Issue 5

Vol. 8

This edition of GEO ExPro Magazine focuses on Europe and Exploration

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Columns

5 Editorial

6 Market Update

8 Update

18 A Minute to Read

28 GeoProfile: Kitty Hall

32 Giant Fields: Avaldsnes – A World Class Discovery

42 Recent Advances in Technology: Seismic Sources and Fish II

52 GeoTourism: Sabah – A Turbidite Paradise

74 History of Oil: CGGVeritas – 80 Years of Discovery

84 GeoCities: Anchorage

86 Exploration Update

88 Geomedia: Petroleum Geoscience

90 Q&A: Prospex – All About Deals and Networking

92 Hot Spot: Albertine Graben, Uganda

94 Global Resource Management

Features

22 Cover Story: Geoscience Explained – Following the Oil Through Time

36 Seismic Foldout 1: Improved Imaging in Baffin Bay

48 Exploration: New Opportunities in the North Sea

58 Seismic Foldout 2: Unlocking the Potential of the Seychelles

64 Geoscience Explained: Sequence Stratigraphy – The Ups and Downs of Sea Level

70 Technology: Integrating the Tool Box

80 Exploration: How Can We Explore the Russian Arctic?

Articles

A Comprehensive Introduction

This textbook has lots of information of great value to petroleum geoscientists, both students and professionals. It would have been even better with more examples from modern oil and gas Read More

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah: A Turbidite Paradise

Kota Kinabalu, the largest town in Sabah, Borneo, is a rapidly developing urban centre and a tourist attraction in South East Asia. To the geologist, this part of Sabah is Read More

How can we explore the Russian Arctic Shelf?

The Arctic is often referred to as ‘the next global frontier’ – but is it possible to explore at reasonable cost? Western oil and gas technical journals as well as Read More

Marine Seismic Sources Part X: Seismic Surveys and Fish

The possible effects of seismic surveys on fish and fisheries have been given a great deal of media attention in Norway. Here, we summarise results from the Fish Rock experiment Read More

The Ups and Downs of Eustatic Sea Level Change: Review and Applications

Eustatic sea level change is a subject much debated in the literature. But what is eustasy, can it be recognised, what controls it – and why does it matter to Read More

Improved Imaging in Baffin Bay: Learning from Experience

TGS’ processing of Baffin Bay 2D seismic data employs innovative techniques already proven in the Atlantic Margin and has enabled TGS to launch a 31,000 km reprocessing initiative. The reprocessed Read More

Integrating the Tool Box

NEOS GeoSolutions integrates a wide range of geophysical and geological information to produce new 3D models of the earth’s surface, with the aim of helping exploration companies make faster, more Read More

80 Years of Discovery

Having just celebrated its 80th anniversary, CGGVeritas is one of the longest established service companies in the oil industry, and now employs over 7,200 people in 70 countries. “…the practical Read More

Modern Technology Reveals New Opportunities in the North Sea

Although a mature basin, the use of new technologies both to acquire and process seismic data shows that the North Sea still holds significant potential. The North Sea region is Read More

Following the Oil Through Time

Four-D petroleum system modelling allows an explorationist to understand the movement of hydrocarbons from an active source rock to a fluid’s final destination in the basin, ultimately helping to reduce Read More

Gateway to the 49th State

Having evolved from a tent city to Alaska’s commercial and tourist hub within less than 100 years, Anchorage offers both economic opportunity and endless adventure. I took my first oil Read More

A World Class Discovery

The first oil was sampled in September last year. It took several wells and one full year of detailed analyses to prove that the discovery may contain more than 2.6 Read More

Inspired by Technology

Technology take-up and looking for new ways of doing things has been the driving force for Kitty Hall, one of only a handful of female CEOs in the world of Read More

PROSPEX: It’s All About Deals & Networking

Mike Bowman, Head of Geoscience for BP until 2010, and now Professor of Development and Production Geology at Manchester University, is President-Elect of the UK-based PESGB (Petroleum Society of Great Read More

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