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California’s Death Valley: A Land of Contrast

Deborah Bertossa and Thomas Smith

February 7, 2007

The extremes in landscape that characterize Death Valley National Park yield striking landforms, dramatic and colorful scenery, and underlying geologic mystery. California’s Death Valley Located in southeastern California, U.S.A., Death…

Knowing Exactly Where the Data Is

GEO ExPro

February 6, 2007

“Both oil companies and seismic companies are increasingly more interested in accurate positioning,” says Peder Solheim, Managing Director at Geograf. “With prospects decreasing in size, and specific reservoir targets in…

Deep Structure: Strength through integration in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico

GEO ExPro

January 7, 2007

Exploration interest in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico is at an all time high following the discovery, in 2001, of thick Paleogene submarine turbidite sands in the Baha #2…

Discovery Shows Onshore Potential

Jane Whaley

November 6, 2006

A recent onshore oil discovery proves that the potential of the Nile Delta is not confined to the deep offshore. Discovery Shows Onshore Potential

New Life for Overthrust Belt

Thomas Smith

May 6, 2006

The 2003 discovery of the Covenant oil field could open up a billion-barrel oil province in an area nearly 200 km from the nearest significant production. Prior to the discovery,…

Contributing to a Greater Good

GEO ExPro

March 6, 2006

Being Vice-President of Exploration in an independent oil-company, and knowing all too well that this takes a lot of work, why did you agree to stand for election as President…

Exploring for mammoths

Halfdan Carstens

November 26, 2004

Despite 6 dry wells and limited interest from the oil industry, the search for oil and gas in the large areas west of Greenland will continue. Optimism is greater than…

Oil and Gas Resources of Northeast Greenland

Donald L. Gautier, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California

February 6, 2004

The new assessment carried out by USGS indicates that northeastern Greenland may be a very important future petroleum province. If the mean estimate of 31 BBoE were discovered and proven,…

The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

North America

California’s Death Valley: A Land of Contrast

Knowing Exactly Where the Data Is

Deep Structure: Strength through integration in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Discovery Shows Onshore Potential

New Life for Overthrust Belt

Contributing to a Greater Good

Exploring for mammoths

Oil and Gas Resources of Northeast Greenland

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