Australia’s Amazing South West Corner
The iconic drive along the Great South West Edge of Australia is the trip of a lifetime with plenty to interest both the geo-tourist and the nature lover. The…
Australasia
Australia’s Big Outdoor Museum: The Magnificent Flinders Ranges
A group of Australian geologists takes a trip down memory lane through the Flinders Ranges. A stunning and beautiful national landscape region, steeped in rich natural and cultural heritage. The…
Australia: depth reprocessing rejuvenates Gippsland Basin
Changing perceptions ReGeneration project overcomes the imaging challenges of the Gippsland Basin. Over the last ten years CGG has gained extensive experience in the processing and reprocessing of legacy datasets…
Oil and Gas Exploration in Australia
After several low years of oil and gas exploration activity in Australia, it looks as though drilling potential is picking up. At the beginning of 2018 exploration spend offshore Australia…
Licensing Update – New Zealand
New Zealand has a long history of petroleum production, dating back to 1865, when the Alpha well was dug near seeps in Taranaki. This was followed by other wells in…
Australia: New imaging of the vulcan sub-basin
The Vulcan Sub-basin The Cygnus survey is located in the southern Vulcan Sub-basin, one of the most prospective areas of the Bonaparte Basin, containing oils that are normally very light.…
A Wonderful Wild Wilderness
The Kimberley National Landscape of Western Australia. Wilderness, adventure and dinosaurs are waiting for you! ‘This is what I love about the Kimberley – wild gorges, fresh water and there’s…
Asia-Pacific: Decline in Drilling
The resurgence of offshore exploration in the Asia-Pacific region is dependent on more acreage Since the peak year of 2011, offshore exploration activity, measured as the number of exploration wells…
Exploration Update – PNG
2 Tcfg Discovery A new discovery in the New Guinea North Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has the potential to extend the recently opened PNG LNG plant in Port…
Stranded…whales not reserves
Seismic sources and marine wildlife Race to save 100 stranded whales on New Zealand beach – BBC Whale rescue: Hope for surviving whales ‘slowly slipping away’ on Farewell Spit –…
PNG: Reprocessing Offers Offshore Potential
Reprocessing of vintage seismic has opened up new frontier exploration potential in Papua New Guinea. In recent years Papua New Guinea (PNG) has hit the industry headlines with the development…
Beyond the Puffin: applying modern processing workflows in the Vulcan Sub-Basin
Structural elements of the Bonaparte Basin showing the locations of the Puffin Field and the Cartier 3D Seismic Survey. A game-changing tool Improved seismic resolution has been key in reviving interest in the Vulcan sub-basin.…