Improving seismic quality
With many of the world’s basins now explored, the search for new hydrocarbons is becoming dependent on improvements in seismic data quality. One of the new acquisition techniques is WesternGeco’s…
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Where most of the oil is
Huge amounts of oil sands in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin will in few years time strengthen Canada’s position as one of the world’s largest oil producers. This situation will…
Introducing geological processes in reservoir models
Reservoir modelling and reservoir simulation are based on data collected at multiple scales with resolution ranging from sub-millimetre to tens of metres. New software using knowledge of the geological processes…
Integration – the Foundation for the Asset Team
For many years, Dr. Alain Gringarten considered that “Integration of geological and engineering disciplines is the key to successful exploration and production.” Now Professor of Petroleum Engineering at Imperial College,…
Planning software streamlines the decision process
Inconsistent methods used in the well planning process can result in erroneous decisions that have significant impact on field economics. By using a generic decision support tool, well projects can…
Oil Shale – an alternative energy resource?
Shale oil represents a vast resource of energy. The cost of extracting the oil and the environmental consequences, however, seem to inhibit economic exploitation in the near future. Oil Shale an…
The same PRINCIPLE as in borehole logging
Reservoir rocks have much lower electrical conductivity if they are saturated with oil rather than salt water. This is the principle, well known from borehole logging, which is exploited in…
Jabillo – Prolific Liza Trend out of Reach on Canje Block, Guyana
ExxonMobil, with partners TotalEnergies, JHI and Mid Atlantic, have come up dry again on the Canje Block, offshore Guyana. ExxonMobil, with partners TotalEnergies, JHI and Mid Atlantic, have come up dry again on the Canje…
The Many Ways Fossils Help Decode the Subsurface
From determining how rocks correlate to reconstructing palaeoenvironments and palaeotemperatures, which is relevant to the petroleum geologist, fossils are of great significance to science and industry While there are lots…
GEO ExPro Vol. 18, No. 4 Out Now!
Geoscience magazine GEO ExPro Vol. 18, No. 4 is now available for download. This issue of GEO ExPro focuses on the Middle East and Asia; Geophysics, Machine Learning and AI.…
GEO ExPro Vol. 18, Issue No. 6 Out Now!
Geoscience magazine GEO ExPro Vol. 18, No. 6 is now available for download. This issue of GEO ExPro focuses on The Gulf of Mexico; Russia and the FSU; Non-Seismic Geophysics…
Big Questions and Challenges in Geoscience
What are the big questions that geoscientists can study and contribute to science, technology, economy and policy? During 2019–2020 I undertook a survey of the most important questions in geoscience…