Exploration Risks in Finding Oil and Gas: Strategic Committee on Public Affairs American Association of Petroleum Geologists Background Paper 3

Oklahoma City Geological Society

...; The traditional onshore producing areas were reaching the mature stage of exploration. The frontier areas, such as the offshore, were not readily available...

Applied geophysical research for sustainable societies

Yunyue Elita Li, Arthur Cheng

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

.... Singapore has been a strong player in midstream and downstream oil and gas industry, providing technology and manufacturing for ships and offshore rigs...

"Going Public" — The Medco Energi Experience

Grant V. Bowler

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... specifically to be the vehicle for "Going Public". As a company controlling 10 onshore contract drilling rigs, 1 offshore (now 2) drilling units...

History of the Emba Oil, Industry

G. Ye. -A. Ayzenshtadt

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... railroad when S. N. Nikitin headed a special expedition in 1892 using manual drilling rigs in Dossor, Iskine, and Karachungule. The first attempts at oil...

Memorial: Robert Neil Williams (1906-1985)

William E. Kennett

AAPG Non-Technical and Memorials

... as a roustabout and roughneck, laying pipelines and working on oil rigs. While roughnecking on a rig near Eureka in northwestern California, he met Lynn...

Field Summary: Craig, North Field

W. James Truettner

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... Geometry of Reservoir Rock: Lenticular marine offshore bar sandstone bodies, possibly turbidite in " B pool Other Significant Shows: Cretaceous...

Abstract: Apache on Exploration, Development War Path „ Exmouth Project Targeted

Tim Wall

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA)

... Path Exmouth Project Targeted A pache Energy has acquired the services of three drilling ri gs to undertake the most active offshore drilling...

Collaborative Planning: The Flexible Freeze (or Controlled Chaos) Required for Success … Khazzan Field, Oman, #20454 (2019).

Edward Warren,

Search and Discovery.com

... constructing flowlines (and the CPF!) and building well pads while Drilling teams are operating 10 rigs drilling 30+ wells a year. In Khazzan, every...

Well Control 101 - Workshop Summary

Wild Well Control

PTTC

.... More rigs are drilling more wells - faster, deeper and in more complex geology. Rig personnel are less experienced, have high turnover, experience...

Petroleum Developments in Middle East and Adjacent Countries in 1960

Henry Hotchkiss

AAPG Bulletin

... for the remainder of the year. Of the 4 rigs, 3 drilled delineation wells and 1 was used for workovers. Offshore drilling was suspended in mid-December...

Oil and Gas Developments in South America, Central America, Caribbean Area, and Mexico in 1987

W. David Wiman

AAPG Bulletin

... leased 3,994 million ac. Pecten completed 1,880 line-km of seismic offshore. Telstar End_Page 343------------------------------ Energy, Exeter Oil...

Why So Few Historic Sites of Oil Production?

James Douet

Petroleum History Institute

... offshore in the Black Sea and from the beaches of California. But while the derrick is to the era of oil what the chimney is to the age of steam, rigs...

Drilling Cost Reductions in Natuna Sea Drilling: A Case History

Warjanto Saikam, Charles G. Foster

Indonesian Petroleum Association

... sharing contract with Pertamina and is located offshore in the Natuna Sea. Figure 1. Figure 1. Location Map The first contract area in Block 'B...

Oil and Gas Developments in Michigan in 1985

D. Michael Bricker, William L. Henderson

AAPG Bulletin

... of the Southern Peninsula. No drilling is allowed on the offshore lands underlying Michigan's portion of the Great Lakes. Michigan Geological Survey...

Oil and Gas Developments in South America, Central America, Caribbean Area, and Mexico in 1986

W. David Wiman

AAPG Bulletin

... Argentina in the Olmedo, Oran, and San Jorge basins; Brazil in the offshore Campos and Amazon basins; Colombia in the Llanos basin; Ecuador in the Oriente...

Memorial: Dean A. McGee (1904-1989)

John A. Masters

AAPG Non-Technical and Memorials

... to the two most advanced offshore rigs in the industry, "Mr. McGee, you and I did 90% of the work on Rigs 44 and 45." The refinery engineers also...

Petroleum Developments in Middle East and Adjacent Countries in 1951

Richard C. Kerr , John O. Nigra

AAPG Bulletin

...-southwest of Abqaiq; and Safaniya, the first offshore test in the Persian Gulf, located 2 miles out from land and about 140 miles northwest from Dhahran...

T/49P – Southern Offshore Otway Basin

Dave Briguglio

Southeast Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX)

...T/49P – Southern Offshore Otway Basin Dave Briguglio 2018 29...

Challenges and Lessons Learned from Environmental Approvals for Drilling in Frontier Offshore Basins, Using the Great Australian Bight as an Example

Giulio B. Pinzone

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

...Challenges and Lessons Learned from Environmental Approvals for Drilling in Frontier Offshore Basins, Using the Great Australian Bight as an Example...

Petroleum Developments in Africa in 1951

Hollis D. Hedberg

AAPG Bulletin

... drilling rigs were operating at the close of the year. Geological and geophysical exploration for petroleum also reached an all-time high in 1951...

Basins and New Frontiers: An Overview

Michel T. Halbouty

AAPG Special Volumes

... bbl question: Offshore (June 20) v. 47, no. 7, p. 40. Halbouty, M. T., 1984, Reserves of natural gas outside the Communist Block countries...

Petroleum Developments in Middle East Countries in 1964

Henry Hotchkiss

AAPG Bulletin

... for bids on offshore acreage. The Syrian Government promulgated a decree restricting petroleum development and production to the Government...

Petroleum Developments in South America, Central America, and Caribbean in 1972

P. Jacobsen, Jr. , C. H. Neff

AAPG Bulletin

.... Surface geologic work amounted to 24 party-months plus 12 of structure drilling. Nine rigs took part in the offshore exploration drilling, 6 jack...

How to promote unexplored areas?

Henk Kombrink

GEO ExPro Magazine

.... Companies involved in frontier exploration – especially offshore – are the ones with deep pockets. That’s why it is only the majors taking on the risks...

Developments in Alaska in 1959

Harold M. Lian

AAPG Bulletin

... surface mapping will be done. Three or 4 drilling rigs will be active in 1960 and additional offshore lands will be nominated for leasing. Copper River...