North America

Preventing Pitfalls in Petrofacies Prediction

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

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…

Suriname: Extending Cretaceous Fairway?

Petronas, with new farminee ExxonMobil, have now spud Sloanea-1 on Suriname Block 52, along trend and 60 km south-east of Kwaskwasi in Block 58. Map showing the location of the…

The First Offshore Lebanon Well

Despite earlier rumours of a gas find, Lebanon’s first offshore well Byblos-1 did not encounter the predicted Tamar sandstone reservoir formation. Location of the failed Byblos-1 well offshore Lebanon. Byblos-1,…

Repsol Oil and Gas Discoveries Offshore Mexico

Spanish IOC Repsol’s foray into Mexican waters has paid good dividends, nailing impressive offshore hydrocarbon discoveries on their first two tries. Location of Repsol’s Polok-1EXP and Chinwol-1EXP wells offshore Mexico.…

Oil and Gas on the North West Shelf of Australia

A number of drilling campaigns continue to expand on the oil and gas plays on the North West Shelf of Australia. Location of Shell’s Bratwurst-1 well in Block AC/ P64.…

Major Gas Discovery in Sharjah

Italian giant Eni recently reported a significant gas condensate discovery, Mahani-1, in Sharjah. Location of the Eni operated Area B and the Mahani-1 well onshore Sharjah. Italian giant Eni reported…

Geological Tours of North America’s Wonders

These geologically oriented tours of some of North America’s most iconic landscapes will certainly satisfy the most ardent geoscientist as well as the curious layman in Gary L. Prost’s Geological…

Mexico: Maximus survey – opportunities in deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Figure 3: Location map of the Maximus survey. The importance of depth imaging Depth modelling using several algorithms has significantly improved salt imaging in the deepwater Bay of Campeche. The…