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South America

A Closer Look at the Hydrocarbon Plays of the South Atlantic

Hermann Lebit, Jeff Tilton, Sriram Arasanipalai, Pascal Ollagnon; PGS
The timing of continental extension relative to salt deposition and the impact of pre-salt faulting is critical to reservoir formation and exploration success in the South Atlantic. Major advances in…

Overcoming Seismic Imaging Challenges in Highly Congested Areas

Paul Sandvik and Ed Hager, Polarcus; Mhammad Adnan and Daniel Sturko, Dubai Petroleum
Combining streamer and node technology to provide high resolution seismic in congested areas with a fast turnaround. This year, Polarcus was challenged by Dubai Petroleum to provide a high-resolution, fast-turnaround,…

Caribbean Atlantic Margin Deep Seismic Imaging

Jennifer Masy, Tom Wolden and Robert Sorley; MultiClient Geophysical AS (MCG)
A new regional study of the South-Eastern Caribbean hydrocarbon exploration opportunities using deep seismic imaging. In March 2019 MCG completed acquisition of 16,433 km of long-offset high resolution 2D seismic…

Pre-Salt: The Brazilian shining star

David Contreras Diaz and Marc Rocke; Polarcus
  Location of the XArray Triple Source project which will cover the Aram, Carcará and Uirapuru areas. Map showing fields and location of newly awarded acreage (Uirapuru) and the Aram,…

Exploration Update: Guyana

Brought to you by GEO ExPro and Drillinginfo
On 30 August 2018, ExxonMobil announced its ninth hydrocarbon discovery on the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana. Operator ExxonMobil Announces Ninth Hydrocarbon Discovery Offshore Guyana ExxonMobil on 30 August 2018 announced…

Geological Treasures of The Puna Plateau

Olivier Galland; Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, and Caroline Sassier
A tour of the geological treasures of The Puna Plateau in northern Argentina and Chile. Continuing Olivier and Caroline’s epic cycle journey through South America. “What’s the altitude?” I look…

Prospectivity of the Malvinas Basin, Offshore Argentina

Dariusz Jablonski; Searcher Seismic
New regional reprocessed 2D seismic reveals the prospectivity and hydrocarbon potential offshore Argentina. Location of Searcher Seismic reprocessed seismic data. Image credit: Searcher Seismic. Argentina, an area of world class…

Hydrocarbon Prospectivity in Northern Argentina

Hannah Kearns, Karyna Rodriguez & Steve DeVito; Spectrum
State-of-the-art seismic acquisition technology and advanced geological concepts, unlock new hydrocarbon potential for offshore Argentina. New Seismic Reveals Geological Detail Offshore Argentina Map showing Argentina deepwater survey outline. Northern Argentina…