Lofoten and Vesterålen: Promised Land or Fata Morgana?
Offshore the remote and beautiful Lofoten and Vesterålen Islands, 1,000 km north of Oslo, is the last large, still unopened section of the Norwegian Atlantic margin. In 2010, the Norwegian…
Exploration
Something Worth Arguing About
The newly launched European Shale Gas Argument Map aims to provide information both for and against the extraction of shale gas. Commissioned by TNO, a Dutch independent research company who…
Exploration Update
Saudi Arabia: Red Sea Gas, Norway: More Barents Sea Gas, USA: Nevada ‘Game Changer’ Saudi Arabia: Red Sea Gas An offshore platform in the Karan gas field, a key discovery…
Exploration Update
The world’s most significant discoveries brought to you by IHS and GEO ExPro. Algeria: Sonatrach taps high potential oil play Source: IHSDescribed as one of the company’s most important finds…
The South China Sea enigma
The South China Sea (SCS), which spans from Singapore and the Malacca Strait in the south to the Strait of Taiwan in the north, and from Borneo and the Philippines…
The Power of the Portfolio
Successful exploration begins, of course, with the talented geologists, geophysicists, and engineers who develop leads and prospects, secure funding, and then see their ideas tested. However, another important ingredient of…
The Permian Basin – A Brief Overview
The Permian Basin region is 400 km wide and 480 km long and has produced over 35 billion barrels of oil since 1921, currently accounting for 17% of total US…
What’s the Future for LNG in Australia?
Barely a year ago, Australia was predicted to become the biggest global producer of LNG – but things have changed. According to a study published by GBI Research, Australia’s offshore…
A Minute to Read
Africa: Continent of Discoveries, Application Ranks Top Performers, Chemostrat Open Perth Office, New IOR Centre, Lebanon Multi-Client 3D Survey Africa: Continent of Discoveries The 11th annual Conference on African E&P,…
Understanding the Zagros
The Zagros fold-thrustbelt is one of the oldest studied and exploited petroleum provinces of the world, yet for mostly political reasons it has not been fully developed and its exploration…
Mexico: Major Gulf Oil Find
In the final months of his presidential term, Mexican President Felipe Calderon proudly announced that state-owned PEMEX has made its first big crude oil discovery in the deep waters of…
Jurassic Hydrocarbon Reservoir Systems of the Central Caspian
The Caspian Sea accommodates three major petroleum systems. Here, we take a look at the Jurassic hydrocarbon reservoir systems of the Central Caspian. Location map of study area. Blue boxes…