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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Vol. 15

Issue 5

This edition of GEO ExPro focuses on sub-Saharan Africa and north-west Europe; remote sensing; mature fields and EOR.

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Columns

5 Editorial

6 Regional Update

8 Licensing Update

10 A Minute to Read

18 Hot Spot: Exploration in Australia

26 Exploration: Uganda – Identifying the Golden Thread

34 Exploration: Thinking Outside the Play

38 Recent Advances in Technology: Marine Vibrators II

48 Exploration: The Next Generation of Hydrocarbon Exploration

56 Exploration: Ireland’s Porcupine Basin – Drilling Time?

60 Exploration: Seep Hunting!

70 Industry Issues: Talking Rocks

72 Exploration Update

74 Q&A: Is the UK North Sea Finished?

76 Global Resource Management

Features

14 Cover Story – GEO Physics: Does Lightning Strike Twice?

20 Seismic Foldout: MSGBC – Where is the Next Success?

30 Technology Explained: A New Wave in Seismic

42 Seismic Foldout: Solving the Eastern Mediterranean’s Oil Mystery

52 GEO Tourism: Victoria Falls – The Smoke that Thunders

64 Seismic Foldout: São Tomé and Príncipe

Articles

Carbonate Geology of The Florida Keys

The picturesque Florida Keys are not just a favourite holiday destination, they also offer geoscientists a masterclass on carbonate geology and the sedimentary processes associated with creating carbonate reservoirs. Satellite Read More

Surface Geochemical Campaigns

Reducing costs and risks of deepwater hydrocarbon exploration: the benefits and technology of seep hunting and surface geochemical campaigns. A seep hunting and geochemical campaign can provide economic and cost-saving Read More

Worldwide Energy Shortage

Almost one billion people, 13% of the world’s population, still do not have electricity in their homes.   The three-stone open fire: still the main method of cooking in many Read More

Thinking Outside the Petroleum Play

How to rejuvenate hydrocarbon exploration in prolific but tired petroleum systems.   Decommissioning is an expensive option. Source: Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. It is never easy to let Read More

São Tomé and Príncipe

STP-EEZ: Four Key Reasons to be Excited Modern reprocessing and new basin studies reveal potential in the São Tomé and Príncipe EEZ. The São Tomé and Príncipe Exclusive Economic Zone Read More

The MSGBC Basin

TGS basin modelling provides new insights into the MSGBC Basin to help analogue-chasing the next SNE. The MSGBC Basin: Where is the Next Hydrocarbon Discovery? The Key to Successful Analogue Read More

Communicating Geoscience

Geological Society Petroleum Group event in London entitled Communicating Geoscience: Building Public Interest and Promoting Inclusive Dialogue. Communicating Geoscience: Building Public Interest and Promoting Inclusive Dialogue Panel discussion on ‘Communicating Read More

Ocean-Bottom Nodal Seismic

Ocean-bottom seismic acquisition is encroaching on the traditional marine streamer market by offering unique, scalable and efficient solutions for exploration and development of oil and gas. A New Wave in Read More

Next Generation Hydrocarbon Exploration

Integrating technologies for basin analysis improves geological and geophysical models, enabling the next generation of hydrocarbon exploration. Seismic Interpretation Workflows Typically, seismic data processing employs a limited consideration for the Read More

UK 31st Offshore Licensing Round

The licensing round, which opened in July, focuses on frontier and underexplored hydrocarbon regions in the UK Continental Shelf. UK Continental Shelf 31st Licensing Round. The UK’s 31st Offshore Licensing Read More

Future Success for Oil and Gas in Africa

Africa is struggling to convert discoveries into producing fields however further hydrocarbon discoveries will shape the future success for oil and gas production in Africa. High Profile Hydrocarbon Discoveries in Read More

Oil and Gas Exploration in Australia

After several low years of oil and gas exploration activity in Australia, it looks as though drilling potential is picking up. At the beginning of 2018 exploration spend offshore Australia Read More

Sediment Provenance Analysis

Integration of sediment provenance analytical techniques is yielding critical new insights for hydrocarbon explorers around the world. Sediment provenance analysis has become increasingly popular in the last decade due to Read More

Exploration Update: Alaska

ConocoPhillips successfully drilled and tested discoveries on the Narwhal Trend, onshore Alaska.   ConocoPhillips indicated in July that earlier in 2018 it had successfully drilled, cored and flow-tested both the Read More

Exploration Update: Guyana

On 30 August 2018, ExxonMobil announced its ninth hydrocarbon discovery on the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana. Operator ExxonMobil Announces Ninth Hydrocarbon Discovery Offshore Guyana ExxonMobil on 30 August 2018 announced Read More

Exploration Update: Brazil

Promising deepwater hydrocarbon find on the Guanxuma prospect in the Santos Basin, Brazil.   In July 2018, Equinor announced the 1STAT10ASPS NFW on the pre-salt BM-S-8 Block in the Santos Read More