Oil & Gas Geology, Exploration, and Production

 A Short History of Geosteering – by Kent C. Stewart, Geologist, Blue Dragon Geoscience, LLC (originally written March 2016, revised Feb. 2023). February 22, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: A Short History of Geosteering – by Kent C. Stewart, Geologist, Blue Dragon Geoscience, LLC (originally written March 2016, revised Feb. 2023)

Argentina’s Vaca Muerta and Los Molles Shales of the Neuquén Basin: Potential to Help the Country and Global Oil and Gas Supply if Infrastructure, Equipment Availability, Supply Chains, and Financing Can Be Worked Out. April 9, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Argentina’s Vaca Muerta and Los Molles Shales of the Neuquén Basin: Potential to Help the Country and Global Oil and Gas Supply if Infrastructure, Equipment Availability, Supply Chains, and Financing Can Be Worked Out

Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Shale and Austin Chalk Oil & Gas Plays in the Western Gulf Coast Basin in South Texas. May 11, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Shale and Austin Chalk Oil & Gas Plays in the Western Gulf Coast Basin in South Texas

African Oil and Gas Potential: Restrained Financing (Green Colonialism?), Russia and China, and Other Challenges and Opportunities. July 30, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: African Oil and Gas Potential: Restrained Financing (Green Colonialism?), Russia and China, and Other Challenges and Opportunities

Comstock Resources’ and Aethon’s Screaming Monster Gas Wells in the Deep Western Haynesville/Bossier Play in the East Texas Basin. August 4, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Comstock Resources’ and Aethon’s Screaming Monster Gas Wells in the Deep Western Haynesville/Bossier Play in the East Texas Basin

Ohio’s Utica Volatile Oil Window Revisited: EOG’s Utica Combo Play Shows Successes. September 23, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Ohio’s Utica Volatile Oil Window Revisited: EOG’s Utica Combo Play Shows Successes

Associated Gas in Oil Wells: Permian Basin Associated Gas Leading New U.S. Natural Gas Growth. November 3, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Associated Gas in Oil Wells: Permian Basin Associated Gas Leading New U.S. Natural Gas Growth

Will the Barnett Shale Become a New Midland Basin Play? And Some Other Deep Shale Plays that Are Virtually Untapped. December 1, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Will the Barnett Shale Become a New Midland Basin Play? And Some Other Deep Shale Plays that Are Virtually Untapped

New Major Natural Gas Discovery in North Sumatra Basin Offshore Indonesia: Mubadaba Energy’s South Andaman Find is Regionally Significant and Confirms Harbour Energy’s 2022 Discovery to the North. December 29, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: New Major Natural Gas Discovery in North Sumatra Basin Offshore Indonesia: Mubadaba Energy’s South Andaman Find is Regionally Significant and Confirms Harbour Energy’s 2022 Discovery to the North

Longer Wells Mean More Production from Fewer Rigs: Repost of a Linked-In Post by Ted Cross of NOVI Labs (w/commentary and additional graphs). May 12, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Longer Wells Mean More Production from Fewer Rigs: Repost of a Linked-In Post by Ted Cross of NOVI Labs (w/commentary and additional graphs)

Reserves Evaluation for Oil, Gas, Coal, and Minerals: Price, Tech, Concentration, Rate, and Economics. August 13, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Reserves Evaluation for Oil, Gas, Coal, and Minerals: Price, Tech, Concentration, Rate, and Economics

Oil & Gas in Poland: Fields, Shale Gas Tests in Silurian and Ordovician Rocks, and a Significant New Oil Discovery in the Permian Basin of Western Poland. September 16, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Oil & Gas in Poland: Fields, Shale Gas Tests in Silurian and Ordovician Rocks, and a Significant New Oil Discovery in the Permian Basin of Western Poland

The Montney Formation in Eastern British Columbia and Western Alberta: Geology, Well Production, Opportunities, and Challenges. October 4, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Montney Formation in Eastern British Columbia and Western Alberta: Geology, Well Production, Opportunities, and Challenges

Mexico’s Energy Challenges and Opportunities: Sheinbaum, Pemex, and the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE). October 23, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Mexico’s Energy Challenges and Opportunities: Sheinbaum, Pemex, and the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE)

South Korea’s East Sea Oil & Gas Exploration Project in the Ulleung Basin: Reserves Yet to Be Confirmed but Could Be Big. October 23, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: South Korea’s East Sea Oil & Gas Exploration Project in the Ulleung Basin: Reserves Yet to Be Confirmed but Could Be Big

