A recent study assesses unconventional plays and bypassed conventional pay in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is a long-established petroleum economy, having successfully produced oil and gas both onshore and offshore for over sixty…

With a working petroleum system in place, proven by the Katakolon discovery and a number of oil shows, seeps and gas leaks, Western Greece is ready to be explored. Greece…

CANADA: Statoil success points to core exploration area Source: Statoil While much detail has yet to be revealed, Statoil is evaluating its newfield wildcat Harpoon O-85, located in the deepwater…

The 3D seismic vessel Polarcus Alima has successfully transited from Norway to the Asia-Pacific region via the Northern Sea Route – a first in the seismic industry, and an achievement…

While one giant and several major discoveries have stolen the media headlines, the future bread and butter for the Norwegian continental shelf will to a large extent be the discovery…

Is the rapidly melting Arctic ice unlocking opportunities for hydrocarbon exploration? Conflict or Cooperation? The Arctic is warming at an alarming rate, a development that some believe will be a…

BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation is one of the world’s leading geophysical service companies and undertakes more land-based geophysical surveys worldwide than any other company in the industry. We…