The Birth of the Modern Oil Industry
The most important oil well ever drilled was sunk in the middle of the wooded landscape of northwest Pennsylvania in August 1859. It is known as the Drake Well, after…
North America
Canadian Oil Sands
With more than 2 billion barrels of oil to be recovered, StatoilHydro has a huge resource to tap into in the Alberta oil sands, which may last into the second…
Finding Oil – Using Geochemistry
While well geochemistry is a routine service in exploration drilling, surface geochemistry is now growing in popularity, in particular in deep water frontier basins. That’s a market Geolab Nor wants…
Tight Gas Play – and Water for Millions
The Edwards Limestone is a hot gas play in south Texas, while 110 km to the north, it is the primary water source for nearly 2 million people including the…
International Year of Planet Earth: Canada – Making Good Progress
International Year of Planet Earth Canada Making Good Progress
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…