Vol. 2

Issue 5

Columns

Features

Articles

Sand intrusions reveal increased reserves

Highly permeable sand bodies injected into low permeability shales may provide additional reserves to existing discoveries and fields if properly recognized. Such sandstones, a product of postdepositional remobilisation, may also Read More

Where most of the oil is

Huge amounts of oil sands in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin will in few years time strengthen Canada’s position as one of the world’s largest oil producers. This situation will Read More

Barrels for the future

Canada’s oil sands are the world’s largest single hydrocarbon resource. The huge volumes of thick, sticky crude oil – bitumen – are now being exploited at an increased pace. Thanks Read More

Multi-client seismic spurs interest

The Northeast Sakhalin Shelf, with several giant fields already discovered and put on production, is recognised as a world-class petroleum province. New seismic acquired in the rest of the Sea Read More

Peru – Not just a tourist destination

After many years of civil unrest and terrorist activity Peru has now experienced relative economic and political stability for more than 15 years. A well-established hydrocarbon industry offering attractive terms Read More

“We are both very stubborn”

Only some eight years after the idea stroke on a flight out of Houston, two innovative physicists can claim that seabed logging has been fully accepted by the conservative oil Read More