The Oil Within
Susan Morrice, co-founder and chairperson of Belize Natural Energy “A passion for what you are doing makes the difference,” says Susan Morrice, co-founder and chairperson of Belize Natural Energy –…
South America
Beneath Belize
New online data repository with all seismic acquired since the late 1960s A new online national data repository for Belize provides access to a digital catalog of all seismic data…
Exploration Update – Guyana
New Discovery Near Liza One of the most exciting discoveries of 2015 was Liza, in Guyana’s offshore Stabroek Block, which opened up a new South Atlantic play and was the…
Sergipe Basin: Undrilled potential surpasses giant offshore discoveries
Figure 1: Spectrum seismic data and 2017 blocks. Figure 2: Constrained gravity model. Sergipe Basin Potential Revealed Integration of key data has resulted in a better understanding of the petroleum…
Priority onboard
Onboard processing: field geophysicist Andrey Seliverstov utilising the interactive map view. How to break the stereotype A priority service without compromise. Sometimes in an industry, we have to ask ourselves:…
Exploration Update – Guyana
ExxonMobil announce fifth discovery offshore Guyana. ExxonMobil announced on 5 October 2017 that it had made its fifth discovery offshore Guyana with the Turbot-1 new field wildcat. Located in the…
Mexico Revival
The revival of successful exploration is a much-needed breather for the Mexican oil industry. Production has been decreasing in Mexico since 2007, in recent years by almost 9% annually, primarily…
Oil in the Heart of South America
Paraguay is dependent on imported oil and gas but with direct evidence of hydrocarbons and resources estimated in the billions of barrels, could this be about to change? Foreward Landlocked…
Guyana: ExxonMobil finds oil in controversial waters
One of the most exciting things happening in terms of Latin America exploration right now has been the discovery of oil by ExxonMobil in the deep waters off Guyana. The company’s Liza-1 wildcat, located in…
Finding More Gaveas in the Campos Basin and Beyond the Salt Domes…
Figure 1: Map showing the latest Gavea appraisal well discovery and the location of Spectrum’s 2D and 3D seismic database, which is available to evaluate pre-salt discoveries and identify on-trend analogue…
World Class Exploration Opportunities in Deepwater Mexico
Figure 1: Kunah-1 well gas discovery (left in foldout). Figure 2: Possible Eocene target in open blocks (right in foldout). Figure 3: Deepwater stratigraphy and play elements. (Source: CNH.gob.mx) New…
Suriname – New Technology Unlocks Hydrocarbon Potential
An improved knowledge of fault systems is important in understanding Suriname’s onshore oil fields – and the application of FTG data can be a vital tool in unlocking this knowledge.…