Transiting the Northern Sea Route
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…
Exploration
Small is also beautiful
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…
Arctic Availability
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 – A Fast-Growing Company
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…
Exploration Update Vol. 11 No. 1
China: Extending Deep Objective Campaign The Tarim Basin, situated in north-west China, is considered one of the most petroliferous provinces in the country. Source: NASA/wikipediaPetroChina claimed an important gas discovery…
How Much Oil in the Middle East?
Part Two of a two part series by author Rasoul Sorkhabi, focussing on oil and gas in the Middle East. Part One – Why So Oil in the Middle East?…
Exploration Trends on the UKCS
With most of the ‘easy’ oil discovered, where are companies looking to find oil and gas reserves in the mature UK continental shelf? Forty-eight years (and over 3,000 exploration wells)…
East Africa – Riding High
East Africa is riding a wave of excitement and interest in the industry, with significant successes in offshore Mozambique, Uganda and Tanzania. Bimbola Kolawole, Business Development Manager, Africa with Rystad…
Kashagan comes onstream
Hailed as the largest oil field discovered in the last four decades, the Kashagan field is located about 80 km offshore Atyrau in the northern Caspian Sea. Discovered in 2000…
Yet Another Final Frontier? Honduras
Following on from his article about the prospectivity of Jamaica in GEO ExPro, Vol. 7, No. 6 Chris Matchette-Downes moves westward to take a look at the eastern part of…
New Acreage in Frontier Provinces
In June, 29 companies were awarded frontier acreage in the Norwegian and Barents Seas offshore Norway. In June, 29 companies were awarded frontier acreage in the Norwegian and Barents Seas…
Conference That’s a Cut Above
The Bob F. Perkins Research Conference provides geoscientists with a unique, yearly format to present cutting-edge research papers and share ideas on selected subjects. For the past 33 years, the…