Suriname’s Offshore Block 58: Total and APA Approve FID in the Guyana-Suriname Basin: It Should be Interesting to See How New Oil Wealth Can Aid the Country in the Years Ahead. October 29, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Suriname’s Offshore Block 58: Total and APA Approve FID in the Guyana-Suriname Basin: It Should be Interesting to See How New Oil Wealth Can Aid the Country in the Years Ahead

Upper Devonian Burket/Geneseo Shale Geology, Drilling, and Production in the Appalachian Basin: A Supergiant Field Waiting to Be Fully Developed. December 29, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Upper Devonian Burket/Geneseo Shale Geology, Drilling, and Production in the Appalachian Basin: A Supergiant Field Waiting to Be Fully Developed

Utica Condensate/Light Oil Production Grows in Ohio as the Volatile Oil Window is Drilled in New Ways and Stimulated with New Frac Recipes: Economics Can Be as Good as the Best Permian Wells. January 6, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Utica Condensate/Light Oil Production Grows in Ohio as the Volatile Oil Window is Drilled in New Ways and Stimulated with New Frac Recipes: Economics Can Be as Good as the Best Permian Wells

The Value of Oil in South Sudan, a Fledgling Country Trying to Recover from Conflict. January 10, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Value of Oil in South Sudan, a Fledgling Country Trying to Recover from Conflict

Uinta Basin in Northeast Utah: An Emerging U.S. Oil Play with Stacked Payzones and Very Good Results. March 6, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Uinta Basin in Northeast Utah: An Emerging U.S. Oil Play with Stacked Payzones and Very Good Results

American Shale Pioneers Set to Explore the Middle East for Unconventional Oil & Gas. May 19, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: American Shale Pioneers Set to Explore the Middle East for Unconventional Oil & Gas

The Cretaceous-Aged Mowry Composite Total Petroleum System: USGS Assesses Remaining Hydrocarbon Resources: Mainly Southwestern Wyoming with Some in Colorado and Utah. May 24, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Cretaceous-Aged Mowry Composite Total Petroleum System: USGS Assesses Remaining Hydrocarbon Resources: Mainly Southwestern Wyoming with Some in Colorado and Utah

The Emerging Cherokee Shale and Other Pennsylvanian Plays in the Western Anadarko Basin. June 25, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Emerging Cherokee Shale and Other Pennsylvanian Plays in the Western Anadarko Basin

The Western Hemisphere’s Near-Term Oil Production Growth to Come from South America (and Canada). July 11, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Western Hemisphere’s Near-Term Oil Production Growth to Come from South America (and Canada)

Offshore Oil & Gas Discovery in Poland’s Permian Basin Margin in the Baltic Sea is Very Significant: Could Be Biggest Find in Europe in a Decade. July 22, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Offshore Oil & Gas Discovery in Poland’s Permian Basin Margin in the Baltic Sea is Very Significant: Could Be Biggest Find in Europe in a Decade

Utica-Point Pleasant Evaluations Via XRF Chemostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy. July 26, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Utica-Point Pleasant Evaluations Via XRF Chemostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy

BP’s New Oil Find in Sub-Salt Santos Basin Carbonates Offshore Brazil is Huge but There are CO2 Concerns. August 6, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: BP’s New Oil Find in Sub-Salt Santos Basin Carbonates Offshore Brazil is Huge but There are CO2 Concerns

Kimmeridge White Paper on Remaining North American Shale Inventory is Informative: Summary Review, & Commentary. August 7, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Kimmeridge White Paper on Remaining North American Shale Inventory is Informative: Summary Review, & Commentary

The Mancos Shale and Other Plays in the San Juan Basin of Northwest New Mexico and Southwestern Colorado: Ripe for a Resurgence? August 9, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Mancos Shale and Other Plays in the San Juan Basin of Northwest New Mexico and Southwestern Colorado: Ripe for a Resurgence?

Norway’s Equinor Turns on New Oil Field in the Barents Sea: Johan Castberg Now Producing 220,000 Bbls Per Day with Hopes to Expand Field to Near 1 Billion Barrels. August 13, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Norway’s Equinor Turns on New Oil Field in the Barents Sea: Johan Castberg Now Producing 220,000 Bbls Per Day with Hopes to Expand Field to Near 1 Billion Barrels

 

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     A new field in the Barents Sea, operated with Norway’s Equinor(46.3%), along with partners Var Energi (30%) and Petoro (23.7%), just be...