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…
Exploration
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 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…
Alaska North Slope: Source Rocks Hold Promise
The US Geological Survey’s recently completed assessment of three North Slope shale plays indicates a potential of two billion barrels of recoverable oil and eighty trillion feet of gas. In…
Oil Prices Under Pressure
They should rise with accelerated growth in the second half of the year Oil prices came under heavy pressure in the first weeks of April. Weaker-than-expected macroeconomic data from…
South Sudan: “The Oil is Now Flowing”
South Sudan is to resume oil production – a positive move for the new country, but uncertainty remains. After a 15-month stalemate, South Sudan has announced it is to resume…
Insights from Space!
With recent offshore gas discoveries reviving interest in the Eastern Mediterranean region, a variety of methodologies can be used to assess potential, including using data from satellites orbiting the earth.…