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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Vol. 13

Issue 6

This edition of GEO ExPro magazine focuses on Asia, Frontier Exploration and Geochemistry.

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Columns

5 Editorial

6 Licensing Update

8 Regional Update

10 Update: Papua New Guinea Sesmic

12 A Minute to Read

22 GEO Education: Back to Source Rocks II

28 GEO Chemistry: A Light in the Downturn

42 GEO Chemistry: Exploration Geochemistry in the Digital Age

46 GEO Tourism: The Oki Islands: A Japanese Geopark

50 GEO Physics: Seismic Interpretation with Machine Learning

58 GEO Chemistry: The Geochemist’s Toolbox

66 Exploration Update

68 Q&A: The Value of international Campuses

70 GEO Media: First Geological Map of Eastern Europe

72 Global Resource Management

Features

16 Cover Story – Exploration: The Wildest Plays on the Planet

30 GEO Science Explained: A Time-Saving Taxonomic Tool

32 Exploration: The Faroe Islands – a New Beginning

36 Seismic Foldout: High Resolution IGT in the Gulf of Mexico

54 Recent Advances in Technology: Magnetics for Hydrocarbon Exploration

62 Exploration: Hiding in the Basement

Articles

Stranded…whales not reserves

Seismic sources and marine wildlife Race to save 100 stranded whales on New Zealand beach – BBC Whale rescue: Hope for surviving whales ‘slowly slipping away’ on Farewell Spit – Read More

The Wildest Plays on the Planet

Is it time to think outside the box? Apparently ‘wacky’ play ideas have already proved profitable, even resulting in the discovery of supergiant fields. There are probably many more unconsidered Read More

The Faroe Islands – A New Beginning

4th Faroese Licensing Round offers a new beginning for exploration in this North Atlantic archipelago. The 4th Faroese Licensing Round offers a new beginning for exploration in this North Atlantic Read More

Exploration Update – USA

Significant Light Oil Discovery in Alaska On 4 October 2016, Caelus Energy Alaska indicated that it has made a ‘world class’ oil discovery in Caelus-Tulimaniq 1, also known as CT-1, Read More

Licensing Update: Somalia

In recent years, Somalia has made great strides on the road to effectively exploiting its natural resources. The Somalian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources is now operating from a Read More

Priority Onboard

An advanced marine seismic service that creates an exciting new shortcut in the road from exploration to production The seismic image (main panel, below) is an example line from priority Read More

Exploration Update – Iraq

Two Important Wells On 12 October 2016, DNO reported that it had spudded the Peshkabir 2 appraisal well on the Zagros Foldbelt Basin Tawke block in the Kurdistan Region of Read More

Back to Source Rocks: Part II

What makes a sedimentary rock an effective petroleum source rock? A review of the analytical methods used to characterize source rocks for successful petroleum exploration and production.

Licensing Update: Somalia

In recent years, Somalia has made great strides on the road to effectively exploiting its natural resources. The Somalian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources is now operating from a Read More

Magnetics for Hydrocarbon Exploration

How can a tiny mineral called magnetite help to unravel hydrocarbon seepage and subsurface petrology? It’s not MAGIC – it’s MAGNETICS… in integrated workflows! ‘Magnetism, as you recall from physics Read More

A Time-Saving Taxonomic Tool

A new online taxonomy database has proved invaluable for both industrial and academic biostratigraphers. Researchers from University College London (UCL) have earned high praise for the money- and time-saving capabilities Read More

Hiding in the Basement

Following a string of exploration successes, Robert Trice of Hurricane Energy believes that, with the correct data, only imagination is needed to unlock the UK’s huge basement resource potential. Ed’s Read More

Martley – A GeoVillage

Martley in Worcestershire, UK, hosts a fascinating assemblage of geological features, providing exposures of at least eight periods stretching over 700 million years. The Geopark idea, now supported by UNESCO, Read More

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Supercharged: Fuelling the future by Professor Saiful Islam Started by Michael Faraday in 1825, and now broadcast on UK national television every year, the Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures are firmly Read More

A Light in the Downturn

Geochemical innovation for today’s explorers In today’s hardscrabble upstream economy, meager analytical budgets are the rule even among E&P companies with a strong scientific focus. When only ‘necessary’ analyses are Read More

The Geochemist’s Tool Box

The conjugate petroleum systems of the North Atlantic, finding hydrocarbons and developing the assets – all viewed through the oil-stained spectacles of geochemistry. The North Atlantic region has seen some Read More

Australia’s ‘Big Red’ Centre

‘Big Red’ country, encapsulated in Australia’s first National Landscape – Australia’s Red Centre is now being recognised as a major draw for global travellers seeking outstanding geotourism experiences in the Read More