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High-Res Characterisation of Unconventional Reservoirs

GEO ExPro
GEOLOG has developed an innovative workflow, integrating wellsite activity with laboratory work to define a comprehensive, high-resolution understanding of unconventional reservoir properties. © GEOLOG. Unconventional activities constantly require new technological…

Surface Geochemical Campaigns

Stephanie Ingle and Jim Gharib; Fugro
Reducing costs and risks of deepwater hydrocarbon exploration: the benefits and technology of seep hunting and surface geochemical campaigns. A seep hunting and geochemical campaign can provide economic and cost-saving…

Reservoir Rock Characterisation Using Raman Spectroscopy

Marybeth Wegner, Grant A. Myers, Ph.D. and Nathan Nicholas; WellDog
Raman Spectroscopy enables precise reservoir rock characterisation studies and provides invaluable insight into the reservoir’s heterogeneity and other fine-scaled details. In today’s competitive market, reservoir rock characterisation has become a…

Wellsite Mud Logging and Reservoir Geochemistry

Mario A. Chiaramonte; Geolog International
Wellsite mud logging and reservoir geochemistry results in a better reservoir characterisation in real time, improving performance and reducing costs. The Evolution of Geochemistry A mud logging-geochemical unit operating in…

Does Lightning Strike Twice?

H. Roice Nelson Jr., Les R. Denham, Dr. Jim Siebert, And Kathleen S. Haggar; Dynamic Measurement LLC
Lightning analysis provides a new geophysical technique, which is safe and cost- effective and has the potential to spark a step change in the geophysical exploration for oil and gas…

Using AI to Estimate Hydrocarbon Prospect Size

Halfdan Carstens
With the recent advances in technology and adoption of machine learning in geosciences, is it time for AI to take a hand in estimating hydrocarbon prospect sizes? Comparing company pre-drilling…

Worldwide Energy Shortage

Jane Whaley
Almost one billion people, 13% of the world’s population, still do not have electricity in their homes.   The three-stone open fire: still the main method of cooking in many…

Geophysical Technology: PGS Marine Vibrators

Guest Contributer: Rune Tenghamn; PGS, Martin Landrø and Lasse Amundsen; NTNU and Bivrost Geo.
Part 2: Early developments of marine vibrators for geophysical acquisition techniques made by PGS. Once you know what you want in life…like a magnet you attract the resources necessary to…

Ocean-Bottom Nodal Seismic

Rick Dunlop and Brian Taylor; Axxis Geo Solutions
Ocean-bottom seismic acquisition is encroaching on the traditional marine streamer market by offering unique, scalable and efficient solutions for exploration and development of oil and gas. A New Wave in…

Dr. Munim M. Al-Rawi

Mukrim and Basil Al-Rawi
Dr. Munim M. Al-Rawi, a highly-respected and pioneering Iraqi-Irish geologist, and popular contributor to GEO ExPro Magazine, died suddenly but peacefully on 1 November 2018 at his home in Ireland.…

Next Generation Hydrocarbon Exploration

Stefano Volterrani, Tim Matava, Zakir Hossain, Shihong Chi and Brian W. Horn; ION E&P Advisors
Integrating technologies for basin analysis improves geological and geophysical models, enabling the next generation of hydrocarbon exploration. Seismic Interpretation Workflows Typically, seismic data processing employs a limited consideration for the…

Sediment Provenance Analysis

Marta Barbarano; Chemostrat
Integration of sediment provenance analytical techniques is yielding critical new insights for hydrocarbon explorers around the world. Sediment provenance analysis has become increasingly popular in the last decade due to…