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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Vol. 9

Issue 4

This edition of GEO ExPro Magazine focuses on South East Asia and New Technologies

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Columns

5 Editorial

6 Update

14 Market Update

16 A Minute to Read

42 Recent Advances in Technology: Gas Hydrates II

46 GEO Tourism: The Forest of Dean

84 History of Oil: Bahrain – 80 Years Producing

92 GEO Cities: Singapore

94 Exploration Update

96 GEO Media: The Sight and Sound of Oil

98 Q&A: PETEX Spreads Its Wings

100 Hot Spot: Sri Lanka

102 Global Resource ManagementThis edition of GEO ExPro Magazine focuses on South East Asia and New Technologies

Features

20 Cover Story: Borneo’s Petroleum Plays

26 Geophysics: Advances in Central Asia

30 Technology: The Age of Uncertainty

36 Seismic Foldout: Zeebries, North West Shelf, Australia

52 Technology Explained: Tabletop Visualization

56 Exploration: New Insights into the Browse Basin

60 Industry Issues: The Impact of the Arab Spring

66 Exploration: South East Asia – Looking to the Future

70 Reservoir Management: Reservoir Dynamics and the New Geophysics

74 Seismic Foldout: Deepwater Fans, Offshore East Africa

80 Technology Explained: Advancing Operational Efficiency

88 Industry Issues: Communication is Crucial

Articles

The Origin of the Barrel Award

Professor Dick Selley fills us in on some history of the Barrel Award In 1975 I returned to the Geology Department of Imperial College after years working for oil companies, Read More

The Sight and Sound of Oil

A brief tour of documentary films on the oil and gas industry Given the myriad role that oil and gas play in our daily life, society and industries, the importance Read More

Communication is Crucial

If you have an interesting story to tell, how do you get your message across to colleagues, to the oil industry – and to the rest of the world? Your Read More

Coal Takes Charge

Fossil fuels continue to dominate the energy mix. Their market share is 87%; fossil fuels therefore still dominate energy consumption. Renewable energy continues to gain markets, but still only accounts, Read More

A Minute to Read

Africa: Continent of Discoveries, Application Ranks Top Performers, Chemostrat Open Perth Office, New IOR Centre, Lebanon Multi-Client 3D Survey Africa: Continent of Discoveries The 11th annual Conference on African E&P, Read More

PETEX – Spreads Its Wings

PETEX, the biennial London conference and exhibition organized by the Petroleum Society of Great Britain to celebrate the oil and gas industry, will be held between 20 and 22 November Read More

Advancing Operational Efficiency

Halliburton fracs more wells than any other company. It is therefore hardly surprising that a Halliburton company, Landmark, is developing cutting edge tools to optimize the drilling of successful wells Read More

New Insights into the Browse Basin

Despite recent drilling success, the Browse Basin remains relatively underexplored, and imaging and mapping of the deeper horizons presents challenges to conventional seismic. The Browse Basin offshore North West Shelf Read More

Borneo’s Petroleum Plays

Borneo, the world’s third largest island, has lush tropical forests, rich wildlife, coral reefs, and fascinating tribal cultures. It also has classical petroleum basins characterized by vast deltaic sediments and Read More

The Search Must Continue

While many efforts are being made throughout the world to make energy use more efficient and sustainable, the increase in demand will have to be matched at least in part Read More

Integrated Approach Showcased

Azerbaijan has played a major role in the hydrocarbon industry for centuries, as it was the first place where people learnt how to obtain and use oil for domestic use. Read More

New Zealand Bidding Round Opens

The government of New Zealand recently opened its annual bidding round for oil and gas exploration permits; between June 8 and October 15, 2012, bids from petroleum exploration and production Read More

Back in the Gulf

Two years after the Deepwater Horizon blow-out, companies are back in the central Gulf. On June 20, 2012, Sale 222 became the fourth largest sale in the prolific central Gulf Read More

Myanmar Opens Up to the West

With Western sanctions suspended or removed, Myanmar’s lucrative oil and gas sector could soon see a rush of bids from Western companies. According to senior government officials, Myanmar will offer Read More

The Age of Uncertainty

Maximizing resolution from integrated seismic and quantitative biostratigraphy using CONOP Biostratigraphic correlation based on the geological succession of fossil species remains one of the fundamental workhorse approaches to geological correlation Read More

Shell to Drill Arctic This Summer

In the first exploratory drilling program in US Arctic waters in two decades, Shell is to start drilling prospects in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas off northern Alaska this August. Read More

Lower Oil Prices – Good or Bad?

The strong oil price growth plus environmental issues has triggered demand-side changes that may challenge the industry. The sharp oil price rise since 2003 has revived interest in oil, and Read More