Geologist Bill Armstrong
“I was informed early on in our pursuit that most, if not all, of the large, onshore, conventional fields have been found,” says Bill Armstrong, founder and owner of the…
North America
Wildcat Exploration: Unlocking the Frontier
The upstream industry has been reluctant to invest in exploration recently, especially in wildcat wells, yet from 2013-2019, north-west Europe has seen some success through wildcat exploration. Recently, the upstream…
First Offshore Licensing Round for Senegal
Senegal has been propelled to the forefront of industry news in recent years after several major oil and gas discoveries in its offshore waters. Senegal has been propelled to the…
New Thermal Area Discovered in Yellowstone National Park
Using Landsat-8 thermal infrared images, geoscientists at the Yellowstone Volcanic Observatory recently identified the emergence of an entirely new thermal area in the National Park. Image by David Mark from…
Traversing the Southern Sierra Nevada
While wandering 240 km across California from Bakersfield to Death Valley, the geotourist can marvel at a range of superlative wonders, from the densest developed oil field to the deepest…
Hydrocarbon potential of the Jameson Land Basin
A series of Late Palaeozoic-Mesozoic basins, which formed as the result of rifting between Greenland and Norway following the Caledonian Orogeny, are exposed in East Greenland between 70° and 76°N…
New insights revealed into the hydrocarbon potential along the Gulf of Mexico conjugate margins
The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) petroleum system is one of the most productive and studied ‘super basins’ in the world, yet uncertainties remained with regard to its fundamental crustal structure.…
Seismic detection of source rocks
Even modest amounts of total organic content can significantly change the physical properties of shales, providing clues for source detection on seismic data. This article discusses how seismic analysis can…
Hydrocarbon Prospectivity of the Offshore Canning Area in Western Australia
Recent petroleum discoveries, including the Dorado-1 well, in the Bedout Sub-Basin indicate a promising future for the hydrocarbon prospectivity of offshore Western Australia. Figure 1: Bilby survey data (white…
Exploration Update: Trinidad and Tobago
BHP announce two gas discoveries offshore Trinidad and Tobago. Map showing the location of the two gas discoveries offshore Trinidad & Tobago. Drillinginfo. On 18 July 2018, BHP reported…
Future Hydrocarbon Potential of the UK North Sea
Q&A with Neil Hodgson, Exploration Director at Spectrum. What does the future hold for hydrocarbon exploration and production in the UK North Sea? What Does the Future Hold for Hydrocarbon…
Hydrocarbon Exploration History of Uganda
With over 1.4 Bbo of resources discovered in Uganda in recent years, including several giant fields, we look at the history of recent hydrocarbon exploration and its progress to first…