http://www.geoexpro.com/rss/Hot_Spot_headlines.xmlThis newsfeed has been automatically generated by GEO Exproen-gb01 Apr 2012Copyright: (C) http://www.GEOExpro.comColombia’s regulatory reforms are paying dividends, with dozens of new oil and gas discoveries over the past two years – yet ‘rediscovered’ older fields are carrying the country to new production records.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Colombia_Rediscovered/1866d2ec.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Colombia_Rediscovered/1866d2ec.aspxSun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT The East African Rift System is now one of the world’s ‘exploration hotspots’, potentially just as significant for landlocked Africa and its underexplored rift systems as the Barnett Shale in Texas was to the birth of unconventional shale gas in North America. http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Uganda_Key_to_Future_Hotspots_in_Landlocked_Africa/1b6db682.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Uganda_Key_to_Future_Hotspots_in_Landlocked_Africa/1b6db682.aspxFri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT The continued application of new technologies is opening up a new exploration frontier in the deepwater Kwanza Basin. http://www.geoexpro.com/article/PreSalt_Exploration_Trends_in_the_Kwanza_Basin/b0550410.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/PreSalt_Exploration_Trends_in_the_Kwanza_Basin/b0550410.aspxSun, 13 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT The coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska is not likely to be exploited for hydrocarbons in the near future. Nevertheless, this geological province is referred to as the "nation’s single greatest onshore prospect for oil".http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Huge_volumes_left_in_the_ground/5ba01a72.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Huge_volumes_left_in_the_ground/5ba01a72.aspxThu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT The disputed area between Norway and Russia in the Barents Sea, equalling the Norwegian North Sea in size, has a different petroleum system than the proven oil and gas provinces to the west and east. With pre-Jurassic source rocks, the most obvious targets are in Triassic clastics and Paleozoic carbonates.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Barents_Sea_Nondiscussed_Area/5022d009.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Barents_Sea_Nondiscussed_Area/5022d009.aspxThu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Innovative drilling technology now makes it possible to drill into satellite fields that are located several kilometres away from the original field.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Towards_a_World_Record/91473f9b.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Towards_a_World_Record/91473f9b.aspxThu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Bream (17/12-1) and Brisling (17/12-2) oil accumulations in the Egersund Basin of the North Sea were both discovered in the early 1970’s. A few years later, albeit more than 25 years ago, the 18/10-1 oil accumulation was discovered in the same sub-basin.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/A_Company_Maker/a687873c.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/A_Company_Maker/a687873c.aspxThu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Most of the sub-basins of the North Sea geological province are now considered to be in a mature exploration phase. The supermajors are consequently on their way out. Thanks to various initiatives in both the Norwegian and UK Sectors, however, the pace of exploration is being kept up by a high number of ambitious small companies.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/A_New_Era_for_Innovative_Explorationists/3453d662.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/A_New_Era_for_Innovative_Explorationists/3453d662.aspxWed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT After an absence of 30 years, BP has recently announced that it is returning to Libya - and in a very big way.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/The_Single_Biggest_Exploration_Commitment/795e502a.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/The_Single_Biggest_Exploration_Commitment/795e502a.aspxTue, 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Sonangol EP, the national oil company of Angola, recently announced a new licensing round for 2007-2008.http://www.geoexpro.com/article/Angola_Offers_UltraDeep_Water_Blocks/03b4d579.aspxhttp://www.geoexpro.com/article/Angola_Offers_UltraDeep_Water_Blocks/03b4d579.aspxMon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT