Issue 5

Vol. 18

This issue of GEO ExPro focuses on Northwest Europe; Africa; Seismic Interpretation and Increasing Efficiency in E&P.

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Columns

5 Editorial

6 Regional Update: Rebound in Africa?

7 Licencing Update: Future of European Oil and Gas Licensing

9 A Minute to Read

36 HotSpot: UAE – Looking Outward

38 Exploration: The Outer Rovuma Fan

56 Exploration: Productive Petroleum Basins of Morocco

60 Energy Transition Update: Africa at the Crossroads

70 Q&A: Scott Tinker: The Complexities of Secure Energy Supply

78 Exploration Update

84 FlowBack: Scotland’s Energy Mix

Features

14 Cover Story: New Technology: Driving a Quantum Leap in E&P Efficiency

20 Seismic Foldout: Barents Sea: New TopSeis Images Illuminate Near-field Opportunities

26 GEO Tourism: Namibia: Ancient Rocks in the World’s Oldest Desert

30 Geology: A Long Route to Lake Kivu

42 Seismic Foldout: Quantitative Interpretation Reveals Prospectivity of the Kwanza Shelf, Offshore Angola

48 Industry Issues: North Sea Core: An Undervalued Asset

52 Sponsored Article: A Straightforward Workflow for Monitoring CO2 Storage

64 Seismic Foldout: True Hybrid 3D

74 New Technology: New Life for Legacy Well Cuttings

80 Exploration: South Africa Poised for Exploration Greatness

Articles

GEO ExPro Vol. 19, Issue No. 1 Out Now!

The first edition of 2022 is here, and it’s got a brand new look! GEO ExPro Vol. 19, No. 1 focuses on South America; Sustainability and the Environment; Seismic Interpretation; Read More

Eni hits the sweet spot offshore Ivory Coast with Baleine-1X

The Baleine-1X well was drilled by Eni, their first wildcat in Ivory Coast, as part of a global multi-year drilling campaign with the Saipem 10000. Baleine-1X was drilled in 1,200 m water to a Read More

UAE – Looking Outward

A cautious road to international participation in upstream exploration in the UAE, with hydrogen in hot pursuit. The Middle East is not a region associated with open international participation, since Read More

Scotland’s Energy Mix

A quick look at Scotland’s energy mix. Parked oil platform viewed from Nigg Ferry. Credit: Nick Cottam.Take the Nigg Ferry in Scotland across to Cromarty and there is plenty of Read More

Namibia – time to shine?

There has been mounting excitement about the petroleum potential of Namibia’s onshore Kavango Basin in the Kalahari Desert of north-eastern Namibia and north-western Botswana. The basin, which contains a thick Read More

Namibia: ancient rocks in the world’s oldest desert

Namibia, with its long, complex geologic history on full display in magnificent outcrops, is a geologist’s paradise. Combine this fascinating bedrock geology with the planet’s tallest sand dunes, 6,000-year-old petroglyphs, Read More

Barents Sea: new TopSeis images illuminate near-field opportunities

Greater Castberg Survey – A catalyst for further development Advanced imaging of New TopSeis data addresses challenges in this complex area and provides crucial new insight in the hunt for Read More

Rebound in Africa?

Encouragement that we may see a modest rebound in Africa as we go into the final quarter of 2021 with Egypt and Angola leading the charge in M&A activity. The Read More

Future of European Oil and Gas Licensing

The two major oil and gas producers in northern Europe appear to be on slightly different trajectories when it comes to their approach to future exploitation of their continental shelves. Read More

Morocco’s Exploration Potential Showcased by ONHYM and Geoex MCG at Africa Oil Week

Geoex MCG will support ONHYM’s Morocco National Energy Showcase presentation at Africa Oil Week 2021, offering a unique all-in-one overview of the country’s geology, fiscal terms, and regulations. The Geoex Read More

A Straightforward Workflow for Monitoring CO2 Storage

Estimating and appreciating the distribution of injected CO2 allows better understanding of the reservoir and identifies potential gas migration. Using PaleoScan™ provides a fast method from seismic conditioning to carbon Read More

The UK Oil and Gas Authority Launches £1 Million Decarbonisation Competition

In September 2021, the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) announced that a competition has been launched to help electrify and decarbonise offshore oil and gas production. In September 2021, the Read More

Galen Cobb Talks About the 23rd Edition of the World Petroleum Congress

Galen Cobb – Vice President of Industry Relations for Halliburton and Chair of the US National Committee for the WPC – talks to GEO ExPro about the 23rd Edition of Read More

New Life for Legacy Well Cuttings

There are millions of drill cuttings samples from thousands of oil and gas wells sitting unloved and under-utilised in warehouses and core repositories around the world, but there is now Read More

Driving a Quantum Leap in E&P Efficiency

As the E&P sector undergoes structural change to adapt to the new business environment, the need for disruptive gains in E&P efficiencies has never been greater. The E&P industry is Read More

The Outer Rovuma Fan

Hunting for petroleum systems in the Western Indian Ocean. After decades of oil and gas exploration, large swathes of the globe remain unexplored. In frontier regions, such as the Western Read More

North Sea Core: An Undervalued Asset

How unwanted core is finding a second life and renewed purpose within the Geoscience Community through the North Sea Core Initiative. As oil and gas fields across the UK Continental Read More

The Complexities of Secure Energy Supply

Internationally renowned energy expert and public speaker, Dr Scott Tinker, in conversation with GEO ExPro Editor in Chief, Iain Brown, about the future of energy in a transitioning world. Q&A Read More

A Long Route to Lake Kivu

A multi-decade marathon to develop a unique African resource. In Johannesburg in 1998, a Rwandan government delegation came looking for assistance to develop an energy supply for their country. They Read More

Productive Petroleum Basins of Morocco

Do the low volumes of hydrocarbons discovered – and produced – in Morocco suggest that its petroleum basins are simply underexplored or is it underperformance? There are three productive basins Read More

Africa at the Crossroads

Energy transition in Africa: can the continent leapfrog the fossil fuel era? About 43% of the African population have no access to electricity, and a staggering 80% rely on traditional Read More

Vedanta Step-Out to Success in the Cambay Basin with Jaya

Vedanta (aka Cairn Oil & Gas) has reported a gas and condensate discovery at Jaya-1, onshore north-west India. Map showing the location of the Jaya-1 well, onshore India.Vedanta (aka Cairn Oil & Read More

The Hard Truth About Realistic Energy Transition

Lack of exploration and production over the last six years now threatens energy supply and sends gas prices through the roof. Since the last commodity price crash in 2015–2016, a Read More

UK Gas Shock – It Shouldn’t Be

The UK has little to no gas storage capacity and is at risk of becoming overly reliant on renewable energy to keep the lights on this winter, according to John Read More

True hybrid 3D

The world’s first combined, simultaneously acquired ultra-high density streamer and node MC3D survey Geoex MCG and Seismic Partner initiated the Quad 35 project in the winter and spring of Read More

Kenya Retains Oil Focus while Looking to Energy Transition

The Kenya Vision 2030 project is aiming to transform Kenya into a newly industrialised, middle-income country which can provide a high quality of life to all its citizens by 2030, Read More

Quantitative interpretation reveals prospectivity of the Kwanza shelf, offshore Angola

Kwanza shelf potential petroleum systems The Kwanza Shelf is situated within the Kwanza Basin, located in the southern part of the West African Aptian salt basin. The depocentre began to Read More

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