http://www.geoexpro.com/rss/Exploration_headlines.xmlThis newsfeed has been automatically generated by GEO Exproen-gb13 May 2012Copyright: (C) http://www.GEOExpro.comDiscovered in the 1950s, North Dakota’s Bakken Formation oil production was just 1,500 bpd in 2004. Today, it exceeds 440,000 bpd and is expected to be 700,000 bpd within the next few years.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/From_Trickle_to_Gusher_The_Bakken_Oil_Story/631ec4cc.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/From_Trickle_to_Gusher_The_Bakken_Oil_Story/631ec4cc.aspxSun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The much-vaunted Arab Spring, which has brought new life to the Libyan oil industry, where production is reportedly already nearly back to pre-revolution volumes, is having a less satisfactory impression on the business elsewhere in the Middle East.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Force_Majeure_in_Syria/3efe856c.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Force_Majeure_in_Syria/3efe856c.aspxTue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Exploration in South East Asia has a long history – almost 150 years. Is its heyday gone or do giant fields still lie in wait?http://www.geoexpro.com/article/South_East_Asia_Where_Are_the_Giant_Fields_Hiding/dda216d5.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/South_East_Asia_Where_Are_the_Giant_Fields_Hiding/dda216d5.aspxSun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Iran holds about a tenth of the world’s proven reserves of oil and 16% of the gas, and is the fifth largest oil exporter. Here we review the country’s oil and gas fields and reservoirs, particularly in the prolific south-west.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Persia_Land_of_Black_Gold/e7e95f74.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Persia_Land_of_Black_Gold/e7e95f74.aspxSun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT New geochemical data reveal similar petroleum systems to those found in the prolific sub-salt off Africa and Brazil and significant potential for Namibia’s offshore basins.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Promising_Giant_New_Hydrocarbon_Frontier_The_Namibian_Continental_Margin/7010ab5c.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Promising_Giant_New_Hydrocarbon_Frontier_The_Namibian_Continental_Margin/7010ab5c.aspxSun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Recent commercial discoveries and modern 2D seismic in the Tobago Basin suggest that prolific natural gas reserves may extend far beyond the established trend and play concepts.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Brief_Biography_of_a_Biogenic_Gas_Play/3a9bb988.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Brief_Biography_of_a_Biogenic_Gas_Play/3a9bb988.aspxSun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT The recent Bath Discoveries Conference was devised as a celebration of the 30th birthday of the Geological Society of London’s Petroleum Group. http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Standing_on_the_Shoulders_of_Giants/ebe28ef7.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Standing_on_the_Shoulders_of_Giants/ebe28ef7.aspxSun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Aldous/Avaldsnes prospect has grown into one of the largest discoveries 3in the North Sea ever, largely due to excellent reservoir properties.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/An_Excellent_Reservoir/fdd032ef.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/An_Excellent_Reservoir/fdd032ef.aspxSun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT CNPC becomes first international player to secure Afghanistan acreage.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Afghanistan_Taking_Off/04c39c7f.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Afghanistan_Taking_Off/04c39c7f.aspxSun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT A new atlas of the North East Atlantic region is the outcome of collaboration between national survey organizations.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Collaboration_is_the_Future/31fe6e3f.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Collaboration_is_the_Future/31fe6e3f.aspxSun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT