http://www.geoexpro.com/rss/Giant_Fields_headlines.xmlThis newsfeed has been automatically generated by GEO Exproen-gb13 May 2012Copyright: (C) http://www.GEOExpro.comSecond only to Saudi Arabia’s Ghawar, the supergiant Burgan field in Kuwait was discovered by a series of wells drilled during 1938-1952. Sitting on a huge structural anticline and occupying an area of 780 km2, the Cretaceous reservoirs of the Great Burgan field still account for most of Kuwait’s oil.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/The_Great_Burgan_Field_Kuwait/e3fdc547.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/The_Great_Burgan_Field_Kuwait/e3fdc547.aspxSun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT “We climbed for most of that day, conquering step by step the Morvarid Pass, only to drop down again, having reached the top; and as evening fell we came down on the lovely valley of Deh Diz, with its single sentinel poplar and a ruined castle in the distance, and the long ridge of the snowy Kuh-e Mangasht beyond. Our camping-place this time was in an orchard of pomegranates, beside a clear mountain stream, on a grassy terrace strewn with rocks and boulders.” Vita Sackville-West, Twelve Days in Persia: Across the Mountains with Bakhtiari Tribe (1928)http://www.geoexpro.com/article/The_Zagros_Uplift/6011a2e4.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/The_Zagros_Uplift/6011a2e4.aspxFri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The first oil was sampled in September last year. It took several wells and one full year of detailed analyses to prove that the discovery may contain more than 2.6 billion barrels of oil. http://www.geoexpro.com/article/A_World_Class_Discovery/0c397a54.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/A_World_Class_Discovery/0c397a54.aspxSat, 10 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Raven Field in the Nile Delta, discovered in 2004, has proved the window to a major new play in this prolific geological province and has de-risked a significant volume of Egypt’s yet-to-find hydrocarbons.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/The_Raven_Field_Planning_For_Success/c9d949fd.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/The_Raven_Field_Planning_For_Success/c9d949fd.aspxSun, 07 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Innovative thinking and a new play concept finds a giant gas field on a lease block that had been explored for 50 years and drilled 11 times.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/A_New_Look_Finds_a_Giant/5e26a4da.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/A_New_Look_Finds_a_Giant/5e26a4da.aspxSun, 07 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Gulf of Mexico Basin has proved to be a highly successful hydrocarbon province, and the vast untapped volume of both oil and gas ensures that the basin will continue as a major player for decades to come.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Gulf_of_Mexico/958e8ee8.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Gulf_of_Mexico/958e8ee8.aspxSun, 31 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT Recent news of at least three dry wells and suspension of the Tupi extended well test illustrate some of the challenges facing the pre-salt play that Brazil's government has touted as having "no exploration risk." However, with the huge reserves already discovered, the frontier area remains a hot play.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Reality_Hits_Brazils_PreSalt_Play/11e30378.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Reality_Hits_Brazils_PreSalt_Play/11e30378.aspxTue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT The giant Forties Field was discovered in 1970, only the second oil field to be found in the UK North Sea. Originally predicted to run dry by the early 1990, it has now produced 2.64 billion barrels – and is expected to continue for another 20 years.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/The_First_UK_Giant_Oil_Field/29e0262c.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/The_First_UK_Giant_Oil_Field/29e0262c.aspxTue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT Since the petroleum industry began in the mid-nineteenth century, numerous oil fields have been discovered and over 70,000 oil fields are still in use. Nonetheless, not all fields were created equally.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/The_King_of_Giant_Fields/d311f583.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/The_King_of_Giant_Fields/d311f583.aspxMon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT