Author Archives: Chris Morgan

West Africa Aptian Salt Basin GIS Update

Posted on 16 March 2012 by Chris Morgan

The Lynx/Fairway GIS Exploration Adviser for the West Africa Aptian Salt Basin has recently been updated with additional data and interpretations. Pre-salt plays within the basin have been further evaluated. Discoveries in the Kwanza Basin in Angola, notably the ones … Continue reading →

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Exploration Fabric of Africa

Posted on 3 February 2012 by Chris Morgan

The Exploration Fabric of Africa (EFA) project (http://www.efafrica.com) is a project initiated by Lynx director Peter Wigley, as a tribute to his friend Ed Purdy who died in 2009. Dr Purdy was a pioneer in the field of carbonate sedimentology, … Continue reading →

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Lynx Rasterlink movie demos

Posted on 21 November 2011 by Chris Morgan

Lynx Rasterlink enhances ESRI ArcMap’s support for georectified imagery. Large collections of georectified imagery are unweildy to view and manage within ArcGIS Desktop. ArcMap MXDs containing a large number of georectified images can be unresponsive and slow to initialise, due … Continue reading →

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Lynx Seismap – New Release supports import to file geodatabases

Posted on 14 October 2011 by Chris Morgan

Lynx is pleased to announce release 4.2 of Lynx Seismap for ESRI ArcGIS Desktop versions 10 and 9.3. This new release adds support for importing common E&P data types into file geodatabase feature classes and raster grids: import UKOOA/SEG-P1/CSV seismic shotpoint/CDP … Continue reading →

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Egypt – EGPC 2011 Bid Round

Posted on 26 September 2011 by Chris Morgan

The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) has recently launched a new 2011 Bid Round, with a closing date scheduled for January 30th, 2012.  The offered blocks are located in the Western Desert, Eastern Desert, Gulf of Suez and Sinai Peninsula.  … Continue reading →

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New – Lynx Risk Mapping Tool for ArcGIS Desktop

Posted on 23 September 2011 by Chris Morgan

Lynx is currently developing a new Hydrocarbon Play Component Risk Segment (CRS) mapping tool for ESRI ArcGIS Desktop. Risk mapping is a powerful application of GIS technology, presenting a visual synthesis of all available data by combining ‘risk factors’ for … Continue reading →

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Libya – Time to Rediscover the Sirt Petroleum Province

Posted on 22 August 2011 by Chris Morgan

With events in Libya moving dramatically in the last few days, NOW is the time to rediscover the Sirt Petroleum Province and its massive exploration potential. Lynx and David Boote have produced a multi-client report entitled: An ArcGIS-based study of … Continue reading →

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Iraq – 4th Licensing Round

Posted on 31 May 2011 by Chris Morgan

According to the press agencies, the 4th Licensing Round is now set for 25-26 January 2012 (as opposed to November 2011). Lynx has compiled shape-files of the blocks which can be downloaded below. Some 12 blocks are to be offered, … Continue reading →

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Mexico Licensing Round

Posted on 17 May 2011 by Chris Morgan

Mexico’s state-run oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) launched a 1st international bid round on November 24th 2010, releasing three contract areas enclosing 6 mature fields. Data rooms for the Magallanes, Santuario and Carrizo blocks are already running. A shapefile of … Continue reading →

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New Tanzania GIS Released

Posted on 17 May 2011 by Chris Morgan

Lynx Information Systems announces the release of our new Tanzania GIS Adviser. This provides a comprehensive integrated geological and geophysical assessment of the hydrocarbon potential of Tanzania and is an essential synthesis of petroleum exploration data to aid the new … Continue reading →

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Iraq – A New GIS-enabled Petroleum Systems Analysis

Posted on 5 April 2011 by Chris Morgan

An Iraqi exploration bid round is to be opened late in 2011. Lynx Information Systems, in association with David Boote Consulting and IGI, is compiling an “interactive tool-kit” to provide a better understanding of the known petroleum systems in Iraq. … Continue reading →

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Lynx Seismap demo movies 3 and 4 – grids and horizons

Posted on 22 February 2011 by Chris Morgan

Movie 3 shows how ZMap ASCII grid files mapping interpreted surfaces can be quickly imported into ESRI raster grid format in ESRI ArcMap, using the Lynx Seismap extension for ESRI ArcGIS Desktop. Lynx Seismap provides automatic reinterpolation of the ZMap … Continue reading →

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Lynx Seismap movie demo 2 – TWT Surface Display and Export

Posted on 21 February 2011 by Chris Morgan

This movie demo for Lynx Seismap uses data from the Lynx West Africa GIS Adviser in Gabon to illustrate the display and export of two-way-time gridded surfaces with seismic data within ESRI ArcMap, and export to Z-Map format. Lynx Seismap … Continue reading →

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New Tanzania GIS

Posted on 21 January 2011 by Chris Morgan

Lynx Information Systems and Fairway Exploration are to launch a new GIS Exploration Adviser for Tanzania, an ArcGIS-based study comprising a detailed assessment of the petroleum geology and hydrocarbon potential of both onshore and offshore sedimentary basins of Tanzania, highlighting … Continue reading →

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Lynx Clickrelate movie demo

Posted on 14 January 2011 by Chris Morgan

This movie demonstrates how the Lynx Clickrelate extension for ESRI ArcGIS Desktop can be used to display well and field reports in a ArcGIS project. For more details about Clickrelate, see here, or download a trial version here.

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