Vol. 15

Issue 6

This edition of GEO ExPro focuses on Frontier Exploration and the Gulf of Mexico; Downhole Tools; and Increasing Efficiency in E&P.

Columns

5 Editorial

6 Regional Update

10 A Minute to Read

20 Exploration: Seismic Detection of Source Rocks

34 Technology Explained: The Custom Data Solution

40 Hot Spot: Developments in Middle East Exploration

42 Exploration: Confronting the Elephant

60 Recent Advances in Technology: Finite Difference Modelling III

64 GEO Media: Energy and Climate Change

66 Exploration Update

68 Q&A: Allen Gilmer – What Does the Future Hold?

70 Global Resource Management

Features

14 Cover Story GEO Tourism: Carbonate Classroom

18 GEO Profile: Bill Armstrong – Chasing Unicorns

24 Reservoir Management: Rediscover Your Reservoir

28 Seismic Foldout: Barents Sea

36 Exploration: A Potentially World Class Undrilled Basin

46 GEO Chemistry: Geochemistry Moves to the Wellsite

50 Seismic Foldout: A Fresh Look at Cuba and Madagascar

56 Exploration: Gulf of Mexico Conjugate Margins Revealed

Articles

Energy and Climate Change

A review of Michael Stephenson’s book titled: “Energy and Climate Change: An Introduction to Geological Controls, Interventions and Mitigations” published in 2018 by Elsevier. Introducing the Author: Professor Michael Stephenson Read More

Geologist Bill Armstrong

Independent geologist Bill Armstrong and his small Denver exploration company may have found the third largest hydrocarbon field ever discovered in the US, on Alaska’s North Slope. Discovery of the Read More

Seismic detection of source rocks

Even modest amounts of total organic content can significantly change the physical properties of shales, providing clues for source detection on seismic data. This article discusses how seismic analysis can Read More

Does Lightning Strike Twice?

Lightning analysis provides a new geophysical technique, which is safe and cost- effective and has the potential to spark a step change in the geophysical exploration for oil and gas Read More

Exploration Update: UK

Total announces hydrocarbon discovery offshore West of Shetland Block, UK. Hydrocarbon Exploration Update, UK: West of Shetlands Discovery Map showing location of Total discovery on West of Shetlands Block 206/4a. Read More

The Custom Data Solution for Oil and Gas

Low-cost, non-proprietorial data solutions are needed to capture, organise and analyse oil and gas data. Prospect production data visualised in bubble charts and graphs adds significant value to the data, Read More