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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

North America

Update on the Deepwater Luiperd-1 Well, Offshore South Africa

Brought to you in association with NVentures.
Total, with partners Africa Energy, Qatar Petroleum and CNR, have returned to the deepwater Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin, offshore South Africa, to spud the Luiperd-1 well. Location off…

Norway Surprises with 25th Oil and Gas Licensing Round

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Norway surprised many observers in June by announcing plans for a licensing round that signalled a major expansion of the availability of areas for oil exploration in the Norwegian sector…

Cinder Cone or Mud Volcano?

Neil Hodgson and Karyna Rodriguez; Searcher Seismic
A triangular feature identified in modern seismic on the Papuan Plateau went ‘viral’ on social media amongst the geoscience community as geoscientists from all over the world debated their theories…

Latin America Leads the Way with FSPO Developments

Chinmayi Teggi, Rystad Energy
South America’s upcoming floater projects could help sustain fabrication yards that are struggling to keep their doors open, with FPSO developments driven by Brazil and Guyana. While the rest of…

Calculating Fluid Saturation in Unconventional Reservoirs

Thomas Smith
A new way to accurately model and calculate true moveable fluid phase saturation in unconventional, organic-rich shale reservoirs. New and greatly improved technologies in drilling, hydraulic fracturing and imaging have…

Locating Sweet Spots: Shale Petroleum Systems

Rasoul Sorkhabi, Ph.D.
Petroleum system analysis has been a major tool in petroleum geoscience and exploration – but can it help locate shale ‘sweet spots’ and thus increase production, reduce risk and minimize…

Rakhine Basin Gas Discovery, Offshore Myanmar

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Korean company Posco International has discovered a new gas field in Myanmar with exploration well Mahar-1, located in offshore Block A3 in the Rakhine Basin.   Location of the Posco…

Egypt: A New Regional LNG Hub?

Aditya Saraswat, Senior Analyst, Rystad Energy
Egypt became a net importer of LNG in 2015. However, the country announced its intention to cease imports and begin exporting LNG through its main LNG terminal at Damietta in…

Underexplored Shallow Offshore Suriname

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Suriname is offering eight new offshore blocks in the underexplored Shallow Offshore (SHO) acreage, which are in close proximity to a string of deepwater hydrocarbon discoveries and billion barrel in-place…

Preventing Pitfalls in Petrofacies Prediction

Anne McAffee, Simon Greenfield and Joseph Whiting; Core Laboratories UK
Using reservoir description and regional geology to recognize problematic non-reservoir facies in Equatorial and South Atlantic Margin Basins. Despite the advances in seismic and log lithology interpretation techniques in recent…

Liberia: Undrilled Harper Basin

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Liberia progresses with 2020 licensing round, offering nine offshore blocks for oil and gas exploration in the underexplored, yet prospective, Harper Basin. Unlike many countries, Liberia has decided to continue…