International Year of Planet Earth: Canada – Making Good Progress
International Year of Planet Earth Canada Making Good Progress
North America
Monsters of the Deep
Hidden by a thick veil of salt and once thought too deep for liquid hydrocarbons, recent deep water discoveries off the southeastern Brazilian coast could be the largest in the…
Russian Chukchi Sea
The Russian sector of the Chukchi Sea is a frontier exploration province with little seismic data and no wells. Despite this lack of crucial geological information, regional correlations with the…
Bright Future for Coal Bed Methane
A small coal basin located near the south central Oregon coast will soon be producing gas. Against all odds, this project provides an in depth look into how one man…
Pioneering Production from the Deep Sea
The first offshore well was drilled in shallow water in 1968. For the next 30 years, Petrobras has been challenging ocean depths with the innovation and technology that has brought…
Seismic Imaging Technology Part II
Seismic imaging is considered key to reducing risk and cost in exploratory as well as development drilling. Seismic acquisition geometry impacts the seismic image, so in this article we show…
CSEM Continues to Stride Forward
For the last few years, the most talked about technology in the hydrocarbon exploration industry has undoubtedly been Controlled Source Electromagnetic imaging, but what does the future hold for this…
Building a Successful African Portfolio
Afren is a young oil and gas exploration business with ambitious plans: to become the premier pan-African independent oil and gas exploration and production company. Although only founded in late…
Visualizing Thin Sands by Advanced Seismic Interpretation
Conventional amplitude seismic interpretation may not delineate thin sands. However, through the use of horizon attributes, various seismic attributes, and the spectral decomposition of the seismic volume, it is possible…
Educating with Purpose
After using cutting edge geologic concepts to find a major oil field in southwest Wyoming, Dr. Robert Weimer has spent the last 51 years at Colorado School of Mines educating…
Barbados: A Need to Explore the Offshore
It’s about time to explore the offshore in more detail. That means the international oil industry is now welcome to bid in the next licensing round closing in April. ExPro…
Deepwater West Coast India
Recent seismic reprocessing work performed by geophysical contractor, Spectrum Geo Ltd., under an agreement with the Indian Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) has shown that the application of modern seismic…