Newark East Barnett – Shale’s Spindletop
The Barnett Shale gas discovery, like ‘Spindletop’ nearly 100 years prior, changed an industry by unlocking huge new volumes of oil and gas, this time from shales. A unique formation,…
North America
URTeC 2018: Getting Down to Business
GEO ExPro Oil & Gas Conference Round-Ups: Unconventional Resource Technology Conference 2018, Houston, USA. Fuelled by SPE | AAPG | SEG. URTeC 2018: Unconventional Play Development The 6th Unconventional Resources…
Benin – The Low Cost, High Impact Frontier
The overlooked potential of Devonian, Jurassic, Cretaceous and Tertiary plays within the onshore and shelfal Dahomey Embayment. The Gulf of Guinea is characterised by a number of Mesozoic sedimentary wedges,…
Unlocking the Mysteries of the Great Sand Dunes
While the story behind the Great Sand Dunes is still being unraveled, visitors to this part of Colorado will be enveloped by a geologic wonder and a truly spectacular sight…
Licensing Update – Brazil
14th Exploration Round and 3rd Production Sharing (Pre-Salt) Round in 2017 The Brazilian Government has recently confirmed the blocks to be offered in the 14th Exploration Round and proposed areas…
Exploration Update – Alaska
Largest US onshore oil discovery in 30 years Armstrong Energy and partner Repsol have made the largest US onshore conventional hydrocarbons discovery in 30 years, with the drilling of the…
AAPG’s 100th Anniversary Celebration
On 9 February 1917, geologists gathered in Tulsa, Oklahoma to start something special and enduring, which is still relevant today as the premier organisation for petroleum geologists Guest Editorial, from…
Licensing Update – USA
Large areas to be made available in Gulf of Mexico The United States Department of the Interior announced in early March that it will offer 73 million acres in the…
Barbados Beckons
Alluring Caribbean paradise, active accretionary wedge and uplifted reefs. Why are you still sitting there? This alluring Caribbean beach paradise is one of the few places on the planet where…
The Geological Treasure of the Sierra Madre
A geological detective story that could turn our understanding of the Gulf of Mexixo upside down and reveal the causes of one of the greatest climate changes in geological history.…
Refining exploration opportunities in Mexico
Detail a). For location see main seismic panel above. Detail b). For location see main seismic panel above. Detail c). For location see main seismic panel above. Detail d). For…
US Back as Largest GoM Producer
The Mature Gulf of Mexico Continues to Thrive The Gulf of Mexico is currently one of the largest offshore producing areas globally. Despite it being a mature province, there are…