Elephants are Extinct
The future of the Norwegian Continental Shelf to a large degree depends on the discovery of small fields. The Geological Society of Norway has taken the initiative by organizing a…
Exploration
Production starts in Block 31
Production began at the end of January from the BP-operated Block 31 in Angola, one of the largest subsea developments in the world. The development will produce from four oil…
Applying Analogues for Success
Amongst the great challenges facing E&P professionals today is how to pool their collective experiences and talents in order to filter the feast of opportunities, from exploration acreage to prospect,…
Polar Pioneers
Another day in Arctic paradise for the crew of Polarcus Asima, as she ventures into uncharted territory to uncover the secrets of the Arctic – the final frontier for oil…
Harper Basin Exposé
The undrilled Harper Basin lies offshore Liberia between the Liberian-Sierra Leone Basin to the north, and the Ivorian/Tano Basin to the south-east. It covers approximately 20,000 km2, extending from shelf…
Lofoten Island drilling nearer?
As discussed in GEO ExPro Vol. 9 No. 5, the seas around Norway’s remote northern Lofoten Islands remain the largest unopened section of the Norwegian Atlantic Ocean, and environmentalists are…
Mexico: Biggest onshore find in decade
Pemex says it has found oil reserves of up to 500 MMb in southern Mexico with its Navegante-1 wildcat, a Sureste Basin discovery that outgoing President Felipe Calderon hailed as…
Kenya: Discovery in Block 13T
Only the second prospect to be tested in the onshore north-west Kenyan Lokichar Trough as part of Tullow Oil’s multi-well drilling campaign in Kenya and Ethiopia, the Twiga South-1 wildcat…
New Barents Sea survey
One of the hottest areas in north-west Europe at the moment is the Barents Sea, where a number of major discoveries have been made in recent years, including the giant…
New Insights into the Browse Basin
Despite recent drilling success, the Browse Basin remains relatively underexplored, and imaging and mapping of the deeper horizons presents challenges to conventional seismic. The Browse Basin offshore North West Shelf…
Borneo’s Petroleum Plays
Borneo, the world’s third largest island, has lush tropical forests, rich wildlife, coral reefs, and fascinating tribal cultures. It also has classical petroleum basins characterized by vast deltaic sediments and…