Licensing Update – Israel
First Round Announced A string of recent giant gas discoveries in Israeli, Egyptian and Cypriot waters in the Eastern Mediterranean have heightened interest in this previously relatively overlooked area. Encouraged…
Exploration
Unlocking the UK North Sea’s Hidden Wealth
What are the keys to revealing the remaining potential of the UK Lower Cretaceous? The current very low level of exploration drilling in the UK North Sea should not signal…
Suriname – New Technology Unlocks Hydrocarbon Potential
An improved knowledge of fault systems is important in understanding Suriname’s onshore oil fields – and the application of FTG data can be a vital tool in unlocking this knowledge.…
The Origin of the Barrel Award
Professor Dick Selley fills us in on some history of the Barrel Award In 1975 I returned to the Geology Department of Imperial College after years working for oil companies,…
Argentina: The Final Atlantic Margin Frontier
An enterprising company will be required to find oil, and to boldly drill where no drillship has drilled before! Argentina: The Final Atlantic Margin Frontier Figure 1: Argentina. (Sources: Addicted04/Captain…
Mexico: Shallow Water for Second Round
Mexico invites private partners into shallow waters for second round of opportunities. There was considerable excitement in the hydrocarbon industry when, in August 2014, the Mexican Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos…
Haven’t I Seen That Somewhere Before?
Considering the value of global analogs when characterizing passive continental margins. Understanding the nature of continent-ocean transition zones along continental margins and classifying them is key to building robust plate…
A World of Opportunity?
Regional screening for unconventional resources: geological techniques to locate new opportunities. The success of shale gas and shale oil exploitation in North America in plays such as the Bakken, Eagle…
The East Shetland Platform and Mid North Sea High
An introduction to the Devonian-Paleogene prospectivity of the key areas of interest for the UKCS 29th Frontier Licensing Round. The East Shetland Platform (ESP) and Mid North Sea High (MNSH)…
Exploration Update – Tanzania
Tanzania: Largest Onshore Discovery Although originally discovered in April 2015, recent investigations of the Mambakofi 1 gas discovery in the onshore Ruvu Basin in Tanzania have shown it to be…
Exploration Update – UK
UK: Onshore discovery Successful onshore UK wells are relatively rare, so the Horse Hill discovery, located in onshore UK block PEDL 246 in the Weald Basin, about 50 km south…
Exploration Update – Angola
Angola: Pre-Salt Discovery In the most significant non-Mauritania/Senegal well this year, and in fact the only West African discovery outside that area, Cobalt have announced a further pre-salt discovery on…