New insights into the Levantine Basin
Currently no exploration wells exist in offshore Cyprus and Lebanon, although huge gas discoveries have been made in the vicinity, but continuous seismic coverage from Cyprus to Lebanon provides an…
Exploration
Buried Treasure in Jamaica
The beautiful Caribbean Island of Jamaica was home to pirates and their loot in the past, but is there treasure of a different sort in its sparkling waters? Data collated…
Bay of Bengal
Flanked by the young, growing and energy hungry populations of India, Bangladesh and Myanmar, the Bay of Bengal finds itself an increasingly hot property in the search to discover new…
The North Falkland Basin
What have we learned from this summer’s exploration drilling activity around the Falkland Isles? This year six wells have been completed or are drilling around the Falkland Islands, with one…
From Gold Coast to Black Gold
Although oil and gas were first found offshore Ghana in 1970, petroleum companies showed very little interest in the West African country until exploration moved into deeper water. Since 2007,…
Sourcing an Oil Boom
Underlying an area approximately the size of France, the Bakken Formation oil reservoir keeps expanding into what has become North America’s hottest onshore oil play. While the recent U.S. Geological…
Jurassic Targets
While the first deep water wells in the Norwegian Sea failed to reach the Jurassic, significant data improvements may now make it possible to delineate Jurassic targets in deep grabens…
The Lofoten Islands
The Lofoten-Vesterålen region is one of the last unexplored provinces of the Norwegian Sea. It could hold 1.3 Bboe, but is a very environmentally sensitive area. Geological knowledge of the…
Faroe Islands: Success Near
For years the Faroe Islands have had to look on while their larger neighbours in north-west Europe have extracted untold riches in hydrocarbons from offshore acreage. Has their turn finally…
A Hot Spot in the Barents Sea
3D seismic in the Barents Sea reveal promising traps and convincing flat spots. As the twenty-first Norwegian licensing round approaches, the Barents Sea remains an area of high exploration interest…
Andaman Basin
India’s Andaman Sea Basin is still considered frontier with respect to hydrocarbon exploration. Recent 2D seismic reprocessing has highlighted the potential of this area and has identified likely source, reservoir…
Big Time for Small Companies
Although some major oil producers view the prospects offshore UK as too small for their attention, their exit leaves interesting opportunities for smaller companies. The recent 25th UK offshore Licensing…