The most advanced datasets offshore Barbados and T&T
Map showing the CAMDI and Barbados surveys, and the displayed seismic line. A new and improved velocity model for the Southeastern Caribbean Generate powerful insights for the 2022 Barbados and…
North America
The Rio Grande Rift
Mountains, minerals and magma along North America’s largest rift: an exploration of the 1,000-kilometer-long Rio Grande Rift. After compression built the Southern Rocky Mountains, Neogene extension split the range along…
Geophysics and Petroleum Exploration in North America: A Time for Reflection
We take a look at the advent of ‘remote’ sensing and the adoption of seismology in petroleum exploration in North America. Prospecting for oil in the the early 20th century…
Drum Roll to Success at Kveikje
Equinor has reported a significant oil discovery at the Kveikje prospect in the Norwegian North Sea. Map showing location of Licence PL293B, where the oil discovery at the Kveikje prospect…
Oiling the Culture Wars
Did you know that there are 5,200 oil and gas wells strung out below the busy streets of Los Angeles? Forget for a moment the glitzy Hollywood Hills or the…
GEO ExPro Vol. 17, No. 4 Out Now!
Geoscience magazine GEO ExPro Vol. 17, No. 4 is available for download. This edition of GEO ExPro focuses on Europe and Latin America; Developments in Geophysics; and Using the Cloud.…
International Joint Venture Reports Successful Oil Well Onshore Cuba
Melbana Energy of Australia and Sonangol, the state oil company of Angola, have made an oil discovery in their joint venture in Block 9 northern onshore Cuba. Map showing location…
Egyptian Activity Buoyant With a 2022 Exploration Bid Round
The Egyptian Oil Ministry began 2022 by concluding its 2021 licensing round which offered three blocks in the Gulf of Suez, twelve in the Western Desert and nine in the…
Kanchan-1: Exploration Returns to Bangladesh
Hydrocarbon exploration returns to Bangladesh after a hiatus of several years. Exploration has returned to Bangladesh after a hiatus of several years, with ONGC Videsh (OVL) partnering Bapex and Oil India on the SS-04 Block (formerly Block…
Regional Update: South America and Caribbean
The region of South America and the Caribbean has had a mixed bag of results in oil and gas in the last 12 months or so. We have seen more…
Reversal in Alaska
The Bureau of Land Management announced on April 25 that the US administration under President Biden is removing almost 50% of the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) from…
California Dreaming: Revisiting the Oil-Rich San Joaquin Basin, California
New potential unveiled in the San Joaquin Basin, California (CA) where reprocessed 3D seismic surveys and structural geology provide new oil opportunities in an exploration-mature and prolific oil basin. West-Side…