New Technologies Unlock Value
In the wake of Covid-19, oilfield service providers are turning to new technologies based on digitalisation and automation. With an increased focus on remote operations, productivity, and cost efficiency by…
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PETRONAS Launches Malaysia Bid Round, 2021
At, a virtual event held on 26 February 2021, with over 250 potential and existing investors, PETRONAS successfully launched the annual Malaysia Bid Round (MBR) 2021, with a total of…
Ondjaba-1: Total Energies Explore New Depths
Total Energies, with operating partners Qatar Energies and Sonangol, have drilled the Ondjaba-1 wildcat offshore Block 48, Angola. Map showing location of the Ondjaba-1 well, offshore Angola.Total Energies have drilled the Ondjaba-1 wildcat…
The Third Growth Phase of the Haynesville Shale Play
Structural cost efficiencies help extend the Haynesville’s core. The Third Growth Phase of the Haynesville Shale Play The Haynesville Shale’s small ‘consortium’ of dedicated operators has credited the optimization of…
Suriname: Further Success in the Upper Cretaceous
Apache and Total have encountered considerable net hydrocarbon pay in good quality Upper-Cretaceous reservoirs in the Block 58 Keskesi East-1 well. Apache and Total Block 58 Keskesi East-1 has encountered 63m net hydrocarbon pay, with…
India: Returning to the Mumbai High
In late 2020, ONGC completed BS-17-1 on the Mumbai High as an oil, gas and condensate discovery in the West of Bassein Mining Lease. This discovery is a satellite to…
Trinidad: Elusive Deepwater Oil
In southern offshore Trinidad, BHP have made two deepwater gas condensate discoveries in recent years, but the latest Broadside-1 well was met with disappointing results. In southern offshore Trinidad, BHP…
Significant Jebel Ali Gas Discovery in the UAE
In February, the UAE announced the significant discovery of 80 Tcf of in-place shallow gas resources, named Jebel Ali. Location of the Jebel Ali gas discovery. In February, the…
Ultra-Deepwater Santos: A Global Exploration Hotspot
New pre-salt hydrocarbon opportunities have been identified in the ultra-deepwater areas of the Santos Basin. In the past decade, a large number of major discoveries have been made in pre-salt…
Buscador: The ‘Searcher-Engine for Oil’ in Mexico’s hottest hotspot
Location of Searcher’s seismic datasets offshore Mexico with geological basins outlined and the location of major recent Talos and ENI discoveries. Offshore Mexico: extraordinary hydrocarbon play systems identified Improvements in…
Geochemistry and Microbiology in Seep Prospecting
Studies offshore Nova Scotia have shown that combining geochemistry and microbial genomics can effectively de-risk off shore deepwater oil and gas exploration. Hydrocarbon seep detection is often the first step…
Central Utah Thrust Belt: A Lost Cause?
The 2004 Covenant oil field discovery promised to open up a very favorable, large onshore oil province. Thirty additional wells have been drilled in the play since, but only one…