Encouraging Exploration
In the barren landscape of the Syrian desert you may find an occasional drilling rig exploring for hydrocarbons. In the years to come several more rigs are expected to enter,…
Middle East
Iraq: Targeting Giants in Kurdistan
Oil is flowing to the surface in several seeps within the license area, and nearby giant fields have been producing for decades. The well Tawke # 1 is certainly being…
Yemen – for the smaller players
Despite Yemen’s modest and, as yet not fully explored, oil resources, the country has shown an impressive progress in the business. Since the preliminary geological studies started in the eighties,…
UAE – Looking Outward
A cautious road to international participation in upstream exploration in the UAE, with hydrogen in hot pursuit. The Middle East is not a region associated with open international participation, since…
Dr Wendell Phillips: Adventures in Middle Eastern Oil
The 20th century American explorer Dr Wendell Phillips is best known for his colorful exploits in archaeology, and for being an independent oilman who broke into the Middle East at…
Oman: Offshore Shows More Hydrocarbon Potential
Masirah Oil Ltd, an 86.37% owned subsidiary of Rex International Holding Ltd, has had exciting results from its three well campaign on the Yumna Field, Block 50, offshore Oman. However…
The Land That Oil Forgot: Palestine, 1913–1948
Israeli premier Golda Meir once said, “Moses took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no…
Oman’s Musandam Peninsula: Geodynamic and Geopolitical Nexus
Admire soaring, fjord-like walls of Mesozoic limestone as you glide through the Strait of Hormuz by dhow, the type of traditional wooden ships that today share this strategic waterway with…
Great Hydrocarbon Potential in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah
Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) is the northernmost Emirate of the UAE and borders the Musandam Peninsula, the Omani exclave that protrudes into the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The Emirate is…
Sercel Deploys WiNG for Seismic Acquisition in Turkey
Sercel’s WiNG technology, a fully integrated nodal land acquisition system, will be used for upcoming seismic acquisition projects in difficult-to-access mountainous areas of Turkey. Leading designer and manufacturer of innovative…
The Khoshtaria Concessions: Oil and the Northern Provinces of Iran
As ever, international interests were at the heart of the intrigue around the awarding and operating of oil and gas concessions in the north of Iran. In a region rich…
Sercel Deploys Leading Land Seismic Acquisition Technology in Saudi Arabia
Sercel recently announced the large-scale deployment of its leading seismic data acquisition technology, the Sercel 508XT, for a mega-crew survey currently being conducted by Sinopec Geophysical Co. With over 50…