Experienced oil-man John Brooks thinks that there is still a great deal of hydrocarbon potential in the deep reservoirs of the southern North Sea. To test this deep potential, we need political initiatives and the harnessing of technological innovations, coupled with a willingness by big oil, gas and energy companies to take a risk.

Salt and evaporites in general are often regarded as both an excellent seal for hydrocarbons and an operational challenge to drill through – but salt biostratigraphy can also provide a valuable source of information for geoscientists in oil and gas exploration.

Depth modelling using several algorithms has significantly improved salt imaging in the Bay of Campeche, revealing greater insight into the oil and gas opportunities in deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

Using artificial intelligence to assess hydrocarbon charge risks.

Presenting and seeking out global oil and gas exploration opportunities across Africa, North America, South America, North West Europe, the Mediterranean and South East Asia. A GEO ExPro conference round-up from AAPG's APPEX 2020, which took place in London on 3-5 March, 2020.

Egypt became a net importer of LNG in 2015. However, the country announced its intention to cease imports and begin exporting LNG through its main LNG terminal at Damietta in 2020.

CGG and Fairfield Geotechnologies will acquire a series of large-scale, high-density, multi-client seismic surveys in one of the most prolific hydrocarbon regions in North America - the Central Basin Platform (CBP) of the Permian Basin in West Texas.

Total’s new supercomputer, Pangea III, was ranked the number one most powerful HPC in the industry and the 11th most powerful computer globally – but what does this mean for oil and gas exploration?

Leviathan, the giant Israeli gas field discovered by Noble Energy in 2010, delivered its first gas to the Israeli domestic market in December 2019, with the first exports, to Egypt and Jordan, following in January 2020.

Defining the oil and gas industry’s role in delivering a low carbon future. A GEO ExPro conference round-up from IP Week 2020, which took place in London on 23-25 February, 2020.

This 'Hot Spot' feature gives a brief overview of the exploration and production activity of gas in the Eastern Mediterranean.

In October 2019 the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor) launched the county’s second licensing round, releasing a total of 18 new blocks for public tender, covering a large percentage of the total on and offshore area of the country.

A number of drilling campaigns continue to expand on the oil and gas plays on the North West Shelf of Australia.

Italian giant Eni recently reported a significant gas condensate discovery, Mahani-1, in Sharjah.

In January 2020, Apache Corporation announced several oil and gas shows in the Maka Central-1 well, offshore Suriname, in the Campanian sands and the Upper Cretaceous Santonian clastics.