Exploration Insights March 2020 | Page 2

Analogues for the Tuwaiq Mountain Unconventional Play There is potential for a prolific unconventional resource interval within the Middle–Late Jurassic of the Middle East. Lessons learned from producing analogues can greatly expedite our understanding of this emerging resource interval and help high-grade the most prospective areas. Meet Karen, our Solution Owner for Regional Petroleum Geoscience CONTENTS 04 Source Rock Maturity, Offshore Madagascar Welcome to the March issue of the Exploration Insights magazine! Our regular readers will be familiar with the breadth of products that comprise the Neftex ® Insights portfolio. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself, and highlight some of the work carried out by my team. As the Solution Owner for Regional Petroleum Geoscience, I am responsible for our portfolio of regional interpretive products, including gross depositional environment maps, chronostratigraphic charts and play cross sections, and the data gathering that underpins them. For example, recent work by my team looking at the potential in the Egyptian Red Sea was discussed in last month’s issue of this magazine. I also oversee FairwayFinder, the first of our next generation applications, which processes Neftex geoscience content to deliver play fairway assessments in minutes. To find out more, take a look at the November issue of the Exploration Insights magazine. I have a passion for geoscience, which developed during my undergraduate studies at the University of Cambridge, UK. Having graduated with a degree in Earth Sciences, I pursued this passion, completing a Ph.D. in structural geology from the University of Oxford, UK. In my subsequent 13 years in the oil and gas industry, I have held a number of roles, including as Senior Geoscientist for Neftex Petroleum Consultants, where I spent seven years on the consultancy team. This involved working directly with customers on projects ranging from regional tectonostratigraphic evolution studies, through basin screening and play fairway mapping, to prospect identification and ranking. We are committed to helping our customers overcome their exploration challenges. As we develop our technical content, delivery platforms, and next generation applications, we are always interested in hearing how we can better meet your needs. If you have a corporate subscription and would like to discuss the development of our regional products, or would like more information about FairwayFinder, please contact me. For general enquiries or support, please contact [email protected] Interest in offshore western Madagascar has been sparked by recent success on the conjugate East African margin. Despite their similar tectonic histories, these margins have different potential for the development of oil and gas. Using 1D basin modeling in the Morondava Basin, we demonstrate the potential for oil generation on the western Madagascan margin. 14 Editor Rebecca Head Editorial Advisors Mike Simmons Thomas Jewell Artwork Alessia Nawell Helen Ding Rachel Hopper Design and Circulation Stefanie Clayton Karen Heyburn SOLUTION OWNER — REGIONAL PETROLEUM GEOSCIENCE On the cover: Arabian Plate from NASA Scan the QR code below and sign up to receive our monthly digital magazine. A Short Field Excursion to the Shropshire Hills, England The Shropshire Hills occupy one of the most geologically diverse areas to be found in the United Kingdom, and in the eighteenth century, oil seeps from this area helped fuel the Industrial Revolution. This article outlines a one-day field excursion, which focuses on the identification of potential source rock intervals in the region. 22 The Exploration Handbook — Petroleum Systems and Basin Modeling Geoscientists perform petroleum systems modeling in order to assess the key aspects of a petroleum system that impact exploration risk. This modeling can be conducted in 1D, 2D, or 3D depending on the objectives of the project, and the time and data available. This magazine is published by Halliburton Landmark. For comments and suggestions contact: [email protected]. 30