UK based successful independent geological and geophysical
consultancy for the international petroleum industry
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Our Business
• Project management from prospect generation
to licence acquisition through drilling
• Detailed studies of exploration areas —
both non-exclusive and proprietary
• Technical advice on exploration projects
• Research, analysis and data acquisition
• Added value geological and geophysical
databases
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Corporate Overview
• Established in 1989
• Four directors: two geologists and
two geophysicists with over a century of
diversified experience
• Supported by full-time consultant geologist,
geophysicist and 4 support staff
• Provision of tailor made project teams of world
renowned specialists
• Truly global reach
• Annual turnover exceeds $5 million
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‘Satellite’ Approach provision of tailor-made
project teams of world renowned specialists
in the following disciplines:
Geophysics
Operations
Geology
Specialist Geophysics
Geochemistry
Economics
Potential Field
Reservoir Engineering
Hydrodynamics
GIS Mapping & Databasing
Engineering
Petrophysics
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EGL World
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Example of Proprietary Study
Circum Arctic Project
• A unique and complete exploration review which systematically
assesses the hydrocarbon potential of the entire Arctic
• Data provided by seismic contractors, oil companies and state
agencies to provide a vast database beyond the scope of any
individual company
• Co-operation from government agencies
• Regular workshops held with clients and contributors
• Purchased by over 15 major international oil companies
• ICE-CAP.net website provides ongoing project information
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Circum Arctic Project
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UK North Sea Project Management
Technical Portfolio Management for Walter,
Palace and Britcana (~19 blocks)
•
Execution of two farm-outs each worth more than $50m of
promoted activity
•
3D Seismic acquisition and processing
•
Interpretation and well proposals
•
Two wells drilled in 2004
Management of Licence Round Evaluation
•
Endeavour/Hunt Petroleum/Palace (23rd Rnd)
•
Nippon/Hunt Petroleum//Palace/Britcana (24th Rnd)
•
Lundin/Britcana/Noreco/Silverstone (25th Rnd)
All cases included successful licence applications to
DTI (UK Department of Industry)
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StenaSpey - used to drill
2004 wells (©Stena)
Project Management
North West Territories, Canada
• Technical advisor to International
Frontier Resources (IFR)
• Acquired over 1 million acres
• Farm-out to 4 major N American oil and
gas companies
• Over Can$100m spent on successful
seismic and drilling campaign (7 wells to
end 2006 with 4 discoveries)
• Further wells planned
Summit Creek well location (©IFR)
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Example of Diverse Business
in the UK
UK Discovery Digest – UKCS
bi-annual geotechnical review of
drilling activity and exploration
potential in joint venture with the
DTI and Canadian Discovery over 20 subscription clients
Millennium Atlas – North Sea Oil Basin
petroleum geology review. Project
initiation, funding and management
Inner Moray Firth Study leading to
prospect generation in 23rd Rnd
Chevron and 6 partners - Triassic
Study of Central Graben
WHAT Map – UKCS
geology and data via the
web and module of
Deloitte’s PetroView®
system - over 25
subscription clients
Portfolio management of Palace’s
and Britcana’s N Sea acreage
GOC (group of companies) formed
by EGL for successful applications
in 23rd & 24th Rnds.
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Walter UK – 21st Round
Drilling Venture involving
3D seismic and two wells
Millennium Atlas
Originator and project manager
of a unique and authoritative
review of the petroleum geology
of the North Sea Oil Basin
• 5-year project
• 30+ oil companies
• Government authorities
and industry societies
from 3 countries
• 70 authors
• Sold over 1500 CDs and
books to individuals,
companies, academic
institutes and libraries
• GIS version distributed to
5,000 PESGB members
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EGL – World Clients by Head Office
* Active subscription client or contract within last three years
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