The largest prospect onshore Africa?
Touted as being as large as 4.3 billion boe (unrisked) PR, Invictus Energy's Mukuyu prospect has drawn a lot of attention recently. With...
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1st Subsurface Team
- Aug 22
- 1 min
A late-life game changer for Serica Energy?
Serica Energy's North Eigg well has spudded in the UK Northern North Sea. North Eigg is analogous to the nearby Rhum field, both...
1st Subsurface Team
- Aug 11
- 1 min
Offshore Wind - An introduction
In 2021 we conducted a series of 4 webinars focussing on the renewables sector. In the second of these we look at the global status of...
1st Subsurface Team
- Aug 8
- 1 min
Ireland's Looming Energy Crisis
The media has reported recently of a looming energy crisis in Ireland. We take a look at Ireland's energy mix, the role of oil and gas,...
1st Subsurface Team
- Aug 4
- 1 min
Dry holes - why does the industry drill them? Edinburgh example.
DNO recently announced the well on the Edinburgh prospect was a dry hole. We use what we know about this well to help explain what a dry...
1st Subsurface Team
- Jul 29
- 1 min
CCUS - What's happening & where next?
In 2021 we conducted a series of 4 webinars focussing on the renewables sector. In the first of these we take a look at Carbon Capture,...
1st Subsurface Team
- Jul 11
- 1 min
Lüderitz - Southern Africa's least explored basin?
Namibia is quickly becoming one of the hottest areas for exploration globally, following the announcement of the large Graff & Venus...
1st Subsurface Team
- Jul 8
- 1 min
More Discoveries in the World's Most Exciting Basin!
Yet more discoveries have been made in this hugely exciting part of the world - we make it 7 discoveries so far this year with 11 more...
1st Subsurface Team
- May 31
- 1 min
Sasanof spuds, Kanga dry - drilling news from Oz
Western Gas have spudded the Sasanof-1 well on the NW Shelf of Australia. This is a prolific gas basin with large gas reserves, both on...
1st Subsurface Team
- May 3
- 1 min
São Tomé & Príncipe's long awaited well
Jaca-1 is the first well to be drilled of São Tomé & Príncipe. The well has spudded and is targeting seismic amplitude anomalies in...
1st Subsurface Team
- Apr 11
- 1 min
Norway drilling update, 5 down 2 to go
Today we give an overview of the ongoing drilling campaign carried out by Longboat Energy offshore Norway (as of April 2022). Kveikje has...
1st Subsurface Team
- Apr 7
- 1 min
Timpan-1, another play opener?
Another exciting area to watch - this time offshore North Sumatra in Indonesia, the Andaman Sea! We give an overview of the area and...
1st Subsurface Team
- Apr 1
- 1 min
Top 10 best oil & gas field names
What's in a name? Often oil and gas fields are named after fish, birds, people, places, planets or gods. Others have more quirky names...
1st Subsurface Team
- Mar 28
- 4 min
Topical & Informative Videos for the Oil & Gas Industry - TROVE news
A breakdown of our recent videos. We'll be adding to this list as we release new content.
1st Subsurface Team
- Mar 28
- 1 min
Open the taps? How the UK can increase energy security
With increasing concern for energy security, political will to produce more hydrocarbons domestically has increased - but where can this...
1st Subsurface Team
- Mar 21
- 1 min
New Aussie Oil Find? Results Imminent
UPDATE: Pavo-1 has now been announced as a significant discovery! With positive signs of a potential discovery, could the Pavo-1 well...
1st Subsurface Team
- Mar 18
- 1 min
The next UK discovery?
The Shell Edinburgh prospect has spud following the completion of the Jaws well. We look into what Shell, along with partners DNO and...
1st Subsurface Team
- Mar 17
- 1 min
Outeniqua Basin - Geology & Prospectivity of an exciting play
TotalEnergies discoveries of Brulpadda and Luiperd have sparked huge interest in the deepwater Southern Outeniqua Basin, offshore South...
1st Subsurface Team
- Mar 15
- 1 min
Guyana/Suriname - Kawa abandonment explained & regional Source Rock
Following on from the announcement of the Kawa-1 discovery, CGX announced abandonment (P&A) of the discovery well. We look into what this...
1st Subsurface Team
- Mar 4
- 2 min
Namibia - regional update & your questions answered
Quickly becoming one of the hottest areas for exploration, we bring you updates following the recent announcement of 2 large discoveries.