The Pain and Sorrow of Reservoir Modeling
Back in the late eighties our ambition was to put modeling capabilities on every geoscientist’s desk. Now in 2015 that aim has been achieved, but are we actually producing the…
Oil & Gas
Sarawak Discoveries Boost Malaysia
Malaysia’s bid to turnaround the decline in its ageing petroleum reserves has exceeded expectations thanks to a series of major discoveries offshore Sarawak. Malaysia has long been a heavy hitter…
The Quantification of Uncertainty in Reservoir Management
New developments in history matching improve uncertainty quantification and risk assessment in reservoir management. Improving the analysis of risk in field management is the Holy Grail of reservoir modelling and in…
The Present is the Key to the Past
The Principle of Uniformitarianism gives confidence in selecting well sites through looking at Holocene facies analogues. The Principle of Uniformitarianism states that the causes and rates of geologic processes that…
Integrating Data Types for Reservoir Characterisation
From microscopic core analysis of the wellbore to seismic data measurements of rock properties between wells, a multidisciplinary team is essential when solving exploration and production problems in complex reservoirs.…
New Oil Play Excites Australia
Apache announced on 18 August that its shallow water Phoenix South-1 exploration well in permit WA-435-P, 180 km north of Port Hedland, had intersected at least four discrete oil columns…
The Weald Basin: Hot Spot or Hot Air?
Billions of barrels have been reported to lie under South East England, but how much of it is recoverable? There was great excitement in the newsrooms of the UK in…
PNG Lands on the Petroleum Map
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is set to join the exclusive club of LNG exporting nations before mid-year when first cargoes ship from its US $19 billion LNG project. The ExxonMobil-operated facility was completed ahead of schedule…
Improving Reservoir Characterisation
Reservoir characterisation can be improved through the integrated analysis of CSEM, seismic and well log data. Determining reservoir geometry and properties from the surface is a challenging but important task.…
Keep your Eye on NWAAM
The North West African Atlantic margin (NWAAM) is entering a new phase of activity. Despite the fact that many of the established petroliferous basins of Africa are entering the mature…
Petroleum systems in Jordan
Jordan is located within the producing sedimentary basin in the North-West Arabian Plate. Exploration was initiated in the country in 1947 by the Iraqi Petroleum Company, yet to date only…
Ronda Uno
Mexico’s first exploration licensing round is a landmark event in the history of oil exploration in Latin America Mexico’s oil industry is opening up to the private sector after a 76-year…