An oil prone frontier basin
A multitude of geological data suggests that the petroleum system is in place. Rich, voluminous source rocks, likely migration paths, good reservoir rocks and huge traps all make the Seychelles…
North America
Market Update
2008: Planet Earth, Sound of Geology; International Workshop in Bergen, 26.-28. April 2006, Software for the Asset Team, Will there be a Saudi oil shock to shake the World economy?,…
Episodic Global Tectonics: Sequence Stratigraphy Meets Plate Tectonics
Based on recent advances in plate tectonics, sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy, I suggest that the Earth is affected by relatively short-lived episodes of increased tectonic activity separated by longer intervals…
Contributing to a Greater Good
Dr. Lee T. Billingsley is presently President-Elect, and from July 1 he will be President of AAPG for one year. We have talked with Dr. Billingsley about his views on…
Storming the Ivory Tower
The oil shock of 1973 transformed the global energy picture. As lines of automobiles snaked down the street awaiting their turn at the pumps,the realization dawned that plentiful, cheap energy…
Cretaceous Park
Glacial meltwater and subaerial erosion after the ice age has sculptured a badlands landscape within Upper Cretaceous clastic sedimentary rocks. Abundant dinosaur fossil bones and skeletons have been exposed making…
Barrels for the future
Canada’s oil sands are the world’s largest single hydrocarbon resource. The huge volumes of thick, sticky crude oil – bitumen – are now being exploited at an increased pace. Thanks…
Multi-client seismic spurs interest
The Northeast Sakhalin Shelf, with several giant fields already discovered and put on production, is recognised as a world-class petroleum province. New seismic acquired in the rest of the Sea…
Surrounded by hydrocarbons
Only three years after Independence, East Timor is now ready to announce the first licensing round. With multiple oil and gas seeps onshore, several discoveries and four fields producing both…
Canada – significant production and huge potential
Canada’s hydrocarbon resources are both plentiful and varied. In addition to conventional resources of light to medium crude oil and gas that have been tapped for more than 150 years,…
More giants to be found
Two fields are currently being developed, significant amounts of oil and gas have already been found, and geological studies indicate that this is a promising exploration frontier, possibly making the…
Hiking through the Palaeozoic
For a geoscientist, hiking the Grand Canyon is a trip through two billion years of the past, making on average an impressive 60,000 years back in time for every step.…