Big Hydrocarbon Discovery Pre-Salt Brazil
Brazil is emerging as a top player out of the biggest hydrocarbon producing countries of 2018 following confirmation that the pre-salt Campos & Santos basins may contain as much as…
North America
UK 31st Offshore Licensing Round
The licensing round, which opened in July, focuses on frontier and underexplored hydrocarbon regions in the UK Continental Shelf. UK Continental Shelf 31st Licensing Round. The UK’s 31st Offshore Licensing…
Exploration Update: Alaska
ConocoPhillips successfully drilled and tested discoveries on the Narwhal Trend, onshore Alaska. ConocoPhillips indicated in July that earlier in 2018 it had successfully drilled, cored and flow-tested both the…
Exploration Update: Brazil
Promising deepwater hydrocarbon find on the Guanxuma prospect in the Santos Basin, Brazil. In July 2018, Equinor announced the 1STAT10ASPS NFW on the pre-salt BM-S-8 Block in the Santos…
Utica – Point Pleasant Shale
Location of the TGS 3D surveys in eastern Ohio. Seismic reservoir characterization with efforts at quantitative interpretation: a case study Eastern Ohio has become a new drilling target and the focus…
Deepwater Oil and Gas Exploration in Frontier Acreage
Cost-effective screening of frontier acreage is an essential early part of any deepwater exploration strategy at continental margins. Deepwater Exploration: The Importance of Crustal Structure Screening of deepwater frontier acreage…
Licencing Update: Sharjah, UAE
In 2018, Sharjah’s first onshore licencing round opened, offering companies 30-year contracts in an area with a production history demonstrating a 90% recovery factor. Map showing location of the Sharjah…
Exploration Update: Offshore USA
Shell encountered more than 244m of net hydrocarbon pay in the Mississippi Canyon Block; exploration update Gulf of Mexico Basin, offshore USA. Hydrocarbons Discovered in Mississippi Canyon Block, Offshore USA…
Exploration Update: Offshore Angola
Eni has made a new offshore oil discovery in Angola; exploration update offshore Angola. Map showing location of the Kalimba-1 well, offshore Angola. Eni has made a new offshore oil…
Exploration Update: Australia
The Dorado-1 well discovers more oil in the Triassic Caley Sandstone Reservoir and gas condensate in the Baxter Member; exploration update for offshore Australia. More Hydrocarbons Discovered Offshore Australia Map…
Licencing Update: India
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, announces a new Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP). India Announces New Hydrocarbon & Exploration Policy India currently imports 80% of its oil needs. As a…
Sand Injectites in the Viking Graben, North Sea
PGS superior GeoStreamer PURE pre-stack broadband seismic imaging reveals super producer hydrocarbon discoveries in the North Sea Viking Graben injectite structures. The North Sea Viking Graben Broadband data can reveal…