The Equatorial Margin of Brazil is open for business
Figure 1: TGS data library map, basins, 2025 OPC Blocks, exploration wells and fields for the Equatorial Margin of Brazil. Key and recent discoveries marked with a green dot. The…
South America
Hydrogen exploration potential in Uruguay
Uruguay has completed the first phase of its energy transition; most electricity is now generated from renewable sources. For the second phase, the country has identified green hydrogen and its…
Deepwater exploration: It’s the hope that keeps us here
New technologies for deepwater So, where do you look for billions of barrels of oil and gas equivalent, after really smart and determined humans built a civilization out of looking…
Why is the Orinoco Delta not known for its oil and gas?
The Orinoco Delta in the east of Venezuela occupies a massive area that is virtually devoid of infrastructure and people. In order to reach the mouth of the most important…
A legacy of hyperpycnal flows
Illustration by: Marcos Asensio. The cretaceous U and T sandstones, key petroleum reservoirs in the Oriente Basin of Ecuador, have been the focus of a groundbreaking reinterpretation. Recent studies of…
Exploring the deepest parts of the Bolivian Subandean fold and thrust belt
Figure 1: Map of Subandean fold and thrust belt, showing the wells and fields discussed. The southern Subandean fold and thrust range in Bolivia hosts multi-TCF gas fields, where production…
Pacific oil rush: The sequel – and this time it’s Ecuador
Offshore Ecuador as the sweet spot for oil exploration It is about time to conclude that a single gas field does not do the prospective nature of Ecuador enough justice…
Exploring deeper in Uruguay: Could Namibia’s successful Cretaceous play be chased in Uruguay’s deepwater?
Figure 2. Location and coverage map of Viridien’s 3D seismic reimaging program offshore Uruguay. Deepwater Uruguay: Reducing uncertainties in the Cretaceous stratigraphic play with an improved TL-FWI velocity model FWI…
South Atlantic – a raging bonfire of memes
Namibia – Brazil: Where memes collide and where we go next From outdated to new memes: How recent discoveries in Namibia’s Orange Basin are shaping exploration strategies for Brazil’s Pelotas…
T&T deep water bid round: A gateway to energy opportunities
Trinidad and Tobago: A vital 2024 deepwater frontier The Caribbean Atlantic Margin Deep Imaging seismic survey (CAMDI) spans 16,348 km with long offsets (12 km) and a deep record length…
A coup for the country
The Ministry of Energy and Mines in Peru (Minem) recently indicated that the oil industry is ‘being reactivated’. And so far, the signs are indeed pointing in that direction, particularly…
Another gas discovery confirmed in Colombia, but the real excitement has yet to start
“You’ll be hard-pressed not to find gas out there”, was Joshua Turner’s response on LinkedIn to the news of Petrobras’ reported success drilling the Uchuva-2 appraisal well. The area where…