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
Responsible Resource Development
Gas development of the Haynesville Shale Play prompted a local state university, Louisiana’s officials, and natural gas operators to take a transdisciplinary approach to solve the area’s water use problems, Read More
Triassic Park – Arizona’s Petrified Forest.
Stunning are the vistas and large petrified logs that litter this high, desert landscape; possibly even more stunning is what we are learning about this important time in Earth’s complex Read More
Completing the Picture
Enhancing the understanding of the Barents Sea with full-tensor-gravity gradiometry. The Barents Sea represents one of the largest areas of continental shelf on the globe and is a structurally complex region, composed of 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 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