As we explore for hydrocarbons we must ask ourselves many questions: Are hydrocarbon source rocks present? When were hydrocarbons generated?

Overview In the 1970s, when the term “deepwater” first came into common use, only the most farsighted observers could have envisioned where the industry would be within three decades. Vessels rated for drilling in up to 12,000 of water to total depths of 40,000 feet, GPS-based station keeping, sophisticated wellhead …