Exploration of The US Atlantic Margin
Covering an area roughly the size of California and Texas combined, the US Atlantic margin is underexplored, but prospective basins along the margin may once again be open to exploration.…
North America
Regional Update: US Gulf of Mexico
After a lack of success in oil & gas exploration worldwide, Chevron and Shell bring new hope for US Gulf of Mexico oil production following two significant discoveries in the…
Recent Hydrocarbon Discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico
Exploration update on the United States as Chevron and Shell hit two major discoveries. Discovery for Chevron in the Mississippi Canyon & Shell in Alaminos Canyon Location of Chevron’s Ballymore…
A Century of Geoscience Publishing
The important adaptation of digital publishing for oil and gas. In 2017 the American Association of Petroleum Geologists celebrated 100 years as a respected independent publisher of geoscience articles, all…
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,…
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…