Calling a discovery without drilling a well
British Antarctic territory. Source: britannica.com. Interpreting a nice undrilled 4-way closure in a seismic survey and subsequently announcing it as the discovery of new reserves would rock the boat in…
The Arctic
Drilling on the seabed
The deep sea is pitch dark, but the two ROVs provide plenty of “working light” for the drilling machine that is standing on the seabed in the hilly, inhospitable terrain…
An accidental discovery of a large mineral deposit
The aim of the drilling operation was to learn more about subsurface water circulation by drilling into a fault. But when operations began on the selected topographical high along the…
An exciting discovery in the far north
“Plan B” became as successful as anyone could have hoped, as a new hydrothermal vent was discovered by a Norwegian team of researchers. This summer, the GoNorth expedition was originally…
Hotly debated Arctic boundaries
Canada is reported to be the first nation to lay claim to its boundaries extending into the Arctic in 1925. They were followed by the then Soviet Union in 1926.…
Barents Sea “Nondiscussed” Area
The disputed area between Norway and Russia in the Barents Sea, equalling the Norwegian North Sea in size, has a different petroleum system than the proven oil and gas provinces…
Market Update
Moving forward – fast, Low-impact Seismic, Marketing Agreement, Inventing a New Device for S-Wave Generation Market Update(1)
Creating values through new technology
The technological breakthroughs of the onwards from the early 1990s have had enormous implications for the oil and gas exploration and production industry. New methods, changing work processes and an…
Arctic Hot Spot
It could turn out to be the discovery of the 21st century – or the duster of the year. Some 1.2 Bbo have reportedly been discovered in the Horseshoe-1 and…
Ice breaker
LNG tanker manages to navigate between two remote Russian ports in a record-breaking six-and-half days In 2012 we brought you the story of the 3D seismic vessel Polarcus Alima that…
A World of Drifting Ice
Ilulissat Icefjord in western Greenland offers a unique view of a scenic landscape that demonstrates active glaciological processes, where majestic icebergs calve into the fjord and out to sea. A…
Western Arctic Russia – The Kara Sea
In 2012, ExxonMobil and the Russian state oil company, Rosneft, signed a partnership deal that would give ExxonMobil a stake in developing Russia’s vast energy reserves in the Arctic and Black Sea. Universiteskaya-1…