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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Vol. 14

Issue 2

This edition of GEO ExPro magazine focuses on Asia-Pacific; Reservoir Management; and Decommissioning.

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Columns

5 Editorial

6 Regional Update

8 Licensing Update

10 M&A Update

12 A Minute to Read

22 GEO Physics: Vietnam: Improved Images of Fractured Basement

30 GEO Education: Hunting for NULFs

42 GEO Profile: Francis Gugen – Advocate for Change

50 GEO Media: Petroleum Geology of Libya

60 GEO Tourism: A Wonderful Wild Wilderness

68 Exploration Update

70 Q&A: Decommissioning in the North Sea

72 Global Resource Management

Features

16 Cover Story: Giant Fields: Brent – An Aging Giant

26 Technology Explained: Is There a ‘G’ in Decommissioning?

36 Seismic Foldout: Australia – New Imaging of the Vulcan Sub-basin

46 Recent Advances in Technology: Time-Lapse Seismic and Geomechanics

52 Exploration: The Angle of the North

54 History of Oil: The Mysterious Mr Rickett

66 History of Oil: Advancing Geoscience in South East Asia

Articles

Francis Gugen

Advocate for Change Francis Gugen has had a long and varied career in the O&G business, including as regional CEO of Amerada Hess in North West Europe, Chairman of seismic Read More

Exploration Update – Alaska

Largest US onshore oil discovery in 30 years Armstrong Energy and partner Repsol have made the largest US onshore conventional hydrocarbons discovery in 30 years, with the drilling of the Read More

The Brent Oil & Gas Field

One of the most significant oil and gas discoveries ever made in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS). The Brent Field, one of the most significant oil and gas discoveries Read More

Licensing Update – USA

Large areas to be made available in Gulf of Mexico The United States Department of the Interior announced in early March that it will offer 73 million acres in the Read More

Exploration Update – Norway

Discovery on Trend with Johan Castberg On February 13, 2017 Lundin announced that Filicudi (NFW 7219/12-1) in PL533 in the Norwegian Barents Sea had encountered a gross hydrocarbon column of Read More

The Mysterious Mister Rickett

Enigmatic businessman, linked with oil companies and foreign governments, whose exploits offer a glimpse into the struggle for the control of oil. The story of Francis William Rickett is riddled Read More

A Wonderful Wild Wilderness

The Kimberley National Landscape of Western Australia. Wilderness, adventure and dinosaurs are waiting for you! ‘This is what I love about the Kimberley – wild gorges, fresh water and there’s Read More

Exploration Update – Colombia

Purple Angel Confirms Gas In recent years, Colombia has become Latin America’s fourth-biggest oil producer, behind Mexico, Venezuela, and Brazil, and it is now following that with a number of Read More

Minute To Read

Shah Deniz Developments With 40 Tcfg in place, Shah Deniz is one of the largest gascondensate fields in the world. Discovered in 1999, it is located in the Caspian Sea, Read More

Petroleum Geology of Libya

Review of the Second Edition The first edition of Petroleum Geology of Libya, by Don Hallett, was published in 2002, so a second edition is welcomed. With Daniel Clark-Lowes as Read More

Arctic Hot Spot

It could turn out to be the discovery of the 21st century – or the duster of the year. Some 1.2 Bbo have reportedly been discovered in the Horseshoe-1 and Read More

Is There a G in Decommissioning?

Geological review and oversight is as important at the end of a well’s life as it was during exploration. “All penetrated zones with flow potential that have been identified as Read More

Asia-Pacific: Decline in Drilling

The resurgence of offshore exploration in the Asia-Pacific region is dependent on more acreage Since the peak year of 2011, offshore exploration activity, measured as the number of exploration wells Read More

Expect the Unexpected

Niels Bohr famously said that ‘making predictions is very difficult, especially about the future’. In the modern world has this maxim ever been truer? Ever since M. King Hubbert first Read More

Hunting for NULFs

Is using well data to hunt for those NULFs (Nasty, Ugly Little Facts!) that lead to breakthroughs in exploration thinking becoming a lost art? Thomas Huxley (1825-1895), in an 1870 Read More

Minute To Read

Brent Benchmark Adds Troll The price of Brent crude has been avidly watched as the basis of comparison for crude oil prices around the world since the 1980s, but the Read More