Namibia: Frontier exploration in West Africa
Hydrocarbon Potential of Offshore Namibia In 2012 and 2013, PGS shot approximately 15,000 line km of broadband seismic data in the deep and shallow waters offshore Namibia, with a view Read More
A Nigerian Renaissance
A clearer picture The Niger Delta is one of the most prolific petroleum provinces in the world, covering an area of over 300,000 km2 with a sedimentary succession over Read More
Why Share Data?
Malcolm Fleming is CEO of Common Data Access Ltd (CDA), which was established with the aim of sharing the costs and benefits associated with managing subsurface UK E&P data through Read More
Exploring the Mid North Sea high
Hunting the carboniferous play New regional broadband 3D seismic data reveals more information about the geology of this poorly understood region. CGG recently undertook the acquisition of a large 3D Read More
Check Your Knowledge
By 2040, the world’s population will increase by about two billion. How much energy will we need to power this growth? Did you know that China is the world’s leading Read More
PNG Lands on the Petroleum Map
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is set to join the exclusive club of LNG exporting nations before mid-year when first cargoes ship from its US $19 billion LNG project. The ExxonMobil-operated facility was completed ahead of schedule Read More
The Oil Industry Volunteer
Csilla Tunde Fabian and Niamh Mary Monaghan are committee members of the Aberdeen Formation Evaluation Society The goal of the Aberdeen Formation Evaluation Society (AFES), the local branch of the Society Read More
Congo: Significant Westward Extension
Eni’s Nene Marine 3 exploration well in the offshore Marine XII Block encountered a significant wet gas and light oil accumulation in the pre-salt clastic sequence, thereby outlining a significant extension to Read More
Russia: Major Reserves Boost
Appraisal drilling by Gazprom at its Kirinskoye Yuzhnoye field in the Okhotsk Sea off Sakhalin Island has resulted not only in the addition of gas reserves, but also in the discovery of a big oil Read More
Côte d’Ivoire: Key Deepwater Find
Although untested, the Total-operated Saphir-1XB in Block CI-514 is described as an important discovery in a frontier part of deepwater offshore Côte d’Ivoire, as it has demonstrated a working petroleum system. Located in a water depth Read More
Looking Back to Predict the Future
Conventional exploration continues to be very successful, but 2014 is a make or break year for frontier deepwater exploration. One can learn a lot from looking at even the recent past. Read More
Bakken’s Billion Barrel Milestone
The Bakken shale means that North Dakota is now the second largest producing state in the US. Late in 2013 the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimated crude oil production Read More
Internal OPEC Rivalry Ahead?
With the world’s fifth-largest petroleum reserves, Iraq has – at least on paper – considerable potential for boosting production. If its goals are reached, it will bring the country’s production to Read More
New Doctoral Training Initiative
An innovative collaboration between universities, research institutions, government funding bodies and the E&P industry promises to change the face of doctoral petroleum geoscience training in the UK. Keith Gerdes, Chair Read More
Broadband Seismic Technology and Beyond. PART IX: BroadSeis in Production.
There are benefits for field development through the application of both the low and high frequency ends of the BroadSeis bandwidth. In the previous part in this series on broadband seismic Read More
‘What Oilfields?’ Onshore Oil in the UK
A prelude to the great discoveries of the North Sea, the onshore oilfields provide a fascinating insight into the history of UK oil. In Victorian times, there were many reports in Read More
The Bigger Picture
GEO ExPro Magazine is 10 years old. And what better way to celebrate than with an edition full of – well, all the usual variety of articles you enjoy, designed to entertain, Read More
Fun, Cooperation and Risk-Taking.
Lee Krystinik, who recently retired as President of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, tells us why he thinks the organisation is a vital resource for the industry – and Read More
A Disturbing World
We live in troubling times. After the hope of the 2010 ‘Arab Spring’ in Tunisia, we have witnessed the toppling of Ghaddafi in Libya, the overthrow of two governments in Read More
Rinjani: The ‘Big’ Volcano
Harry Matchette-Downes describes a trek to the summit of the volcano Rinjani, on Lombok, Indonesia, and down to the shores of its crater lake. The trek begins near the village Read More
Polarising Pyrite
Norwegian company ORG Geophysical aims to find previously hidden hydrocarbon reservoirs by detecting shallow pyrite bodies using Induced Polarisation. In the second decade of the twenty-first century, competition for exploration targets is Read More
Takoradi: Ghana’s Oil City.
Oil has been the catalyst for investment, reviving Takoradi’s fortunes as an export hub for Ghana’s many resources – but benefits to the local economy remain elusive. For the casual Read More
Fracture, Fracture Everywhere – Part I
Rock fractures are ubiquitous because rocks in the Earth’s upper crustal levels are brittle. However, the fractures show considerable variations due to their origin, geometry and rock properties. Given the Read More
10th Anniversary Wrap Up
Now that the bunting has been put away and memories of the celebrations are consigned to the annals of folklore we bring you a quick review of prize-winners and stylish-dinners. Read More
10th Anniversary Photo Competition Results
Celebrating 10 years of GeoExPro we launched a Photography Competition. See the winning entries here. Finally, the results are in! Votes have been counted, prize winners have been notified and Read More
Defining Shale Potential in The Netherlands.
A recent study assesses unconventional plays and bypassed conventional pay in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is a long-established petroleum economy, having successfully produced oil and gas both onshore and offshore for over sixty Read More
Ukraine’s Gas-Fuelled Crisis
Ukraine stands on the brink of civil war and bankruptcy, and energy has been a key factor. Is diversification of supply possible? Is it even a partial solution? The questions Read More