The chase for oil in offshore Somalia
Figure 1: Spectrum 2D datasets offshore Somalia. The illusive oil-prone region of offshore Somalia Offshore Somalia remains one of the last truly frontier passive margins in the world. Only two…
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TGS acquires Spectrum
The transaction will enhance TGS’ position as a leading multi-client geophysical data provider with a 2D and 3D seismic data library covering all major mature and frontier basins worldwide. Spectrum…
Technology is Key
Recent advances in exploration technology is in the focus for the 3rd time in “the May conference” (NCS Exploration) in Fornebu outside Oslo. However, the emphasis will be on how…
De-risking a turkish delight
Spectrum’s Black Sea MC 2D data. An extraordinary underexplored basin New data reveals the potential for a new super basin – an accessible oil play lying within the world-class Maykop oil…
Norwegian Barents Sea: The Norsel High
Figure 2: Map showing seismic location, hydrocarbon discoveries and main geological structures. New prospects generated in the Norsel High The new-found prospectivity in the Norsel High rejuvenates the established oil…
Olympus rising – a step change in North Carnarvon Basin imaging
Figure 1: Location of the North Carnarvon Basin on the Australian North West Shelf and the 20,000 km2 Olympus MC3D. Figure 2: The location of the Olympus 3D relative to…
New light on Northern Argentina
Map showing Argentina deepwater survey outline. A hibernating giant? The new long-offset data reveals insights into crustal architecture. Northern Argentina has a continental volcanic rifted margin, segmented by major transfer…
Offshore Somalia: East Africa’s oil frontier
Somalia’s Exploration Journey Exploration in Somalia began onshore in 1956 with the drilling of the Sagaleh-1 well, followed by a number of wells drilled mostly in the north of the…
Sergipe Basin, Brazil: DHIs from calibrated AVO stacks
Map showing the Sergipe Basin, the location of the Barra discovery well and seismic lines discussed in this article. (Source: Spectrum). AVO signatures help identify hydrocarbons In the relatively mature…