Alta: Extended well test
A 700 metres long horizontal well (7220/11-5) is being drilled in the oil zone of the Alta discovery, which will improve the lateral geological understanding of the Permian-Triassic karstified and…
Exploration
NCS Exploration – Recent Advances in Exploration Technology
21-22 MAY // SCANDIC FORNEBU OSLO, NORWAY The 6th Annual NCS Exploration Conference
NCS Exploration Strategy
NOV 14-15 2018 // SCANDIC FORUS STAVANGER The market for asset acquisitions in Norway has become highly competitive and fully valued, and investing in exploration is now all the more…
Exploration Update – Mexico
Significant Oil Discovery Talos Energy made history in late July 2017 when it made the first ever private sector discovery of a new structure offshore Mexico. Its Zama 1 wildcat,…
20 things about oil and gas – Part 2
Part 2 of our new fun quiz. If you haven’t done so already, use this link to complete 20 Things About Oil and Gas Part 1 (Questions 1-10) first. You…
Exploration Update – Grenada
In late October 2017 Grenada’s Prime Minister, Keith Mitchell, cautiously confirmed the country’s first discovery, saying that Global Petroleum Group (GPG) found indications of natural gas while drilling the Nutmeg…
Liberia – A Fresh Approach
New thinking inspired by innovative modelling could open new plays in West Africa. Recent exploration in Liberia has not provided the commercial success we all want, with the most recent…
Benin – The Low Cost, High Impact Frontier
The overlooked potential of Devonian, Jurassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary plays within the onshore and shelfal Dahomey Embayment. The Gulf of Guinea is characterised by a number of Mesozoic sedimentary wedges,…
Are There Any Hydrocarbons in Cyprus?
A Non-Commercial but Encouraging Discovery On 12 September 2017, Cypriot Energy Minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis announced Total’s Onesiphoros West 1 new field wildcat on Block 11 had discovered less than 500…
Exploration Update – Guinea
Brought to you by GEO ExPro and Drillinginfo Hyperdynamics initially reported that its Fatala 1 new field wildcat on Block E3, 200 km offshore Guinea, had failed to discover hydrocarbons.…
Exploration Update – Senegal
Another gas find Kosmos Energy has made another significant gas discovery on its Senegalese acreage with the Yakaar 1 deepwater new field wildcat. Drilled in 2,550m of water in the…