A World of Opportunity?
Regional screening for unconventional resources: geological techniques to locate new opportunities. The success of shale gas and shale oil exploitation in North America in plays such as the Bakken, Eagle…
North America
EUR Per Well Heading Upwards
Well performance in North American shales has improved significantly. The United States and Canada have been driving global shale production. Out of the 15.6 MMboepd produced from shale last year,…
On Shaky Ground Induced Earthquakes
Over the last decade, certain oil and gas producing areas have come alive, experiencing an escalating number of felt earthquakes, some even large enough to cause property damage. Most people…
The East Shetland Platform and Mid North Sea High
An introduction to the Devonian-Paleogene prospectivity of the key areas of interest for the UKCS 29th Frontier Licensing Round. The East Shetland Platform (ESP) and Mid North Sea High (MNSH)…
Beyond Sight of Land
Oil exploration moved from the land to the sea only a few years after Titusville. Here we take a look at how offshore oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico…
A Cleaner Future for Heavy Oil Extraction
Climate change has raised questions about the future of carbon-intensive industries, including the development of unconventional oil reserves. But emerging technology from Canada is proving that heavy oil extraction can…
Identifying Potential Oil Zones in Tight Reservoirs
Low-cost epifluorescence microscope techniques have delineated a prospective, relatively untested oil-prone fairway in the Cane Creek shale play, Paradox Basin, Utah. When it comes to liquid-rich shale production and potential,…
Mediterranean Carbonate Potential: Lessons from Existing Discoveries
The opening of new areas and the changing regional political and economic situation, together with innovative technologies, new seismic data and improved imaging, have revitalised exploration activity in the Central…
New opportunities offshore West Egypt
The frontier exploration area offshore West Egypt (Figure 1) consists of several structural domains (Figure 2) including, from south to north, a comparatively narrow shelf zone; a west-south-west to east-north-east…
Rarest of All – The Burgess Shale Fossils
Discovered 100 years ago, no other single fossil locality tells us more about ancient animals on Earth, driving new, controversial views and debate about evolution and the history of life.…
Colombia: Anadarko unlocking ultra-deepwater potential
the partnership of Anadarko (operator) and Ecopetrol have made a gas discovery in the ultra-deepwaters of the south Caribbean area off Colombia, which they stated proves their geological model in…
Teamwork at Rangely
Colorado’s Rangely oil field, with over 900 MMb of oil produced, has been viable and economic for more than seven decades thanks to an innovative and flexible approach. One of…