http://www.geoexpro.com/rss/Country_Profiles_headlines.xmlThis newsfeed has been automatically generated by GEO Exproen-gb01 Apr 2012Copyright: (C) http://www.GEOExpro.comAs a tentative and uneasy peace settles on Libya, what does the future hold for the North African oil producer, considered by many as underexplored?http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Libya_The_Next_Chapter/366a0f99.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Libya_The_Next_Chapter/366a0f99.aspxSun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Where in the world can you still find undrilled billion barrel prospects? Iraqi Kurdistan is one answer. But what is it like to work in an area thought by many to be a war zone?http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Kurdistan_Safe_and_Secure_with_Billion_Barrel_Prospects/0b73975b.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Kurdistan_Safe_and_Secure_with_Billion_Barrel_Prospects/0b73975b.aspxThu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT A thirty year independence struggle with Ethiopia means that the natural resources of Eritrea remain largely untapped, but there is ample evidence that this now peaceful country is highly prospective for oil and gas.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/An_Underexplored_Salt_Province/235a788a.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/An_Underexplored_Salt_Province/235a788a.aspxThu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Canada’s hydrocarbon resources are both plentiful and varied. In addition to conventional resources of light to medium crude oil and gas that have been tapped for more than 150 years, unconventional resources like oil sand, coal bed methane, tight gas, shale gas and gas hydrates represent a vast potential for the future.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Canada_significant_production_and_huge_potential/a7d9ce99.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Canada_significant_production_and_huge_potential/a7d9ce99.aspxFri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Oil is flowing to the surface in several seeps within the license area, and nearby giant fields have been producing for decades. The well Tawke # 1 is certainly being drilled in a proven petroleum province, and the first well by a foreign company in Kurdistan is now testing a huge structure delineated by modern seismic data.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Iraq_Targeting_Giants_in_Kurdistan/cfa5d2c4.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Iraq_Targeting_Giants_in_Kurdistan/cfa5d2c4.aspxThu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT In the barren landscape of the Syrian desert you may find an occasional drilling rig exploring for hydrocarbons. In the years to come several more rigs are expected to enter, as the Syrian authorities are now actively encouraging international oil companies to acquire acreage and drill for oil and gas. The next frontier, however, is the offshore, where no wells have yet been sunk.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Encouraging_Exploration/54dbb57a.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Encouraging_Exploration/54dbb57a.aspxThu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT The first oil was extracted from the Gulf of Mexico back in 1938. Since then, 30 billion barrels of oil equivalent have been produced from the US Gulf, but the area is still thought to have huge remaining potential, particularly in the deep and ultra-deep waters.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Huge_Potential_Still_Waiting_in_the_Gulf_of_Mexico/5b15e1fb.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Huge_Potential_Still_Waiting_in_the_Gulf_of_Mexico/5b15e1fb.aspxThu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Oil exploration in Australia has been fraught with disappointments in a relentless land, but onshore basins such as the Cooper Basin can still yield surprises. http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Oil_on_Troubled_Water/d9d4a8b1.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Oil_on_Troubled_Water/d9d4a8b1.aspxSun, 07 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT New leadership, new roads, expanding cities, new found wealth and freedom are bringing dramatic changes to China’s countryside and its people. Has this also brought with it new opportunities in the energy sector?http://www.geoexpro.com/article/The_New_China/9652b40e.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/The_New_China/9652b40e.aspxSun, 07 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT The announcement of a new licensing round in Colombia emphasises how the South American country is moving out of the shadow of violence and into a new era of stability and growth. Billions of barrels of oil may be found according to optimistic geologists.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Colombia_Moving_Out_of_the_Shadows/e8bf9521.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Colombia_Moving_Out_of_the_Shadows/e8bf9521.aspxSat, 06 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT