Petrobras for 30 ultra-deep wells
New Petrobras President Francisco Gros said Brazil's national oil company expects to drill 30 wells in water depths exceeding 1,000 meters and 18 in water depths exceeding 2,000 meters in 2002.
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Enhancing seismic depth migration with simultaneous gravity
Integrating methods in Brazil's deepwater
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Satellite radar guides exploration in deepwater offshore Brazil
Aid in mapping seeps and pollution
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Geochemistry solving interpretation, production questions in the lab
Role throughout asset's petroleum life
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Post-drilling analysis identifies other play types in Falkland basin
Frequent boreholes precluded earlier analysis
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Brazil's other offshore hydrocarbon basins relatively untested
Looking beyond the obvious
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Monopoly ends for Brazil's Petrobras
Last month, the Brazilian regulatory body (ANP) signed the concession agreements with the international oil companies making the opening of the oil industry official.
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Geosciences
Latin America's excitement continues to revolve around the opening of Brazil's established southeastern offshore trends.
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Brazil expands exploration on its 20 offshore sedimentary basins
Massive salt wall locking-in deepwater sediments
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Assessment of oil/gas resources in the Campos Basin's Lagoa Feia system
Rift/drift basin formed when plates separated
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Argentine exploration slow; operators continue the search
Tax system similar to UK's
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GEOSCIENCES
Geco Tau delivered 1,700 sq km of processed 3D seismic to Conoco in 70 days. [24,137 bytes] Virtual reality interpretation allows professionals to "walk into" the data volume. [12,648 bytes] Oil is found in the mind, the most flexible virtual environment. Expanding silicon-based capability (computers) is now moving to augment this natural carbon-based capability (brains). Dealing with the increasing information flow requires new ways of "seeing" data sets to extract knowledge from them.
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Geosciences
Dev George Houston Dynamic Graphics' EarthVision links to Landmark Graphics OpenWorks eases importing interpreted seismic and petrophysical data to EarthVision for enhanced reservoir characterization and 3D well planning activities. The Western Monarch, one of Western Geophysical's seismic vessels being equipped with Concept Systems' integrated navigation software.
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SEISMIC EXPLORATION Seismic surveyors tackle tough transition zones, congestion
Dev George Managing Editor International 3D Seamless Cover The rapid development of new seismic acquisition technology is not limited to the glamorous environs of deepwater prospects and trendy subsalt plays. Rather, there are equally exciting innovations occurring nearshore in shallow water and transition zones. Innovations such as ocean bottom cable, digital bay cable, digital telemetry, dual-sensor acquisition and processing, and in-field quality control.
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