Kharas-1 well might have two surprises in store
As the exploration community read the news around Rhino Resources’ Volans-1X “high liquid-yield gas condensate” discovery this week – is it good news to have proven yet another fluid type?…
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Revisiting the southern boundary of Sangomar
Recently published maps of the Sangomar field offshore Senegal depict the southern boundary of the accumulation exactly lining up with the maritime boundary between Senegal and The Gambia, suggesting that…
Exploring young petroleum systems comes with risks
Any exploration well carries risk, and ultimately, it is the drill bit that will either prove or disprove a play concept. In South Korea’s Ulleung Basin, despite the presence of…
The Athabasca oil sands
Recent governments in Canada have not been particularly supportive of the oil industry, which mainly concentrates in Alberta. Some people are even actively contemplating separation from the Canadian federation and…
Why peer reviews often don’t work
Reputations are both made and destroyed in the aftermath of the drill sequence. But what is behind the ranking that determines where the rig goes next? It is the prospect…
“No concern at all”: The economist’s view
“I thought we would be speaking for 15 minutes, now it has turned into half an hour already!” Carole Nakhle is sought after when it comes to her view on…
Producing the next 50 % of the world’s oil reserves
In 1967, an oil embargo imposed by the Arab producers on a select group of Western nations failed badly. One of the reasons for this failure was the fact that…
Geosteering to number one
“I learned the ropes of directional drilling in Siberia,” says Airat when we meet on Teams. He calls in from his home in Saudi Arabia, where he now works as…
Are half of the Tano Basin’s reservoirs in the Keta Basin?
Ghana’s ascendancy as a significant oil and gas producer commenced with the landmark Jubilee discovery in 2007, leading to first oil in 2010. This success was subsequently reinforced by the…
A subsea tie-back to a subsea tie-back?
The name of the discovery may suggest that it is the most distal find in the Gulf of Mexico ever, but that is not the case. bp’s recently announced Far…
Global trends in petroleum fiscal terms: A race to the top?
As competition for upstream investment intensifies, countries across the globe have responded with a wave of fiscal and regulatory reforms aimed at attracting limited capital. Since the 2014 oil price…
Wind makes room for gas
It is getting busy in the North Sea. Was the area a monopoly for oil and gas companies when it comes to energy production for decades, in recent years offshore…