The Miocene Monterey Formation
The Los Angeles Basin is the most productive basin by area in the world – and the Miocene Monterey Formation, which is exposed along the coast and in the hills…
North America
Mexico: Biggest onshore find in decade
Pemex says it has found oil reserves of up to 500 MMb in southern Mexico with its Navegante-1 wildcat, a Sureste Basin discovery that outgoing President Felipe Calderon hailed as…
New Insights into the Browse Basin
Despite recent drilling success, the Browse Basin remains relatively underexplored, and imaging and mapping of the deeper horizons presents challenges to conventional seismic. The Browse Basin offshore North West Shelf…
Borneo’s Petroleum Plays
Borneo, the world’s third largest island, has lush tropical forests, rich wildlife, coral reefs, and fascinating tribal cultures. It also has classical petroleum basins characterized by vast deltaic sediments and…
Integrated Approach Showcased
Azerbaijan has played a major role in the hydrocarbon industry for centuries, as it was the first place where people learnt how to obtain and use oil for domestic use.…
New Zealand Bidding Round Opens
The government of New Zealand recently opened its annual bidding round for oil and gas exploration permits; between June 8 and October 15, 2012, bids from petroleum exploration and production…
Iraq Investment Set to Increase
The energy sector in Iraq is predicted to see investment of a minimum of US$50 billion over the next five years amidst a gradually improving security situation, according to a…
ARKeX Goes Multi-Client
Within the hydrocarbon exploration industry, the market for gravity gradiometry has grown substantially over the past few years. ARKeX, which specialises in non-seismic geophysical imaging, has become one of the…
Milestones in Angola’s Oil History
Angola is set in the next decade to overtake Nigeria as the biggest oil producer in Africa. We look at the milestones in the country’s rapidly expanding oil and gas…
Geology Without Limits!
Cross border co-operation leads to better geological understanding As we all know, geology does not follow political boundaries. To undertake a wide-ranging geological study of a large region presents challenges,…
Uruguay Round II Awards Offshore Acreage
Uruguay’s state oil company, ANCAP, has recently awarded offshore blocks in the Round II bidding to British companies BP and BG, French company Total, and Irish company Tullow Oil. These…
New Offshore Licensing Round for Tanzania
With recent discoveries in East Africa dominating the news, the government of Tanzania is expected to get a lot of interest in its 4th Offshore Bid Round, due to be…