Tullow’s Block 47 GVN-1 has reached TD at 5,060m, encountering good quality reservoir but only minor oil shows.

Geological fieldwork is important to help us gain a better understanding of the hydrocarbon development and potential productivity of the offshore Natuna basins of the South China Sea.

Exploring in Sumatra for oil and gas in naturally fractured and weathered basement reservoirs.

Searcher, a leading service provider of geoscience products for oil and gas exploration and production companies, has announced its expansion into the mining sector.

Apache and Total have encountered considerable net hydrocarbon pay in good quality Upper-Cretaceous reservoirs in the Block 58 Keskesi East-1 well.

BP with partners Cue Energy, Beach Energy and NZOG have completed drilling the Ironbark-1 wildcat in Block WA-359 offshore in the North Carnarvon Basin.

In southern offshore Trinidad, BHP have made two deepwater gas condensate discoveries in recent years, but the latest Broadside-1 well was met with disappointing results.

In late 2020, ONGC completed BS-17-1 on the Mumbai High as an oil, gas and condensate discovery in the West of Bassein Mining Lease. This discovery is a satellite to the Panna and Mukta fields.

Late in 2020 Brazil announced details of its 17th Licensing Round in which 92 blocks in the offshore Campos, Pelotas, Potiguar and Santos Basins, covering a total of 53,900 km2, will be offered.

In the wake of Covid-19, oilfield service providers are turning to new technologies based on digitalisation and automation.

What can we learn from the world’s best petroleum basins – and what can we bring from them to the areas we explore?

As North Sea oil and gas fields reach the end of their lives and face decommissioning, can their infrastructure be used to invigorate stranded undeveloped reserves and discoveries?

Many may argue about the best use for Artificial Intelligence: is it in the exploration or the development of oil and gas resources? This article illustrates with case studies that AI sits comfortably in both, and forms a bridge between the two, allowing interpretation continuity.

Underexplored West of Shetland has potential for big oil and gas discoveries in newly awarded UK licensing round.

Suriname is offering eight new offshore blocks in the underexplored Shallow Offshore (SHO) acreage, which are in close proximity to a string of deepwater hydrocarbon discoveries and billion barrel in-place onshore oil fields.