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Guyana–Suriname: The Hotspot That Keeps on Giving

Rog Hardy and Peter Elliot; NVentures Ltd.
Patterns are emerging in the Guyana-Suriname hydrocarbon hotspot as further successes are announcement – indicating an even more promising future for oil and gas exploration in the region. Building on…

Onshore Hydrocarbon Exploration Opportunities in Angola

Matt Tyrrell and Alessandro Colla, Trois Geoconsulting BV; Mike Oehlers, Tectosat Ltd.
Angola’s Onshore Kwanza Basin offers an underexplored basin with a world class petroleum system, presenting many oil and gas exploration opportunities for the upcoming Onshore Angola License Round. Seasoned explorers…

Chasing Hydrocarbon Plays Along the Rona Ridge

Matthew Dack, CGG
Review of new 3D seismic data in the Faroe-Shetland Basin has revealed new hydrocarbon potential of the Early Cretaceous syn-rift and Precambrian fractured basement plays along the northern extent of…

Success for Shallow Water Bashrush Gas Discovery, Offshore Egypt

This exploration update is brought to you in association with NVentures
After a string of dry wells in the eastern deepwater Nile Delta, Eni, in partnership with BP and Total, have had success testing their recent shallow water Bashrush gas discovery,…

Hydrocarbon Exploration Suriname: Perseverance Rewarded

This exploration update is brought to you in association with NVentures
Perseverance pays off; following two high-profile, high-cost dry holes drilled in Suriname, Apache hit their third consecutive major condensate-light oil discovery on Block 58.   Map showing location of the…

Oil and Gas Exploration Challenges in South East Asia

Eugene Chiam, Rystad Energy
South East Asian oil and gas explorers started 2020 with new licensing rounds and extensive exploration drilling and seismic programmes planned but the current economically challenging conditions created by Covid-19…

Australia: Offshore Wildcat Spuds

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BP’s much-anticipated Ironbark-1 offshore wildcat was finally spudded at the end of October 2020 offshore the North West Shelf of Australia. Map showing the location of the Ironbark-1 well offshore…

Potential Impactful Hydrocarbon Discoveries West of Shetland

Aatisha Mahajan, Rystad Energy
Underexplored West of Shetland has potential for big oil and gas discoveries in newly awarded UK licensing round. The recently concluded 32nd offshore licensing round in the United Kingdom has…

The Elusive Deepwater Gippsland Gas Prize

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ExxonMobil have recently completed a three-well drilling campaign on VIC/P70 offshore Gippsland Basin, south-east Australia.   Location of the Sculpin-1 well. ExxonMobil have recently completed a three-well drilling campaign on…

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

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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

GEO ExPro
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…