New deepwater frontiers an ocean apart
The South Atlantic Equatorial Margin represents new, deepwater exploration frontiers. The 2007 Tullow Oil discovery of the Jubilee Field off the West African margin, located 60 km offshore Ghana in…
South America
Challenges ahead for Venezuela
Oil prices did not react sharply to the news that Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez passed away in March after 14 years in office. Now an election will be held within…
Brazil’s Sub-Salt Discoveries Extend North
Recently announced deepwater, sub-salt discoveries in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin extend that trend into Brazil’s north-eastern continental margin, over 2,000 km north of the Santos Basin discoveries. The smaller onshore portion…
North West Europe – Optimism or Pessimism?
Consider North West Europe to be past its prime? Hannon Westwood’s Jim Hannon and Andrew Vinall take a look at the region’s future. Is North West Europe a mature province?This…
The Santos Basin, Brazil: Unlocking the pre-salt potential
The interpreted seismic line extends across the fast-track results from the Phase VI-B survey in the Santos Basin. The survey covers an area of 14,000 km2 and has been acquired using…
The Pelotas Basin oil province revealed
Map showing the location of Spectrum 2D Seismic Data in the Pelotas Basin (7,500 km new acquisition and 6,000 km re-processing). The 200 km long line of section in the…
Recorded broadband 3D: Improving reservoir understanding and characterization with recorded broadband seismic
To see the full seismic lines please download our PDF for the print issue available through this link: GEO ExPro Vol. 10 No. 2 Extracting more than mere frequencies Recorded broadband…
Deepwater fans across a transform margin, Offshore East Africa
Map showing location of recent major discoveries in East Africa and the location of the main foldout line shown here. A developing province East Africa has undergone extension since the…
Offshore Uruguay
Uruguay has gained significant interest due to its unique positioning on the conjugate margin with West Africa, in particular offshore Namibia where significant hydrocarbon discoveries have occurred. Also, key…
Santos Basin: Complex salt structures and pre-salt potential revealed by new CGGVeritas 3D data
New Geological Insights Into the Santos Basin New PSDM 3D seismic reflection data over the highly prolific Santos Basin provides comprehensive insight into, and enables a better understanding of, the…
Exploration potential of deep water offshore Trinidad, Tobago and Barbados
Thrusted Cretaceous to Oligocene stratigraphy below a Tertiary unconformity can be observed proximal west of the islands of Trinidad, Tobago, on the island of Barbados and in the Tobago Basin.…
Colombia Rediscovered
Colombia’s regulatory reforms are paying dividends, with dozens of new oil and gas discoveries over the past two years – yet ‘rediscovered’ older fields are carrying the country to new…