Unleashing the True Potential of the Mad Dog Oil Field
Technological imaging advances and a phased development in the 15 years since discovery have begun to unlock the full potential of the Mad Dog Field, increasing its known oil-in-place nearly…
Production
A Workflow for Success in Shales
Following a rock properties-based workflow for shale plays makes it possible to gather intelligence which not only defines where to drill and how to frac, but also better predicts the…
Reservoir Dynamics and the New Geophysics
Why do time-lapse (4D) seismic surveys of producing reservoirs ‘work’ and why do we make observations from them that appear to be related to production? When a reservoir – any…
The Great Burgan Field, Kuwait
Second only to Saudi Arabia’s Ghawar, the supergiant Burgan field in Kuwait was discovered by a series of wells drilled during 1938-1952. Sitting on a huge structural anticline and occupying…
Geological Expression: A New Angle on Seismic Interpretation
Geological Expression utilises sophisticated technology to deliver dramatic gains in productivity through a workflow whose structure will be familiar to seismic interpreters. onathan Henderson, Managing Director of ffA, brings us…
‘Impala MPS’ Leaps Reservoir Modelling Barriers
Oilfield services company Baker Hughes has introduced a next generation geological facies module into its JewelSuite™ reservoir modelling product. Reservoir geologists in the hydrocarbon business today have to deal with…
A World Class Discovery
The first oil was sampled in September last year. It took several wells and one full year of detailed analyses to prove that the discovery may contain more than 2.6…
The King of Giant Fields
Since the petroleum industry began in the mid-nineteenth century, numerous oil fields have been discovered and over 70,000 oil fields are still in use. Nonetheless, not all fields were created…
Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico Basin has proved to be a highly successful hydrocarbon province, and the vast untapped volume of both oil and gas ensures that the basin will continue…
Introducing “Day to Day Seismic”
A permanent 4D system for reservoir monitoring has been established in less than three years. The investment is based on market research predicting a huge increase in permanent systems throughout…
Reality Hits Brazil’s Pre-Salt Play
Recent news of at least three dry wells and suspension of the Tupi extended well test illustrate some of the challenges facing the pre-salt play that Brazil’s government has touted…
A New Look Finds a Giant
Innovative thinking and a new play concept finds a giant gas field on a lease block that had been explored for 50 years and drilled 11 times. A New Look…