Illuminating Basin-Scale Architecture
The Canadian portion of the Beaufort Sea has been the site of intense interest and bidding in recent licensing rounds. Regional reconnaissance 2D seismic programs designed to image down to…
Exploration
Finding Oil – Using Geochemistry
While well geochemistry is a routine service in exploration drilling, surface geochemistry is now growing in popularity, in particular in deep water frontier basins. That’s a market Geolab Nor wants…
Monsters of the Deep
Hidden by a thick veil of salt and once thought too deep for liquid hydrocarbons, recent deep water discoveries off the southeastern Brazilian coast could be the largest in the…
Russian Chukchi Sea
The Russian sector of the Chukchi Sea is a frontier exploration province with little seismic data and no wells. Despite this lack of crucial geological information, regional correlations with the…
CSEM Continues to Stride Forward
For the last few years, the most talked about technology in the hydrocarbon exploration industry has undoubtedly been Controlled Source Electromagnetic imaging, but what does the future hold for this…
Building a Successful African Portfolio
Afren is a young oil and gas exploration business with ambitious plans: to become the premier pan-African independent oil and gas exploration and production company. Although only founded in late…
Seeking Operatorship in Angola
StatoilHydro has grown into a major player in Angola. With more than 200,000 barrels of oil produced every single day, and having assisted Sonangol to become an operator, the time…
Barbados: A Need to Explore the Offshore
It’s about time to explore the offshore in more detail. That means the international oil industry is now welcome to bid in the next licensing round closing in April. ExPro…
Deepwater West Coast India
Recent seismic reprocessing work performed by geophysical contractor, Spectrum Geo Ltd., under an agreement with the Indian Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) has shown that the application of modern seismic…
Virgin Offshore Acreage Offered by Barbados
An extensive seismic survey over a large area of the Barbados offshore has exposed considerable potential in this unexplored acreage. There is also encouraging evidence of a correlation with the…
Global Exploration Update
GEO ExPro, together with IHS, presents some of the most significant discoveries made throughout the world in recent months. Global Exploration Update
New Discovery in Offshore Nile Delta
The announcement by BP of a significant gas discovery in January in the offshore Nile Delta confirms the area as one of the most promising gas provinces being explored at…