Latin America has the great geology to emulate the North American unconventional hydrocarbon saga, but other factors are determining a different path.

Innovative seismic processing techniques by PGS deliver better fault definition and seismic stratigraphy for improved reservoir characterization in the Santos Basin.

Two region-wide oil and gas lease sales in 2019 in the Gulf of Mexico offer thousands of unleased blocks.

Enhanced mega-regional hydrocarbon play and reservoir fairway maps in the Gulf of Mexico have resulted from improved tectonic restorations of its US and Mexican conjugate margins.

BHP announce two gas discoveries offshore Trinidad and Tobago.

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.

On 30 August 2018, ExxonMobil announced its ninth hydrocarbon discovery on the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana.

Promising deepwater hydrocarbon find on the Guanxuma prospect in the Santos Basin, Brazil.

The next phase for Santos Basin appraisal and development will require new seismic data that captures the pre-salt accurately.

The geological exploration success of two deepwater underexplored basins; the Ceará and Potiguar Basins of Brazil, indicate working petroleum systems and potential deepwater reservoirs.

A tour of the geological treasures of The Puna Plateau in northern Argentina and Chile. Continuing Olivier and Caroline’s epic cycle journey through South America.

A region with prolific petroleum systems, such as in the Santos, Campos and Sergipe Basins; new hydrocarbon prospectivity in Brazil has been discovered in the less explored East Potiguar Basin.

New regional reprocessed 2D seismic reveals the prospectivity and hydrocarbon potential offshore Argentina.

State-of-the-art seismic acquisition technology and advanced geological concepts, unlock new hydrocarbon potential for offshore Argentina.

Brazil’s 15th Bidding Round received the largest signature bonus in history.