Mozambique: 2nd Giant Discovery in Block
As reported in GEO ExPro Vol.8, No. 6, exploration in the Mozambique’s deepwater Offshore Area 4 looks to be following the trend set by drilling in Area 1 to its…
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Is There Oil Offshore East Africa?
There is definitely gas – but do the vast expanses of the Indian Ocean also hold promising oil reserves? The emergence of East Africa as a petroleum province has been…
The Many Lives of Belridge
Nearly declared dead by its owners only eight years after discovery, new technologies introduced over the past century allowed Southern California’s Belridge Field to grow into a prolific oil producer.…
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
The recent Bath Discoveries Conference was devised as a celebration of the 30th birthday of the Geological Society of London’s Petroleum Group. The opportunity to celebrate such an auspicious occasion…
An Excellent Reservoir
The Aldous/Avaldsnes prospect has grown into one of the largest discoveries 3in the North Sea ever, largely due to excellent reservoir properties. The Aldous/Avaldsnes discovery (see GEO ExPro Vol. 8…
Vibrant International Petroleum Week
Celebrating historical roots back to 1913 More than 2,000 oil and gas professionals from around the world gathered in London late February for the International Petroleum (IP) Week to listen…
A Tireless Quest for Buried Treasure
Marlan Downey, Chairman of the Board and Founder of Roxanna Oil Company, has reinvented himself many times over the course of his 50-year career and shows no signs of slowing…
Improved imaging in Baffin Bay: Learning from experience
Baffin Bay reprocessed The majority of exploration focus has historically been in the central area offshore West Greenland, however since 2007 there has been increased interest in the Baffin Bay…
Offshore Florida: Regional perspective
Paleozoic sedimentary structures are more evident when the line is flattened on a horizon. This line is flattened on the Base of Jurassic, showing a better view of the Paleozoic…
Unlocking the Secrets of the Barents Sea
The complexity of the Western Barents Sea necessitates the use of all available geological and geophysical data when undertaking regional interpretations, play fairway assessments and prospect definition. Several recent oil…
The only complete regional perspective
Comparison of original Kirchhoff migration (left) and the reimaged RTM (right). Note the improved image of base salt and the coherent signal for the subsalt deeper strata. Improved deep imaging…
Beyond Macondo
“The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong…