Consultancy

Tiago Cunha (IGI Ltd) will be attending the First EAGE Atlantic Geoscience Resource Exploration and Development Symposium – Marrakech

Tiago

Tiago Cunha

Senior Petroleum Geochemist / Basin Modeller

4 - 7 of May 2025 - to present the latest results on our Petroleum Systems Modelling (PSM) study for the MSGBC Basin. 

A joint effort between TGS and IGI integrates the results from an extensive multibeam and seafloor sampling campaign with a regional seismic data set. Where the sampling campaign has been underestimated in its application for frontier exploration de-risking, this integrated analysis explores tectonic scenarios and new concepts for the thermal history of the margin. A primary goal of this study is to put constraints on the extent of the kitchen areas for the Late Jurassic-Mid Cretaceous source rocks, particularly in the deep offshore, using the campaign's additional data for a more robust calibration.

the First EAGE Atlantic Geoscience Resource Exploration and Development Symposium – Marrakech

Geochemistry

Molecule of the Month - Benzohopanes

By Paul Farrimond

These aromatic biomarkers are unfortunately rarely used in petroleum geochemistry. They have the five-ring structure of the hopanes but with an aromatic ring fused to the E-ring in place of the normal side chain.

Paul Farrimond

Director & Technical Advisor