2018 has been named the 'year of transition' for hydrocarbon exploration and production as we slowly move out of the global oil and gas downturn and into an even more optimistic forecast for 2019.

Independent geologist Bill Armstrong and his small Denver exploration company may have found the third largest hydrocarbon field ever discovered in the US, on Alaska’s North Slope.

BHP announce two gas discoveries offshore Trinidad and Tobago.

Total announces hydrocarbon discovery offshore West of Shetland Block, UK.

Following modern reprocessing of multi-client data, PGS discuss the four key reasons to be excited about the hydrocarbon prospectivity in the São Tomé and Príncipe Exclusive Economic Zone (STP-EEZ).

TGS basin modelling provides new insights into the MSGBC Basin to help analogue-chasing the next SNE.

The Jameson Land Basin, East Greenland is one of the last remaining undrilled Atlantic Margin basins and a potentially world class hydrocarbon basin.

Unlocking the extraordinary hydrocarbon potential of the Eastern Mediterranean, offshore Lebanon, with Spectrum's reprocessed broadband seismic data of the Levant Basin.

Q&A with Neil Hodgson, Exploration Director at Spectrum. What does the future hold for hydrocarbon exploration and production in the UK North Sea?

Reducing costs and risks of deepwater hydrocarbon exploration: the benefits and technology of seep hunting and surface geochemical campaigns.

Brazil is emerging as a top player out of the biggest hydrocarbon producing countries of 2018 following confirmation that the pre-salt Campos & Santos basins may contain as much as 100 Bb of recoverable oil.

Integration of sediment provenance analytical techniques is yielding critical new insights for hydrocarbon explorers around the world.

Integrating technologies for basin analysis improves geological and geophysical models, enabling the next generation of hydrocarbon exploration.

The licensing round, which opened in July, focuses on frontier and underexplored hydrocarbon regions in the UK Continental Shelf.

Africa is struggling to convert discoveries into producing fields however further hydrocarbon discoveries will shape the future success for oil and gas production in Africa.