When Will We See Confidence in Asian M&A Activity?
So far, the increase in oil price has not brought back the level of confidence to M&A activity that was expected, which is very apparent when looking at exploration opportunities…
North America
Undiscovered Hydrocarbon Potential in Sumatra
Exploring in Sumatra for oil and gas in naturally fractured and weathered basement reservoirs. Sumatra, Indonesia is the sixth largest island in the world covering an area of 445,000 sq…
Brazil Offering Deepwater Blocks in 17th Offshore Licensing Round
Late in 2020 Brazil announced details of its 17th Licensing Round in which 92 blocks in the offshore Campos, Pelotas, Potiguar and Santos Basins, covering a total of 53,900 km2,…
Serinus Falters in Northeast Pannonian
Serinus Energy, have reported a gas discovery at Sancrai-1 on the EIV-5 Satu Mare Block in Romania, but further testing of the well did not deliver expected results. Serinus Energy,…
Egyptian Vulture: Longboat Energy Circling Success in the Norwegian Sector
Longboat Energy, the emerging full-cycle North Sea E&P company has announced a material discovery at the Egyptian Vulture exploration well in PL 939, encountering light oil in the primary target…
Oil Discovery Offshore Guyana
ExxonMobil and partners Hess and CNOOC made another oil discovery offshore Guyana; encountering 36.7m of oil in Cretaceous sandstones in the Uaru-2 wildcat well on the prolific Stabroek Block. Map…
Regional Update: The Caspian Sea
A regional update on the resource and political situation in the Caspian Sea. The Caspian Sea is shared between Iran, and the four former Soviet republics of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia…
Rebound in Africa?
Encouragement that we may see a modest rebound in Africa as we go into the final quarter of 2021 with Egypt and Angola leading the charge in M&A activity. The…
Big Bend Country
Join us for a geological tour of Big Bend National Park, Texas. West Texas! Land of longhorn cattle, mesquite, and fiercely independent ranchers. It’s also the location of an out-of-the-way…
Maximising Economic Recovery: The Race to Find Proven Oil
As North Sea oil and gas fields reach the end of their lives and face decommissioning, can their infrastructure be used to invigorate stranded undeveloped reserves and discoveries? Maximising Economic…
The Outer Rovuma Fan
Hunting for petroleum systems in the Western Indian Ocean. After decades of oil and gas exploration, large swathes of the globe remain unexplored. In frontier regions, such as the Western…
New Life for Old Wells
Geothermal energy currently plays a small role in meeting the world’s energy demand. Recent research focuses on high temperature Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) and Advanced Geothermal Systems (AGS); however, there…