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Sandwiched between two major petroleum provinces, Suriname’s shallow offshore bid round acreage will be popular

Jonathan Leather - NVentures

February 27, 2024

The second shallow offshore bid round in Suriname was launched in November 2023 at the ICE Conference in Madrid. Management Presentations and Virtual Data Rooms have been available since 18th…

Have bottom currents defined the Golden Lane and determined updip prospectivity?

Nick Cameron - GeoInsight

February 19, 2024

Since the prolific Cretaceous oil kitchen of the Canje Formation offshore Guyana was demonstrated by Lawrence and Bray (1989), an anomaly related to the lack of exploration encouragement away from…

Why it is not a slam dunk to ramp up gas production in Bolivia

Henk Kombrink

January 29, 2024

Bolivia is still a gas-exporting country, with Brazil and Argentina being the two customers. But, with production on a long-term decline, and with Argentina now developing its own resource in…

Tidal influence in a deep marine turbiditic succession

François Raisson, TotalEnergies

January 18, 2024

The Suriname-Guyana basin is a genuine exploration hotspot these days. But it is not only a hotspot from an economical point of view, it is also an area where new…

Santos Basin, Brazil: Understanding the CO₂ exploration risk with ultra-deep seismic

Roberto Juncken, Bruna Lyra, Mariano Gatti, Abraham Rodriguez, CGG, and Natasha Stanton, Andres Gordon, University of Rio De Janeiro State

January 8, 2024

Location of pre-salt blocks in the Santos Basin, the Nebula-C polygon and exploration well results. Santos Basin: New seismic data helps de-risk CO₂ contamination for pre-salt exploration CGG’s latest imaging technology…

Staatsolie announces bid round for eleven shallow water blocks

Henk Kombrink

November 7, 2023

On the back on exploration success in deep water, Staatsolie is now putting the spotlight on the shallow part of the shelf.

The source rock for Venus

Henk Kombrink

October 31, 2023

Duncan Macgregor and his colleague Colin Reeves are working on a project that will result in the creation of a series of paleotectonic and paleogeographic maps of the African continent.…

Is there an equivalent of the Orinoco heavy oil belt in Colombia?

Henk Kombrink

October 30, 2023

Many geologists in Colombia, at some point during their career, had a pressing question in mind: “Is there an equivalent of the Orinoco Heavy Oil as present in Venezuela in…

“Cryptic Seismic Clues: Hunting for another source rock in the South Atlantic”

Neil Hodgson, Lauren Found and Karyna Rodriguez, Searcher

September 4, 2023

Two for the price of one: Source rocks aplenty fuel South America’s next exploration frenzy Across the globe, explorers are waking from a disturbing dream where the oil and gas…

The Suriname-Guyana Basin

Jamie Vinnels and Henk Kombrink

September 1, 2023

Hydrocarbons were first noted in the Guyana-Suriname region by Dutch explorers in the 1750’s. Onshore discoveries of biodegraded heavy oil in Suriname supported the presence of a working petroleum system.…

Tractors and Technology

Henk Kombrink

June 13, 2023

“Remember, oil is a product of nature”, says César Patiño when we meet on Teams in April. In his role as a delegate for the International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration…

Argentina’s first deep water well

Ian Cross

April 2, 2023

2022 saw the award of around 60 blocks in Brazil, most as a result of the ANP’s 3rd Open Acreage Concession Bid Round. However, licensing activity in South America has…

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South America

Sandwiched between two major petroleum provinces, Suriname’s shallow offshore bid round acreage will be popular

Have bottom currents defined the Golden Lane and determined updip prospectivity?

Why it is not a slam dunk to ramp up gas production in Bolivia

Tidal influence in a deep marine turbiditic succession

Santos Basin, Brazil: Understanding the CO₂ exploration risk with ultra-deep seismic

Staatsolie announces bid round for eleven shallow water blocks

The source rock for Venus

Is there an equivalent of the Orinoco heavy oil belt in Colombia?

“Cryptic Seismic Clues: Hunting for another source rock in the South Atlantic”

The Suriname-Guyana Basin

Tractors and Technology

Argentina’s first deep water well

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