North America

Australia: Key Farm-in Well Comes Up Dry

BP with partners Cue Energy, Beach Energy and NZOG have completed drilling the Ironbark-1 wildcat in Block WA-359 offshore in the North Carnarvon Basin. BP with partners Cue Energy, Beach Energy and NZOG have completed drilling…

Gulf of Mexico: The Wind of Change

The Biden–Harris administration is continuing its comprehensive review of the offshore and onshore oil and gas leasing programmes in the Gulf of Mexico, with more environmental, social and governance (ESG)…

A Long Route to Lake Kivu

A multi-decade marathon to develop a unique African resource. In Johannesburg in 1998, a Rwandan government delegation came looking for assistance to develop an energy supply for their country. They…

Productive Petroleum Basins of Morocco

Do the low volumes of hydrocarbons discovered – and produced – in Morocco suggest that its petroleum basins are simply underexplored or is it underperformance? There are three productive basins…

UK Onshore Palaeozoic

This article, from the second of our joint GEO ExPro student competition winners, focuses on overlooked onshore UK oil and gas prospectivity. A Rich History In 1851, wide seams of…

Unconventionals in the US: What Next?

Susan Nash, the Director of Innovation and Emerging Science/Technology at the AAPG talks about how US unconventionals are adapting to a transitioning world Susan Nash, Director of Innovation and Emerging…

Angola’s ANPG Promotes Onshore Exploration

In mid-April this year, Angola’s National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG) started a virtual and physical roadshow for its 2020/21 bid round. The acreage on offer comprises a total…

Critical Minerals From Sedimentary Basins

Exploration for critical minerals in sedimentary rocks and basins is rapidly growing in the US as the country seeks to decrease its dependency on China, which has been the dominant…

Vietnam: Drilling Campaign in the Song Hong Basin

Eni appraise gas and condensate at Ken Bau in their 2021 drilling campaign in Block 114 of the offshore Song Hong Basin, Vietnam. Map showing location of Eni’s Block 114…

Alaska: Lease Sale Struggles

After decades of dispute, the rights to drill for oil on about 5% of the 78,000 sqkm Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) went ahead in the last months of the…