Producing Gas from Shales
A rock as tight as a table top, the Barnett Shale has become the most prolific gas reservoir in Texas and the largest active natural gas play in the United…
Exploration
Oil Under Foot
Some of the most productive oil and gas acreage ever discovered lie adjacent to the site of this year’s AAPG National Convention in Long Beach. Separated by only 5 km,…
Introducing Viking Ship Design
‘This was too good an opportunity to say no to,’ says Rolf Rønningen, CEO of the new seismic company Eastern Echo. The company is building 4 high-end 10 streamer seismic…
ExPro Update
“A Fleet for the Future” With three “new generation” 3D vessels and one 2D high-end vessel coming this year, all with big sources and long streamers capable of imaging deep targets,…
Hollywood Pay-Dirt and the Active Basin
The Los Angeles basin is one of the most prolific hydrocarbon basins in the world. This is due to rapid subsidence and deposition of organic-rich source beds next to turbidite…
Deepwater Lures Statoil Back
Reprocessing of several seismic data sets acquired offshore Norway in the 1980’s have demonstrated significant improvements in both resolution and structural imaging. The improvements were gained mainly through more accurate…
Significant Gas Potential in an Underexplored Basin
The Bristol Bay is a frontier basin with very limited seismic and well data available to the public. Preliminary analyses of the limited subsurface data coupled with surface outcrop data…
East African Exploration: Myths, Myopia and Misinformation?
Commercial accumulations of liquid hydrocarbons have remained elusive in East Africa, despite numerous shows and seeps. Could a reanalysis of the Petroleum Systems lead to renewed exploration? East African Exploration-…
The Norwegian Sea – Exploration in a Frontier Province
The Norwegian Sea continental margin is dominated by the deep-water Vøring and Møre basins, which contain thick Cretaceous and Tertiary fills. To the east lie the Halten Terrace, Nordland Ridge…
More gas to be found
Following a 25 year break, the labrador Shelf offshore Canada is now again available for licensing. ExPro Update More Gas to be Found
UKCS Activity and the Acreage Supply Gap
The past two years’ drilling in the UKCS has provided an average of over 800 MMboe (127 MMm3) in new or fallow appraised discoveries. There is good reasonto believe that…
Knowing Exactly Where the Data Is
“Both oil companies and seismic companies are increasingly more interested in accurate positioning,” says Peder Solheim, Managing Director at Geograf. “With prospects decreasing in size, and specific reservoir targets in…