More African Countries Become Gas Exporters

With exploration underway in almost every country in the continent, Africa is playing an important part in the exploitation of the world’s gas resources. Successful commercialisation of smaller fields, however, Read More

4D Seismic – Status and Future Challenges Part I: Status

Time-lapse seismic is now a proven technology for monitoring fluid movements and identifying undrained compartments in thick offshore clastic reservoirs. Several challenges still exist, however, in particular the use of Read More

Cable-free Freedom

Cable-free hardware is not new but there is something new in cable-free! Ascend Geo have shown that cable-free technology can revolutionise land seismic acquisition. Cable-free Freedom

The Reality of Reserve Growth

Between 1995 and 2003, reserve growth from existing fields worldwide added three times more oil to conventional reserves than new field discoveries. Estimation of future reserve growth will be a Read More

East African Exploration: Myths, Myopia and Misinformation?

Commercial accumulations of liquid hydrocarbons have remained elusive in East Africa, despite numerous shows and seeps. Could a reanalysis of the Petroleum Systems lead to renewed exploration? East African Exploration- Read More

How to Find More Oil

Reserve growth, the increase in successive estimates of recoverable hydrocarbons in existing fields, adds more oil to conventional reserves than new field discoveries. Large fields in mature petroleum provinces, it Read More

A Bright Future for Geothermal Energy

Geothermal energy is a clean, readily available, and renewable natural resource. Yet the near limitless potential remains largely untapped accounting for only a very small percentage of the total amount Read More

Listening with Light!

Optical sensing technology, originally developed for cold-war anti-submarine warfare, is promising to be a reliable and cost-effective method of monitoring and improving reservoir performance. Listening with Light

Borehole Images: Present and Future Applications

High-resolution, while-drilling electrical imaging provides a 360 degree map of the borehole wall in its most pristine state, before significant mud invasion and bore- hole degradation. This real-time information provides Read More

Rafting the Grand Canyon

This is the ultimate experience for a keen geologist: Seven days of rafting through 300 million years of flat-lying sedimentary rocks of the Palaeozoic era and an intriguing record of Read More

Bridging the Gap between Reservoir and Seismic

New modelling package SeisRoX uses rapid simulation of PSDM to aid seismic reservoir characterisation and monitoring. Bridging the Gap between Reservoir and Seismic

Oil and Gas Resources of Northeast Greenland

The new assessment carried out by USGS indicates that northeastern Greenland may be a very important future petroleum province. If the mean estimate of 31 BBoE were discovered and proven, Read More

Providing Real Time Solutions

Logging While Drilling (LWD) is increasingly gaining popularity, with customers starting to look at drilling and evaluation services with a value-based, rather than a pure cost-based approach. GEo ExPro talked Read More

Angola Offers Ultra-Deep Water Blocks

Sonangol EP, the national oil company of Angola, recently announced a new licensing round for 2007-2008. Hot Spot- Angola offers Ultra-Deep Water Blocks