Exploration/discoveries
Geophysicist Markos Sourial discusses advances in seismic imaging, the challenges of modern data processing, and what they mean for the next wave of subsurface professionals.
Supermajor aims to start appraisal activities in 2027 and is evaluating development possibilities for the deepwater find offshore Brazil, which is the company’s largest discovery in 25 years.
Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.
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The Arab world’s most populous country has awarded a string of concessions in a bid to become the region’s next major supplier of natural gas. -
Under the agreement, the Oklahoma City independent will monetize half of its working interest in 133 undrilled locations in the form of a $100-million drilling carry during the next 4 years.
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The Quesqui field is expected to be the biggest onshore find in Mexico since 1987.
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Chinese firms stepped in for the majors in Brazil’s two underwhelming offshore auctions.
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The Caribbean nation hopes the auction will lead to at least two exploration projects in a region that has become increasingly attractive thanks to new discoveries and investments made in neighboring countries.
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The confluence of alternative energies, shifting public sentiment, and the industry’s own improvements to existing fields may upend the industry’s “engine of growth.”
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This new development is the first to recover commercial quantities of oil in the UK from reservoirs that are generally considered non-productive.
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Schlumberger introduced the GAIA digital exploration platform, which it says enables exploration teams to rapidly discover and access basin-scale data and manage their exploration opportunities.
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The explorer has so far encountered 400 ft of reservoir pay zone in an area where it has three other producing fields.
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The discovery is world’s third-largest natural gas discovery in the past 2 years.
