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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Vol. 13

Issue 4

This edition of GEO ExPro magazine focuses on South America and the South Atlantic, and Geophysics.

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Columns

5 Editorial

6 Licensing Update

8 Regional Update: South America

10 A Minute to Read

20 GEO Tourism: Neuquén Foothills – Geology, Dinosaurs and… Asado

42 GEO Physics: Marine Seismic Data – Faster, Better, Cheaper?

46 GEO Profile: Gladys Gonzalez – Making a Difference

64 Exploration Update

66 GEO Media: Six Books to Refresh Your Geology

68 Q&A: Independent Geophysical Research

70 Global Resource Management

Features

16 Cover Story Exploration: Haven’t I Seen That Somewhere Before?

24 Industry Issues: Social Seismic – Petroleum and the Public

28 Seismic Foldout: Clari-FiTM Seismic – Portugal and Mid-North Sea High

34 Exploration/Technology: Suriname – New Technology Unlocks Potential

38 Recent Advances in Technology: Decoding Nature’s Disorder

50 Seismic Foldout: World Class Exploration Opportunities in Deepwater Mexico

56 Exploration: Argentina – The Final Atlantic Margin Frontier

60 Reservoir Management: Quantifying Reservoir Performance

Articles

The GEO ExPro Archive

This week at GEO ExPro we are running a themed edition that focuses on a number of our most popular articles that can be broadly categorised under the heading ‘educational’. Read More

Geo Education Themed Edition

Special themed edition Geo Education Themed Edition In the northern hemisphere the autumnal equinox is now long past and on cold but clear days fall colours frame an iridescent sky, Read More

Codes and Ciphers – PART I

Decoding Nature’s Disorder Information is the resolution of uncertainty. Claude Shannon. Talk clearly and not so far-fetched as a cipher. Medieval – origin unknown. In many languages the word ‘cipher’ Read More

Independent Geophysical Research

Norwegian Foundation NORSAR is at the forefront of geophysical research. Senior Vice President Arve E. Mjelva tells us about their work. Can you tell us a little bit about NORSAR? Read More

27 Years of Misery

Is it time to learn from the past? Statistics teach some basic history. In the time that Norway has been an oil producer, the oil price was lowest in 1971 Read More

Making a Difference

Gladys Gonzalez, 2013–2014 President of the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, is an enthusiastic geoscientist, committed to increasing diversity in the oil and gas industry. “I am always very Read More

Texas sized mystery solved?

Charon, Pluto’s largest moon, has reddish colouring at its poles. Could hydrocarbons be the source of the ‘staining’ of this enigmatic distant planet? Scientists at NASA are reporting that they Read More

Mexico: Shallow Water for Second Round

Mexico invites private partners into shallow waters for second round of opportunities. There was considerable excitement in the hydrocarbon industry when, in August 2014, the Mexican Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos Read More

Haven’t I Seen That Somewhere Before?

Considering the value of global analogs when characterizing passive continental margins. Understanding the nature of continent-ocean transition zones along continental margins and classifying them is key to building robust plate Read More

Innovate and Grow

As the oil price continues bouncing around the $45 mark, and it feels as though it is impossible to tighten belts any further, one word has come to represent the Read More

6 Books To Refresh Your Geology

As professionals we tend to become engaged in specialized fields and projects, and thus have less and less time to refresh our knowledge of general geology. Reading about the progress Read More

Brazil Declines

… as exploration activity is becoming more diversified in South America. Historically, offshore exploration activity in South America had been dominated by Brazil. Over the last two years, this picture Read More