Sockeye – The discovery that was supposed to be made last year
“The Guyana of Alaska’s North Slope.” Bill Armstrong, CEO of the exploration company that carries his own name, has been quite bullish about the potential of the Brookian delta-top play…
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Exploring the deepest parts of the Bolivian Subandean fold and thrust belt
Figure 1: Map of Subandean fold and thrust belt, showing the wells and fields discussed. The southern Subandean fold and thrust range in Bolivia hosts multi-TCF gas fields, where production…
Oil in porous intrusive rocks
Basement plays are found in quite a few areas globally and have been well studied and reported on. Norway, Yemen, Vietnam and China are amongst those places where oil is…
Action in Andaman
Before taking a dive into the past, recent and future exploration activity in the Andaman Sea, it is good to take note of an important above-ground advantage of the area.…
Exploration at times of war
In the face of unprecedented challenges posed by Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Ukrgasvydobuvannya (UGV) JSC, a subsidiary of Naftogaz of Ukraine NJSC and Ukraine’s largest national gas producer, has demonstrated…
4 out of 4: exploration drilling success onshore Croatia
Vermilion Energy and partner INA have announced four commercial discoveries out of four exploration wells drilled in block SA-07 during 2024, in the Sava part of the Pannonian Basin, onshore…
The home of the world’s first deep-water gas development
Following World War II, a number of US-companies drilled onshore but never found anything commercial despite the presence of surface seeps. Fortunes changed in the 1970s with Cities Service making…
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…
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…