The Exploration Country Manager
Mfon Udofia, Shell’s Exploration Manager for Algeria, gives us a few insights into the role and the skills and experience it requires. “This is a really exciting job, and one…
Africa
The Magnificent Southern Canadian Rockies
The Canadian Rocky Mountains rise majestically from the interior plains of Alberta, and the mechanisms which formed them are well illustrated on the scenic drive from Calgary to Banff and…
Improving Reservoir Characterisation
Reservoir characterisation can be improved through the integrated analysis of CSEM, seismic and well log data. Determining reservoir geometry and properties from the surface is a challenging but important task.…
River of Oil – Early Oil Exploration in Iraq
Knowledgeable but squabbling geologists; summary dismissals; camel transport; ‘lagoonal’ oil; and 40m-high gushers. All in a day’s work for the first oil explorers in Iraq.
Angola, Kwanza Basin: Sub-salt plays of the ultra-deep water
Exploring further and deeper Acquisition of marine seismic data using CGG’s broadband solution BroadSeis™, has greatly improved the imaging and interpretation of subsurface oil and gas reservoirs. Pre-salt reservoir targets…
A New Oil Play in East Africa
Following the recent discoveries off Tanzania and Mozambique, a newly acquired 2D seismic data set (MAD13) which clearly illustrates the tectonic setting and prospectivity of offshore western Madagascar is set…
Western Tanzania: The Lake Rukwa and Lake Nyasa Rifts
Independent explorer Heritage Oil focuses on regions which may have been overlooked and where it can participate as an early entrant. We look at its exploration efforts in two blocks…
The Great Sphinx of Egypt: Nature’s Shabby-Chic Trick?
There has long been a debate as to the true age of the Great Sphinx of Egypt. Some experts believe that an analysis of weathering and erosion can help fix…
The Deepwater Niger Delta: An Underexplored World-Class Petroleum Province.
Regional, deep-penetrating 2D seismic data is imaging new petroleum potential in this prolific province. The Niger Delta system (Figure 1) is one of the world’s largest Tertiary deltas and one of…
Feelings Before Facts
Elephants hiding in East Africa? The discovery of hydrocarbons can be a wonderful bonus to a country, or a mixed blessing – or in some cases, the root of decades…
Keep your Eye on NWAAM
The North West African Atlantic margin (NWAAM) is entering a new phase of activity. Despite the fact that many of the established petroliferous basins of Africa are entering the mature…
Exploration in the East African Rift System
Billions of barrels of oil have been discovered in the East African Rifts in recent years, but it remains highly underexplored with only two rifts partially explored so far. The…