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The Submerged Continent of New Zealand

Are there continent-scale resources to be found offshore?

Buried Treasure in Jamaica

The beautiful Caribbean Island of Jamaica was home to pirates and their loot in the past, but is there treasure of a different sort in its sparkling waters? Data collated for a new bid round, due to close in March 2011, suggests that there may well be.

Contry Profile: Senegal

After over 50 years of exploration, Senegal has found a number of small fields and produced 11 Bcf of gas, but is still waiting for the big discovery which will help fuel the country’s growing economy. Does it lie in the deep waters of the Atlantic?

An Underexplored Salt Province

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.

Kurdistan: Safe and Secure, with Billion Barrel Prospects

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?

Iraq: Resource Base

As Iraq's political and security situation gradually becomes more stable and safer, the country's rich oil and gas resources will increasingly draw the attention of international oil companies. This article evaluates the geological inventory of Iraq's oil and gas fields, linking the progress and problems of the past to the prospects of the future.

The Smell of Crude Oil

Very few places on Earth combine stupendous scenery, recreation, and oil production. But in the central Colorado Plateau of southeast Utah, the San Juan River has carved two deep canyons that provide river runners with an unparalleled, three dimensional view of the Paradox Formation.

A New Frontier – Blocks Available

The Uruguayan offshore sedimentary basins are virtually unexplored. The time is now right to test the potential of rift basins on trend with the productive San Jorge Basin in Argentina and Campos Basin in Brazil.

Onshore Opportunities in Brazil

Covering an area about half the size of Europe, Brazil's onshore basins could hold large quantities of oil and gas like their Northern Hemisphere counterparts. Yet they have remained barely explored, overshadowed by the huge successes in the offshore.

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