Asset Report
US GoA (GoM) Deepwater exploration basin
*Please note that this report only includes an Excel data file if this is indicated in "What's included" below
Report summary
The US Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico) Deepwater Gulf Coast Tertiary Basin has a decades-long history of exploration and development activity across numerous plays. It has shown itself to be resilient to numerous price cycles. Explorers focused initially on shallower plays, located in geologic areas that are now well understood. As these plays matured, explorers have stepped into more technically challenging and costly environments. Improvements in subsalt imaging and advances in rig specifications have enabled drilling of increasingly complex wells in ultra-deep waters. Significant prospective resource potential remains, notably in the Miocene Subsalt and Paleogene plays. Improvements made by the E&P industry in controlling exploration costs mean that even when exploring and developing these complex, predominantly ultra-deep water plays, full-cycle returns can be positive. Full details are available for download in pdf and xls format.
Table of contents
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Summary of commercial outlook
- Challenges:
- Precambrian foundations and Mesozoic rifting
- The Louann Salt episode
- Late Jurassic seafloor spreading and rotation
- Cenozoic loading and Halokinesis
- Sources
- Reservoirs
- Seals
- Major structures/traps
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Conventional Plays
- Pliocene – Pleistocene
- Miocene and Miocene Subsalt
- Paleogene
- Upper Jurassic
- Cretaceous
- Wells drilled
- Prospective resources by play
- Pliocene - Pleistocene
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Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
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Regional cross-sections across the north-central Gulf of America (GoM)Generalised stratigraphic column of northern Gulf of America (GoM)
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Petroleum events chartStructural map of the Gulf of Americas BasinExploration wells by play ageExploration wells by lithologyKey play characteristicsPlay level dataAssumptionsExploration history mapDrilling activity by well type
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What's included
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