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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Vol. 14

Issue 4

This edition of GEO ExPro magazine focuses on The Americas; Non-Seismic Geophysics; Natural Gas.

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Columns

5 Editorial

6 Regional Update

8 Licensing Update

10 A Minute to Read

18 GEO Physics: Why Leopards Can Change Their Software Spots

24 GEO Profile: Ibrahima Diaby – Building the Future

42 GEO Physics: The Future is at the Bottom of the Ocean

58 GEO Tourism: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Great Sand Dunes

62 GEO Physics: The Golden Snitch? Borehole Gravity for Reservoir Monitoring

66 GEO Media: Hubbert – The Oracle of Oil

68 Exploration Update

70 Q&A: US Tight Oil: Remaining Competitive?

72 Global Resource Management

Features

14 Cover Story: Industry Issues: GTL – More Than Just a Pipe Dream?

20 Country Profile: Paraguay – Oil in the Heart of South America

28 Technology Explained: Modeling Exploration Strategies with CSEM

32 Recent Advances in Technology: Time Lapse Refraction Seismic II: Field Examples

36 Seismic Foldout: Regional Play Types in the Mexican Offshore

46 Technology Explained: A New Era for LNG

50 Exploration: Deep Offshore Exploration in Greece

52 History of Oil: A Brief History of Booms and Busts I

Articles

Exploration Update – Mexico

Significant Oil Discovery Talos Energy made history in late July 2017 when it made the first ever private sector discovery of a new structure offshore Mexico. Its Zama 1 wildcat, Read More

Building the Future

Having experienced the hell of civil war, Dr. Ibrahima Diaby, CEO of Côte d’Ivoire’s state oil company, hopes that exploration for oil and gas will help his country to grow Read More

Exploration Update – Senegal

Another gas find Kosmos Energy has made another significant gas discovery on its Senegalese acreage with the Yakaar 1 deepwater new field wildcat. Drilled in 2,550m of water in the Read More

Gas is on the rise

LNG sales reached 258 million tons in 2016 and the market is expected to double by 2030 Humans have harnessed naturally occurring gas for over 2,500 years, since the Chinese Read More

A New Era For LNG

Low energy prices provide a challenging environment for new liquefied natural gas projects The 2015 United Nations COP21 meeting in Paris saw world leaders finally commit to measures to limit Read More

Oil Prices and Crises

A Brief History of Booms and Busts: Part I Foreward Most of us know about the oil shocks of 1973 and 1979 and the market crashes of 1985 and 2014 Read More

GTL: More Than Just a Pipe Dream?

Converting natural gas into a liquid has been possible for a long time but has not been cost effective. This environmentally-friendly technique is finally becoming more viable, at all scales Read More

Modeling Exploration Strategies

What is the value of systematic use of controlled source electromagnetic information in frontier exploration? The value of information (VOI) depends on the targeted decision, how the information is used Read More

US Tight Oil: Remaining Competitive?

Since the oil price collapse, upstream development spending has been cut worldwide at surprising rates. How is that changing the world of drilling unconventional plays in the US? In this Read More

Oil is No. 1

Despite a strong growth in the use of renewables, oil is by far the preferred energy carrier When somebody tells you that the oil age is soon to end, and Read More

Exploration Update – Myanmar

Successful Appraisal In late July 2017, Woodside Energy (Myanmar), a wholly owned subsidiary of Woodside Petroleum Ltd, is understood to have suspended the gas-bearing Pyi Thit 1 wildcat after the Read More

Mexico Revival

The revival of successful exploration is a much-needed breather for the Mexican oil industry. Production has been decreasing in Mexico since 2007, in recent years by almost 9% annually, primarily Read More

Time-Lapse Refraction Seismic II

Foreward In Part I of this series of articles we discussed the development of time-lapse refraction seismic as a complementary monitoring method. Here we look at some field examples. The Read More

Deep Offshore Exploration in Greece

Newly processed seismic will uncover hydrocarbon resources hidden offshore Greece Recent interest in the areas south-west and west of Crete and in the Ionian Sea between Greece and southern Italy Read More

GEO ExPro Prize Draw

Visit Booth #1718 for your chance to win a sectioned ammonite Visit GEO ExPro at SEG and win an ancient prize The SEG International Exposition and 87th Annual Meeting in Read More

The Future is at the Bottom of the Ocean

Ocean bottom seismic has been gaining market share over high-end streamer acquisition. One of the ground-breaking technologies within acquisition is Magseis’ Marine Autonomous Seismic System Until recently, 90% of the Read More

The Golden Snitch?

Borehole Gravity for Reservoir Monitoring A shiny, one-inch round, miniature gravity meter is providing key bits of information about the distribution of pore fluids for reservoir monitoring. High-resolution borehole gravity Read More