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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Oil & Gas

Oil in porous intrusive rocks

John Smewing
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

Andy Racey and Andy Taylor, with contributions from Ian Cross, Moyes & Co, Jamie Higton, Westwood Global Energy, Mike Whibley, Naga Api Resources and Rob Chambers, Holt Energy Advisors
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

Henk Kombrink
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

Jon Ford, NVentures
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

Ian Cross, Moyes & Co
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

Jonathan Craig, NVentures
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

Henk Kombrink
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…

Shallow gas in production and decommissioning

Francis Buckley, Geophysicist
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

Francis Buckley, Geophysicist
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…