WorldOil

Jul 2010

• Impressive Arctic discoveries drive international push into unexplored areas

  Author John L. Kennedy

  Perceived ecological risk and the related political battles over access—not a lack of technology and operating know-how—will be the key challenges to accelerating the development of remote, high-cost Arctic oil and gas resources.
  

  Drilling and Completions, Exploration, Offshore Read More

Jul 2010

• SHALE ENERGY: Developing the Eagle Ford—Unconventional approaches aid Eagle Ford development

  Author Murray Roth

  Stretching from the meandering Rio Grande, the Eagle Ford Shale play extends along a 50-mile corridor in South Texas for over 400 miles to the northeast.

  Drilling and Completions, Exploration, Onshore, Shale, North America Read More

Jun 2010

• Multicomponent seismic exploration: A more complete conversation

  Author Robert R. Stewart

  Integrating converted shear-wave data with traditional P-wave data provides reservoir insights.

  Exploration, North America Read More

Feb 2010

• Global E&P capital expenditures to increase 11%

  Author James D. Crandell, James C. West, Nicholas McLean and Anthony Walker

  E&P expenditures in the US are indicated to rise by 12%, a somewhat surprising magnitude given weak natural gas fundamentals.

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Feb 2010

• What’s new in exploration

  Author Christopher Liner, Contributing Editor

  The meaning of seismic amplitude

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Dec 2009

• What’s new in exploration

  Author Gordon Feller, Contributing Editor

  Reward and risk of exploring in Egypt

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Nov 2009

• What’s new in exploration

  Author Perry Fischer, Editor

  What do mantle plumes tell us about plate tectonics?

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Sep 2009

• Coil-pattern shooting offers step change for cost-effective FAZ imaging

  Author David Hill, Mark Thompson and Marianne Houbiers

  With the right pattern and tools, illumination of the reservoir, NPT and survey times are greatly improved..

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Sep 2009

• Exploration discoveries

  Author Arthur Berman, Contributing Editor

  Exploration discoveries

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Sep 2009

• Hydrocarbon prospecting in deepwater Trinidad using AVO and spectral decomposition

  Author Mohamad Etemadi, Laszlo Benkovics, Carlos Moreno, Maria A. Perez, Jeffrey S. Meyer and Alan Huffman

  Synthetic models for different fluid types and saturations indicate that fluid prediction is possible with these methods. 
  

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