The source rock for Venus
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.…
South America
Is there an equivalent of the Orinoco heavy oil belt in Colombia?
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”
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
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
“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
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…
Guyana-Suriname Basin: predicting facies in undrilled successions using new sea-level curve
The Guyana Basin formed during the Jurassic opening of the North Atlantic. Plate reconstructions suggest rifting and early seafloor spreading began with NNW/SSE extension (c. 190–160 Ma). Since the Liza…
Offshore Brazil: Reducing risk with regional 3D reprocessing
Coloured Pre-Salt Isopach Map relating mature Lagoa Feia source rock presence with Base of Salt structure contours displaying the fetch and hydrocarbon migration pathways to the pre-salt lead. Interpreted seismic…
Revealing new exploration potential onshore Colombia
Location of area of interest and data available for Searcher’s reprocessing project onshore Colombia. Shale or Salt – diapiric dance onshore Colombia Despite having positive well results in the 1920’s…
The striking similarities between Namibia and Brazil’s conjugate margins
Regional seismic lines indicate that the Pelotas Basin in Brazil contains the same play ingredients as the Orange Basin in Namibia where the Venus discovery was recently made.
Krabdagu-1: Extending the Play Eastwards in Suriname
TotalEnergies (with 50% partner APA Corp) announced in late February 2022 that their Block 58 well, Krabdagu-1, is a discovery, encountering ~90m net oil and gas pay. Krabdagu-1: Extending the…
New life for the extended Orange Basin
The Orange Basin – An underexplored oil giant? The Orange Basin offshore Namibia and South Africa The Orange Basin is part of the volcanic-rifted passive margin south of the Walvis…