Guyana ExxonMobil on 30 August 2018 announced…
Exploration Update: Brazil
Promising deepwater hydrocarbon find on the Guanxuma prospect in the Santos Basin, Brazil. In July 2018, Equinor announced the 1STAT10ASPS NFW on the pre-salt BM-S-8 Block in the Santos…
Prospectivity of Ireland’s Porcupine Basin
What does 30,000km2 of seismic data from offshore western Ireland tell us about the hydrocarbon prospectivity and drilling potential of the Porcupine Basin? Where is the Porcupine Petroleum Basin? The…
Carbonate Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
The 2006 discovery at Tupi, offshore Brazil, opened up a new chapter for petroleum reservoirs: lacustrine carbonates capable of producing hydrocarbons at extremely high rates. Introduction The 2006 discovery at…
Is a Conjugate Margin an Analog?
The discoveries of Tupi and Jubilee heralded a decade of ‘conjugate chasing’, covering 15 basins in the deep waters of the Equatorial and South Atlantic. If we compare the results…
Deepwater Oil and Gas Exploration in Frontier Acreage
Cost-effective screening of frontier acreage is an essential early part of any deepwater exploration strategy at continental margins. Deepwater Exploration: The Importance of Crustal Structure Screening of deepwater frontier acreage…
Hydrocarbon Hotspots Around the World
Worldwide exploration performance: how successful has 2018 been so far? Oil and Gas Exploration Success in 2018 Worldwide exploration performance. Exploration success is spread far and wide in mid-2018, against…
Growth Potential for Tight Oil
Breakeven prices are similar, but tight oil has the largest growth potential. Improved Oil Prices Average breakeven prices and potential 2025 liquid supply for different offshore and tight oil regions.…
Licencing Update: Sharjah, UAE
In 2018, Sharjah’s first onshore licencing round opened, offering companies 30-year contracts in an area with a production history demonstrating a 90% recovery factor. Map showing location of the Sharjah…
Exploration Update: Offshore USA
Shell encountered more than 244m of net hydrocarbon pay in the Mississippi Canyon Block; exploration update Gulf of Mexico Basin, offshore USA. Hydrocarbons Discovered in Mississippi Canyon Block, Offshore USA…
Exploration Update: Offshore Angola
Eni has made a new offshore oil discovery in Angola; exploration update offshore Angola. Map showing location of the Kalimba-1 well, offshore Angola. Eni has made a new offshore oil…