Exploration

Unlocking the Petroleum Potential of Iran

GIS databases are a powerful tool for minimising exploration risk in Iranian hydrocarbon basins through geospatial analysis. Iran’s enormous surface area stretches over 2,300 km in a north-west to south-easterly…

Exploration Update – Algeria

Algeria: Triassic Discovery During early June 2016, Sonatrach made an oil and gas discovery in Algeria with its Oued Noumer Sud 1 (ONRS 1) new field wildcat. The discovery is…

Exploration Update

News of recent discoveries in both China and Myanmar signals a bright start to exploration in 2016. China: First Ultra-Deepwater Discovery Qiongdongnan Basin in the north-western part of the South…

Petroleum Basins of Yemen

Yemen’s petroleum resource base will be a critical part of reconstruction efforts once peace is restored, but this will require high-resolution exploration and development in both onshore producing basins and…

Mediterranean Carbonate Potential: Lessons from Existing Discoveries

The opening of new areas and the changing regional political and economic situation, together with innovative technologies, new seismic data and improved imaging, have revitalised exploration activity in the Central…

2015 Exploration Results: Eni Best in Class

Measuring success with the drill bit. Prior to official results, the speculation for 2015 was that discovered hydrocarbon volumes would continue their downward trend. The results now in show that…

New opportunities offshore West Egypt

The frontier exploration area offshore West Egypt (Figure 1) consists of several structural domains (Figure 2) including, from south to north, a comparatively narrow shelf zone; a west-south-west to east-north-east…

Uniting the Arctic

A new generation of Circum-Arctic geological and geophysical digital maps will reveal new data about the hydrocarbon potential of the region. Available online for the first time Originally published in Volume…

Iran After Sanctions: Opportunities and Risks

Iran provides a significant opportunity to access low cost production for the right companies. In response to the removal of sanctions, we take a look at the opportunities and challenges,…

Lebanon. The New Levantine Exploration Opportunity.

Lebanon lies at the centre of known regional hydrocarbon systems, but it is poorly explored and understood, possibly due to topographic challenges to terrestrial geophysical acquisition. A recently acquired suite…

Colombia: Anadarko unlocking ultra-deepwater potential

the partnership of Anadarko (operator) and Ecopetrol have made a gas discovery in the ultra-deepwaters of the south Caribbean area off Colombia, which they stated proves their geological model in…

The Triassic Margin Play

The Triassic margin is a significant but underexplored frontier play in the Levant region, particularly in Jordan. The Levant covers a large onshore area in the East Mediterranean region including…