Issue 5

Vol. 10

This edition of GEO ExPro Magazine focuses on Russia and the Caspian and Africa

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Columns

5 Editorial

6 Update

14 Licensing Opportunities

16 Market Update

18 A Minute to Read

46 GEO Tourism: La Gomera – Green Pearl of the Canaries

52 Giant Fields: Kashagan Comes Onstream

70 Recent Advances in Technology: Broadband V – A Double Win

86 GEO Profile: Anatoly Zolotukhin

90 GEO Cities: Baku – Ten Centuries of Oil

92 Exploration Update

94 GEO Media: Petroleum Geology of Iraq

96 Q&A: What’s the Point of Conferences?

98 Hot Spot: Keep Your Eye on NWAAM

100 Global Resource Management: A New Oil Province?

Features

22 Cover story: Jurassic Reservoir Systems of the Central Caspian

28 Exploration: Gaining a Regional Perspective

36 Seismic Foldout: Petroleum Potential of the Offshore Namibe Basin

42 Industry Issues: Unrest Hits West African Oil and Gas

58 Seismic Foldout: Revealing the Mysteries of the Black Sea

64 Exploration: East Africa – Riding High

76 Industry Issues: Russia – No Guarantees on Growth

80 Seismic Foldout: Danish Sector: Insight into Mature and Deeper Plays

Articles

Broadband Seismic Technology and Beyond PART VII: CGG’s BroadSeis – A Change of Thinking

As geophysicists, we learnt and believed that seismic deghosting through ghost notches in pressure-only recordings was impossible when the sensors were deep. CGG changed that way of thinking. Instead of Read More

Gaining a Regional Perspective

What has happened in recent years in the Caspian region, how has it changed – and what is preventing companies from operating here? In 2010, the international scientific consortium Geology Without Read More

What’s the Point of Conferences?

More and more conferences on every facet of the petroleum industry seem to be appearing. What purpose do they serve, and what makes them effective? We talk to Ben Sayah, Read More

Unconventional Oil and Gas Conference Breaks the Mould

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines unconventional as: ‘not conventional: not bound by or in accordance with convention: being out of the ordinary.’ Just as unconventional resources have rewritten the exploration and production play Read More

It’s Our Ocean to Save…

Coral reefs have survived ocean warming, acidification, coastal development, tectonic and weather events – but can they survive these events if combined with an oil spill? Somewhere in the world Read More

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 Read More

Building World-Class Workforces

Competency Management becomes an essential tool International oil and gas companies are challenged to realise strong returns on their assets while maintaining the highest standards of safety and operating performance. Read More

The Petroleum Geology of Iraq

A comprehensive, up-to-date appraisal of the reservoir rocks, source rocks, seals and traps that control Iraq’s petroleum resources is reviewed by Munim Al-Rawi, an expert in the regional petroleum geology Read More

La Gomera – Green Pearl of the Canaries

To most people, the Canary Islands is a place to go on a charter or low-fare plane where you can sunbathe for hours on beaches with white sand imported from Read More

Danish Sector: Insight into mature and deeper plays

Danish Sector revealed Most exploration in the Danish sector has been focused within the Central Graben area and the north-east – south-west border with Norway. The foldout on the previous Read More

Petroleum potential on the offshore Namibe Basin

Evolution, geology and prospectivity of the Namibe Basin The similarities between Atlantic conjugate margins of West Africa and Brazil are brought to the fore through a new regional 2D survey. Read More

Eastern Europe Competes with Down Under

Licensing Opportunity Hungary Hungary has invited bids from both foreign and domestic companies for seven new exploration licences, four for hydrocarbons in southeastern Hungary near existing fields and three for geothermal exploration in Read More

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