Over the next several months I plan to look at various areas and topics connected with exploration, especially the search for new basins, provinces and plays. The articles I can foresee at the moment cover:
* Atlantic Ireland (published in December)
* The Falkland Basins (published in January)
* Deep Gulf of Mexico (published now)
* Heavy Oil in the North Sea (published now)
* Global Exploration "Hot Spots"
I’m sure there will be more!
In this month’s Features, I look at the Gulf Of Mexico and ponder why exploration there seems to be so active, with large numbers of companies - big and small - involved. And Heavy Oil in the North Sea and consider the future for the current resource holders.
David Bamford
David Bamford is 61. He is a non-executive director at Tullow Oil plc and has various roles with Parkmead Group plc, PARAS Ltd and New Eyes Exploration Ltd, and runs his own consultancy. He writes regular articles for OilVoice, OilBarrel and ROGTEC.
He retired from BP in 2003, after a 23 year career spent initially in research & technology, then the geophysics function, business unit leadership, and finally BP’s global exploration programme.
Email: bamford_neweyes@hotmail.co.uk
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