Major new oil discovery in Cuu Long Basin Vietnam
Murphy Oil announced on 7th January that the Hai Su Vang-1X offshore exploration well, in block 15-2/17, Cuu Long Basin, has discovered oil. The well was spud in late September…
Oil & Gas
Mixing models madness
With most prospects, multiple trapping elements contribute to the potential size of the discovery. For instance, a prospect can be a 4-way at the top of the closure, but may…
Picking prospects: Exploring the Orchard Platform’s Haupt Dolomite play
The UK mid North Sea High (MNSH) can be considered as one of the least explored hydrocarbon provinces on the UK Continental Shelf. Early drilling campaigns targeted pre-Permian structures, with…
Could the publication of drone imagery have something to do with a last peak in ReconAfrica’s share price before it fell after news of its latest exploration well?
Late last week, ReconAfrica announced the results of its 4th well in their PEL76 licence in the Damara Fold Belt, onshore Namibia. According to the company, the Naingopo well reached…
Shallow gas in production and decommissioning
This is the third and final article in the article in the Shallow Gas series, brought to you by Francis Buckley. Read the previous articles here: Shallow gas: How to…
Shallow gas as a resource
This is the second article in the Shallow Gas series of three, brought to you by Francis Buckley. Read the first article here: Shallow gas: How to better map the…
Shallow gas: How to better map the risk?
Shallow gas has long been known as a drilling hazard. However, the increasing costs of powering offshore production facilities, the problems associated with decommissioning, and the contribution of natural and…
Calling a discovery without drilling a well
British Antarctic territory. Source: britannica.com. Interpreting a nice undrilled 4-way closure in a seismic survey and subsequently announcing it as the discovery of new reserves would rock the boat in…
A welcome gas find
When looking at the oil and gas fields in the Western Desert of Egypt, and then read this article from Simon Baer and colleagues at PGS, which describes how the…
New wildcat drilling campaigns set to drown out doubts of commerciality in the Orange Basin of Namibia
Following a lull in activity during the middle of 2024, and despite the recent news from Shell and Chevron (Kapana-1), exploration and appraisal drilling returns full throttle in the highly…
Deep marine reservoirs with fresh water – how come?
It was on the back of an article we published about CSEM that Brian Frost, an experienced explorer from the USA, commented on the LinkedIn post that deep marine reservoirs…
The writing was on the wall
Yesterday, Reuters broke the news that Shell has written off a $400 million exploration investment over “an oil discovery” in PEL39 in Namibia’s deep-water area. Even though a field name…