Issue 6

Vol. 17

This issue of GEO ExPro focuses on North West Europe; Super Basins; Seismic Interpretation; and Gas, GTL and LNG.

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Columns

5. Editorial

6. Regional Update: Potential Impactful Discoveries

8. Licensing Update: Underexplored Suriname

10. A Minute to Read

18. Hot Spot: Bangladesh Upstream

24. GEO Physics: Try Before You Buy!

34. Recent Advances in Technology: From Arrhenius to CO₂ Storage – Part X

38. Technology Explained: AI: Game-Changer in Development or Exploration?

46. GEO Education: A Simple Guide to Seismic Horizon Interpretation

56. Industry Issues: Unlocking University–Industry Collaboration

60. GEO Science Explained: The Wilson Cycle and Petroleum Plays

72. Q&A: Could LNG Prove Transformational for Mozambique?

74. GEO Media: Geopoetry 2020 – A Celebration

76. Exploration Update

78. FlowBack: Good Cop, Good Cop

Features

12. Cover Story: GEO Tourism: Red Rocks Revealed

20. Exploration: Using Super Basins as Analogues

28. SEISMIC FOLDOUT: Norway: The North Sea Super Basin Story Continues

42. Industry Issues: How is Natural Gas Priced?

50. SEISMIC FOLDOUT: MCG’s Regional Deep Imaging Project

64. Reservoir Management: Broadband 4D Seismic Provides New Level of Detail

68. Exploration: MER – The Race to Find Proven Oil

Articles

Maximising Economic Recovery: The Race to Find Proven Oil

As North Sea oil and gas fields reach the end of their lives and face decommissioning, can their infrastructure be used to invigorate stranded undeveloped reserves and discoveries? Maximising Economic Read More

Geopoetry 2020: A Celebration

Rocks have long inspired poets, so this event brought together poets and geoscientists to discuss how, in an era of climate change, their disciplines can influence each other and to Read More

Mitigating Risk with Seismic Forward Modelling

Benefits of seismic forward modelling: mitigating risk is always a focus within the oil and gas industry but it becomes even more crucial in these times, with an ongoing pandemic Read More

Bangladesh Upstream: Delayed but Not Out

Bangladesh is geologically well positioned to pursue a strategy fuelled by natural gas, but the international Covid situation is causing continued delays; namely to the 2020 licensing round. This Hot Read More

Unlocking University–Industry Collaboration

How do we release the full potential of university–industry collaboration in creating relevant innovations in petroleum and geoscience? The petroleum industry is going through a transformative period related to intensified Read More

Broadband 4D Seismic Provides New Level of Detail in the Gullfaks Main Field

Understanding new details in the 4D seismic signal uncovered by a broadband time-lapse dataset at Gullfaks Main Field in the North Sea. The Gullfaks area is in Block 34/10 on Read More

Potential Impactful Hydrocarbon Discoveries West of Shetland

Underexplored West of Shetland has potential for big oil and gas discoveries in newly awarded UK licensing round. The recently concluded 32nd offshore licensing round in the United Kingdom has Read More

Recent Advances in Climate Change Research: Part IX – How Carbon Dioxide Emits IR Photons

Skydive with us into the quantum world, where we provide to those unafraid of molecular energy transfer an answer to the question: what happens to Earth’s radiated infrared (IR) photons Read More

The Wilson Cycle and Petroleum Plays

The Wilson Cycle describes the opening and closing of oceanic basins as a result of plate movements. It provides a scientific framework to follow the creation, development and destruction of Read More

A Simple Guide to Seismic Horizon Interpretation

2D and 3D seismic data are major sources of information in the oil and gas industry, as well as for geothermal energy activities, carbon sequestration in geological reservoirs and offshore Read More

Why Is Natural Gas Priced Differently Around The World?

The basis on which natural gas is sold and priced varies dramatically between global markets. As natural gas becomes an increasingly important source of energy, an understanding of gas pricing Read More

Trinidad: A Move to Gas

Since August 2019, Touchstone Exploration of Canada have been quietly logging impressive net gas pays and proving up significant gas reserves in Trinidad’s mature southern onshore trend. Map showing location Read More

Could LNG Prove Transformational for Mozambique?

The LNG project in Mozambique started with the discovery of huge reserves of natural gas off the northern coast in 2010, will provide a range of social and economic benefits Read More

Norway: The North Sea super basin story continues

NVG: igniting exploration How a high quality seismic dataset can impact regional exploration in a mature basin. After the 2013 Exploration Revived Conference in Bergen highlighted the need for improved Read More

IEA 2020 World Energy Outlook

The International Energy Agency (IEA) recently released its annual World Energy Outlook, which provides a comprehensive view of how the global energy system could develop in the coming decades. The International Read More

Building Training Resilience in Oil and Gas

As the effects of the pandemic deepen, many companies within oil and gas are reluctant to replace face-to-face courses with online learning, fearing the interactivity of the learning experience would Read More

Underexplored Shallow Offshore Suriname

Suriname is offering eight new offshore blocks in the underexplored Shallow Offshore (SHO) acreage, which are in close proximity to a string of deepwater hydrocarbon discoveries and billion barrel in-place Read More

Recent Advances in Climate Change Research: Part X – How quickly does atmospheric CO₂ mix into the ocean and biosphere?

In this article, we revisit unique radiocarbon data from the 90s and discuss briefly why this is of importance to our understanding of how CO₂ is circulating between the atmosphere, Read More

MCG’s regional deep imaging project: Norwegian Sea 2019

Understanding the structural evolution of the Norwegian Sea Every continental margin deserves a consistent, regional 2D seismic dataset, which images the mega-structures, including the Moho. MCG’s Regional Deep Imaging (RDI) Read More

Suriname: Extending Cretaceous Fairway?

Petronas, with new farminee ExxonMobil, have now spud Sloanea-1 on Suriname Block 52, along trend and 60 km south-east of Kwaskwasi in Block 58. Map showing the location of the Read More

GEO ExPro Vol. 17, No. 6 Out Now!

The latest issue of one of the industry’s best read and most enjoyed geoscience magazines is now available for download. If you are signed up to the print subscription, Read More

AI: Game-Changer in Hydrocarbon Development or Exploration – or Both?

Many may argue about the best use for Artificial Intelligence: is it in the exploration or the development of oil and gas resources? This article illustrates with case studies that Read More

Good Cop, Good Cop

Put aside the financials for a moment and consider: what makes a good or a bad company? Put aside the financials for a moment and consider what makes a good Read More

Petroleum Geology: Using Super Basins as Analogues

What can we learn from the world’s best petroleum basins – and what can we bring from them to the areas we explore? The foundations underlying the business of finding Read More

The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective