The Bolivian Altiplano: The High Plateau in the Mountains
As Olivier and Caroline continued their epic cycle through South America, they found crossing the high plateau of the Bolivian Altiplano to be a direct encounter with pristine and pure…
South America
2019 bid round treasures exposed by ocean currents
Location of the Angoche Basin and Spectrum 2D seismic lines. Drifting towards 2019 bid round treasures Mixed/hybrid deepwater turbiditic-contouritic depositional systems are only just beginning to be understood, but show…
Oil Jackpot in Guyana
With 14 oil discoveries adding up to an estimated six billion barrels of recoverable oil over the last two years in just one block (Stabroek), offshore Guyana is proving to…
Deepwater Santos Basin: extending the pre-salt play outboard
Huge potential in undrilled Southern Santos Basin The prospectivity of the deepwater outboard Santos Basin is revealed by new 3D seismic. With a daily oil production in the region of…
AAPG ICE 2019: Expanding Frontiers and Unlocking Resources for Future Generations
The AAPG International Conference and Exhibition 2019 took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a key focus on expanding frontiers and unlocking oil and gas resources for future generations. This…
La Brea Pitch Lake: The Largest Tar Pit in the World
The largest tar pit in the world, La Brea Pitch Lake in Trinidad, has a fascinating history and awaits approval as a Unesco World Heritage Site – even if it…
The Pre-Salt Hydrocarbon Reservoirs of the South Atlantic
There are wide lessons to be learned from the controversy over the origins of the enigmatic Cretaceous lacustrine carbonate reservoirs of offshore Brazil. Figure 1: Location of Santos and Campos…
A Closer Look at the Hydrocarbon Plays of the South Atlantic
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…
Santos vision: innovative seismic data processing in a super giant oil basin
Figure 1: Structural map of the top of salt encompassing the 34,000 km2 of the Santos Vision program and including the outline of the next phase extension. The survey covers…
Oil and Gas Exploration in Latin America: From Shallow Shelf to Deepwater
A brief overview of the history and future of oil and gas exploration in Latin America. Explorers first stepped out from prolific onshore basins into shallow water just after World…
Aiding the Next Steps of Oil and Gas Exploration in the MSGBC Basin
A new integrated approach to oil and gas exploration in the MSGBC Basin, North West Africa. The Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea Conakry (MSGBC) Basin is home to several…
Overcoming Seismic Imaging Challenges in Highly Congested Areas
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,…