Lofoten Island drilling nearer?
As discussed in GEO ExPro Vol. 9 No. 5, the seas around Norway’s remote northern Lofoten Islands remain the largest unopened section of the Norwegian Atlantic Ocean, and environmentalists are…
North West Europe
New Barents Sea survey
One of the hottest areas in north-west Europe at the moment is the Barents Sea, where a number of major discoveries have been made in recent years, including the giant…
Workstations Promise New Life for Geology
Is the workstation killing geology – or bringing it back to life and having a revolutionary effect on the field – and the future – of exploration and operational geology?…
Enhanced Oil Recovery – Utilising Captured CO2
Can the UK return to oil self-sufficiency? When governments get out of the way, remarkable things can happen. For example, some industry pundits now say that it is perfectly possible…
Leveraging Complex Geologies
The ability of reservoir models to leverage seismic and accommodate complex geologies ensures robust and reliable models, improved decision-making, more justifiable investments, and improved field performance. Including the building of…
Central North Sea: regional dataset supports continued exploration
Recent Discoveries in The Central North Sea The Central North Sea (CNS) has been a focus of hydrocarbon exploration and production for decades. Even now the area remains a hive…
South-Western Barents Sea: Improved imaging with long-offset data
Norwegian Barents Sea Regional survey (NBR) includes data acquired in 2006-2010 (black lines) and the 2011 (red lines). The gray zone indicates approximate position of the regional line. Exploration in…
A Classic Southern North Sea Analogue
The coast of North East England has a series of outcrops which give a detailed insight into some of the most important reservoirs of the Southern North Sea. Attacked by…
Offshore Mid-Norway
Flatspot within the Cretaceous on the Gjallar Ridge, (close-up of the rectangle on seismic). The seismic line is acquired in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea covering tectonic elements from…
The Norwegian Barents Sea
An intriguing seismic example of shallow gas with a possible flat spot. Could this be a new prospect in the Barents Sea? Outcrops on the Svalbard archipelago make excellent reference…
Getting into Hot Water
Hot water from subsurface reservoirs can be used directly to heat our houses. Data, software and knowledge from oil industry operations can help delineate this under-used resource, as is now…
Pyrenees Hold Clues to Fractured Carbonate Reservoir
Faults and fractures are often an important factor in determining hydrocarbon storage capacity and productivity in reservoirs such as tight carbonates, quartzites and basements. The use of reservoir analogues such…