De-risking gas saturation
Conventional workflows such as near versus far amplitudes or linear inversions often fail to differentiate between low and high-saturation gas reservoirs, mainly due to the relative lack of sensitivity to…
Australasia
Australia faces a future of contrasting policies for oil and gas in a rapidly evolving energy landscape
State budgets are in surplus for those with active producing sectors. For instance, Queensland announced A$2.33 billion in petroleum royalties for 2023, helping underpin a record A$12 billion surplus and…
The challenge at Gorgon
“Every CO2 project will have its unique challenges”, said Chris Stavinoha from Chevron during his presentation at SEAPEX last month. And as he explained during his talk, Chevron’s Gorgon CO2…
“Shooting a fish in a barrel”
Conversations at conferences are a good way to verify what people think. And there were many people at this week’s Seapex Conference; with more than 400 participants the number exceeded…
Mapping a fault using induced seismic events
Twenty years ago, Australia saw the start of a big geothermal project in deeply buried basement rocks. Situated in the Cooper Basin, the project included several phases of production testing…
Perth Basin gearing up for busy 2023-24
“The past decade may have been sedate in the Perth Basin, but the next 24 months have the potential to add new oil and gas resources, a new mix of…
Gippsland Basin, Australia: new data provides compelling insights in unexplored areas
Gippsland legacy data (left) comparison with CGG’s newly acquired and imaged 3D data (right). Example from deep-water area demonstrates significant uplift with longer cable lengths, utilizing P/Z components and the…
Tasmania – a Geotourism Hotspot
Tasmania’s geodiversity is remarkable, representing every past geological period and climatic event. A journey by coach or car will immerse a visitor in one of the most mountainous places in…
Western Australia – Looking towards a busy year in 2023
For Western Australia, the year 2022 saw two sides. On one hand, there was hesitance when it comes to developments offshore, further marked by a court case, but on the…
Nature Shows Off
Most Surtseyan style eruptions involve a relatively small amount of water encountering magma. But the explosion in January this year at the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcanic island erupted in a…
Seismic imaging-led sedimentology insight reveals extraordinary new potential in the Gulf of Papua
Figure 2: Location map and information. Foldout seismic line is located within PPL579. © Searcher. Stunning unexplored turbidite play revealed offshore Papua New Guinea Exceptional imaging from modern multi-client PSDM…
What does it mean when bottom simulators are black swans?
Map showing location of Searcher Seismic’s coverage of newly acquired and reprocessed datasets in the Gulf of Papua (GOP). The foldout line is located within the GOP. Bottom simulating…