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History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme. ( attributed to ) Mark Twain. The first post in this series on the New Golden Age of Carbonates discusses how exploration is a cyclical process. Some fields, plays or even entire basins are deemed to be played out until fresh eyes, a new technical application or, more likely, a combination of the two discovers what was present in plain sight, and a new cycle of development takes place. This Petro Ninja – Enlighten Geoscience Well of the Week is an example of strong technical work repeatedly identifying opportunity in what may be thought of as a series of overlapping circles of exploration. The decades of drilling that followed Leduc No. 1 ( 100/05-22-00-26W4/00 ) provided the data that allowed the identification of the Leduc – Woodbend Rex pool . This Mesozoic aged Upper Mannville deposit was recognized as one of the largest onshore North American discoveries in decades, an inspirational example of circling back to renew the field discovered back in 1947. And now the wheel has turned full circle and the potential of the original Nisku discovery continues to be fully realized. A recent Top Well Report highlighted […]
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