Marine Sniffer Data - Gulf of Mexico - For Sale

Many Anomalies in the Gulf Have Never Been Drilled

In 1967 the Gulf Oil Company initiated a program to develop technology for locating seeps in the marine environment. By 1974 a fairly sophisticated system had been developed and installed on Gulf's seismic vessel, the R/V Hollis Hedberg. This system, operated by Gulf from 1974 to 1983 was used to collect an extensive "sniffer" geochemical database in the Gulf of Mexico that contains over 191,000 dissolved gas analyses. A detailed evaluation of this database made with respect to discoveries made after the geochemical data was recorded showed that the data was 88 % effective in finding new commercial production. This technology not only has the ability to predict whether a block has hydrocarbon potential, but also whether it is more likely to produce oil or gas, a very important economic factor in the evaluation of offshore blocks. This marine "sniffer" database is now available from Exploration Technologies, Inc.

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Gulf of Mexico "sniffer" Data set showing 190,000 measurements collected along regional and gridded seismic lines from 1974-1983. Now owned by Exploration Technologies, Inc.

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NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO:
AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO SOURCE MATURATION AND MIGRATION

L.M. Wenger, L.R. Goodoff, O.P. Gross, S.C. Harrison, K.C. Hood

"The recognition of widespread, and often intense, oil and gas seepage in the Gulf of Mexico has allowed the extension of hydrocarbon system and maturity maps far beyond well control. In addition, abundant seepage has documented that the Gulf of Mexico Slope is an actively migrating hydrocarbon system and provides a means of identifying major migration pathways. There is a correlation between major fields on the slope and intense seepage from the migration pathways to these fields. Thus, seeps provide information that can potentially be used to rank migration pathways to prospects."

First Joint AAPG/AMGP Research Conference
"Geological Aspects of Petroleum Systems"
October 2-6, 1994
Mexico City, Mexico

NATURAL HYDROCARBON SEEP EXPLORATION!

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For SALE - Hydrocarbon seepage database owned by (ETI) Exploration Technologies, Inc. This database provides the most extensive and complete coverage of the entire Gulf of Mexico shelf that has ever been collected - or will ever be collected again. Maximize your exploration s success in the Gulf of Mexico. This data has been proven to be 88% effective in finding new commercial production. This Marine sniffer database extends from Florida to the Mexican border, covering the entire Texas and Louisiana offshore shelf. This data is extremely valuable because much of it was collected from 1974 to 1983, long before many of the producing fields were discovered. The potential of this data has been confirmed by drilling. In 1940 DeGolyer stated that oil and gas seeps had resulted in the discovery of more oil and gas fields than any other single method. Amazingly, 39 years after the centennial issue of the Oil and Gas Journal (January 28, 1979) stated, "Drilling on oil seeps and trends is as good a way of prospecting today as it was then and down the years more oil has probably been found by the use of these simple principles than from all the new techniques of geology and geophysics combined." The very latest “Otis” and recently completed “Gigante” deep water seep surveys conducted by TGS/TDI-Brooks/Fugro provide a clear demonstration of the current value for finding and measuring hydrocarbon seeps. Gulf Oil/ETI sniffer database would provide an excellent guide for focusing additional seep detection surveys using

these new multibeam, echosounder and subbottom profiler systems, confirming and more accurately defining these seepages while adding seafloor bathymetry for identifying hydrocarbon seepage features on the seafloor.

Given the very low price for oil, it is more important than ever to maximize the potential for discovering oil versus gas, defining blocks that have the most economic potential and for discovering condensate and/or oil reservoirs. The presence of an oily seep proves the presence of a deep oil source for filling any potential traps. Gulf Oil/ETI sniffer database provides oil type source information on approximately 5000 of the 13,000 blocks being offered for sale in the upcoming August 2017 lease sale. The presence of one or more oily composition seeps when coupled with seismic can define potential subsurface traps having the greatest potential for an economic return in this challenging environment.

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NEVADA DATA FOR SALE

Pine Valley-Diamond

White River

Newark Valley

MJ

Pine Valley 1996

Mst

Overthrust

Snake River Valley

Fish Creek Valley

Hamlin Valley

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Soil Gas Data Survey's For Sale

Petroleum Exploration Survey's done for the Major Oil Companies that are now owned by ETI. Great data with many areas of High Potential that have never been drilled.

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