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…
South America
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…
New plays in Southern Santos Basin revealed by large-scale, high quality 3D multi-client seismic
Figure 2: Map showing extent of Santos 3D Sul project in relationship with other TGS 2D and 3D programs. Leveraging integrated workflows and fast track data for prospect evaluation during…
Is the Colombian Basin on its way to become the next big frontier?
The demand for replacing O&G reserves along with the development of modern drilling and imaging technologies has pushed the boundaries of offshore exploration to new limits. By applying data-lead concepts,…
Much more than an oil country
With 202 Tcf, Venezuela accounts for 73 % of South America’s total natural gas resources, but gas production has been minimal in localized domestic markets due to limited existing infrastructure…
How to explain these rates?
The Jurassic Vaca Muerta unit is a treasure trove with an estimated potential of 308 TCF of gas and 16.2 billion barrels of oil. While there are various types of…
Chasing Orange Basin success on the South American conjugate margin
The basins of interest span from the Pelotas of southern Brazil and Uruguay, through the Punta del Este and into North Argentina. Historically, this has been an underexplored region, with…
Natural Gas: The best ally for Colombia’s energy transition
Although natural gas production (1,050 MMcfd) in Colombia exceeds daily demand (960 MMcfd), the contrary could occur in the coming years with increasing demand and a slowdown in discoveries and…
Uruguay – from totally open to totally licensed in just a few years
When the Kudu gas field was discovered offshore Namibia in the early 1970s, Chevron jumped to the other side of the Atlantic to take acreage in Uruguay in a similar…
Hydrocarbon find at the far eastern end of Brazil’s Equatorial Margin
Yesterday, Petrobras announced the discovery of hydrocarbons in the ultra-deep waters of the Potiguar Basin in Brazil. The well, named Anhangá, found hydrocarbons in turbidite reservoir sands of Albian age.…
A new and unique multi-client core scanning and thin section digital catalog from pre-salt reservoirs offshore Brazil
The Pre-Salt reservoirs in Brazil are home to some of the world’s largest oil and gas reserves and one of the most exciting exploration frontiers. However, until now the exceptional…
Why the conjugate margin in Uruguay and Southern Brazil may have even more to offer than the Orange Basin in Namibia
Gondwanan break-up-basins and their multiple source rocks The advantage of Namibia’s conjugate margin in Uruguay and Southern Brazil is likely to be the sand and clay deposited by the Rio…