A 3.5-million-year-old skull found in eastern Africa is changing the way science views the origins of mankind.
The storage field geologist, while worrying about such things as spill points and thief zones, is primarily concerned with “location, location, location.”
Analysis of 3-D seismic data with several types of seismic attributes can reveal geologic factors that control the location of productive algal mound reservoirs in the Paradox Basin.
Much of the recent success going on today in the Applachian Basin can be traced to old Trenton-Black River fields - some of which are giants in the annals of oil industry lore.
Shell Oil's Pecten explored on 23 risk contract blocks in nine onshore and offshore basins in Brazil from 1976 to 1990. A total of 27 wildcats and six development wells were drilled on 13 blocks.
A new publication that studies an area that is among the world's hottest exploration targets has been released by AAPG.
About 100 years ago a self-taught Texas geologist named Pattillo Higgins had a vision of the future.
The relatively small, sparsely populated countries along the coast of West Africa are poised to be become major players in the world oil arena.
In 1990, Arco International made a technical review of the blocks offered in the Oriente of Ecuador, and offered a bid on Block 10. Arco was successful in its bid, and became operator with a 60 percent interest, and had Agip as partner, with 40 percent.
This month's column is titled 'Crooks Gap Field; Limitations of 3-D Seismic Interpretation.'