Maximizing recovery
In an environment of uncertainty regarding sovereignty of lucrative UKCS resources, oil companies operating in the mature North Sea Basin are being urged to do what the London and Scottish Read More
A pioneer of petroleum geochemistry
Wallace Dow, who sadly passed away in June 2016, had a long and successful career pioneering the science of source rock geochemistry, playing a leading role in the advancement of Read More
Guinea-Bissau: New insights into the geology and deepwater exploration potential
Improved imaging and new insights A detailed reconnaissance study of Polarcus’s 3D multi-client data has revealed a complex shelf to basin sediment transport system feeding into classic deepwater West African Read More
Beaufort West: new insight into a Frontier Basin
Beaufort West: a complete Wilson Cycle New data reveals the deformation history of the Beaufort Basin through a complete Wilson cycle with implications for tectonic reconstructions and hydrocarbon potential. Strata Read More
Broadband seismic technology and beyond – PART VIII
The advantages of broadband seismic have been demonstrated around the world at all stages in the exploration and production cycle, for many different geologies, and in various environments. High frequencies Read More
The seismic interpreter
Although ‘geophysicist’ is a broad term covering many specialist areas of research and work, what we have in common is the recognition that different rocks and fluids respond differently to Read More
Triassic Park – Arizona’s Petrified Forest
Petrified Forest National Park (PFNP), located in north-west Arizona, is renowned for its brilliantly colored petrified logs scattered throughout the red, brown, and white hills and bluffs. Two hundred million Read More
Memories of Iraqi Kurdistan
In 2003, the fall of Saddam Hussein opened up semi-autonomous Kurdistan to foreign investment. It also revived the interest of oil companies in the region, which had been explored, but Read More
Think molecular. It translates into pay!
Petroleum source rocks can be formed in a variety of depositional environments. Key controls are organic matter production and preservation in the sediment. The organic matter deposited can be of Read More
New insights on the Alaskan Chukchi Sea
The Chukchi Sea is part of the Arctic Ocean and generally considered part of the Alaskan Arctic Basin. It is bordered to the west by Russia’s Wrangel Island and the Read More
A game changer for Venezuela?
After President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez passed away last year, the risk of increasing political instability and the potential effects on the country’s oil sector and global oil prices was Read More
Unconventional opportunities gaining momentum
United Kingdom Amidst claims that 20 Bbo could still be in place, the UK government, seeking to stimulate a North Sea industry hit by falling production and rising costs, launched Read More
Illuminating challenging areas
No one has ever conducted a multiclient survey like this in the Gulf of Mexico. Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has developed a unique survey design, which it has utilized in the Read More
Whose responsibility?
The Yasuni National Park, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the far north eastern corner of Ecuador, about 250 km from the capital, Quito, is believed to be the most biologically Read More
New plays from old: Frontier exploration at the Western Edge of Gabon’s Salt Basin
Gabon, world-class frontier exploration targets Seriously underexplored, the potential for deepwater Gabon to provide a spectacular future for sub-salt discoveries is very promising. Although Gabon’s southern salt basin extends over an Read More