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Oil & Gas
This may be a reason why Woodside decided not to farm in to PEL 87 in Namibia
Almost a month ago, Sintana Energy “broke” the news that Australian major Woodside decided not…
Libya’s oil and gas renaissance
Libya, long regarded as one of Africa’s most geologically rich petroleum provinces, is re-emerging with…
Can the Netherlands be an attractive option for disillusioned companies on the other side of the median line?
The 1959 giant Groningen gas discovery made by NAM, the joint venture between Shell and…
Indonesia bid round push continues
In Asia Pacific, Malaysia has been arguably the most successful country in promoting its exploration…
Energy Transition
Carbon Capture & Storage
CCS – a roller coaster ride from an oil crisis to a climate change solution
Initially, at the time of the 1970s oil crisis, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) was…
Basalt as a CO2 storage reservoir
Harnessing a natural process, mineralization of CO2 is the process by which primary and secondary…
The injected CO2 that went missing
It is always good to speak to people at conferences and hear what is going…
Geothermal
Not-so-hot volcanic rocks in Saudi Arabia
This in what a team of researchers concluded in a paper published in the journal…
How interested is Eavor in sharing drilling results of the Geretsried project?
If I fail to hear back from companies when enquiring for information about a project,…
Preventing scaling in geothermal production wells
The Munich area in Germany is lucky when it comes to its geothermal potential. There…
Deep Sea Minerals
TMC’s bold move
Frustrated by delays at the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the UN-affiliated body regulating mining in…
Hunting for marine minerals in the Baltic Sea
While Norway is by far the most dominant player amongst the Nordic countries in terms…
Die Metallkrise ist in sicht: A call for German deep-sea involvement
“Japan, Saudi-Arabia, Norway – more and more countries rely on raw materials from the deep…
New Gas
Iran to finally start producing helium
Redrawn after IHS Energy and Google Earth. Iran is set to join the exclusive group…
Large hydrogen seep found in the Philippines
The natural gas seeps at Mount Chimaera in Turkey have been known since antiquity. They…
New hydrogen prospectivity map released for the USA
“For decades, the conventional wisdom was that naturally occurring hydrogen did not accumulate in sufficient…
Exploration Opportunities
Developing the Kuda Tasi and Jahal discoveries offshore Timor-Leste
The chase for first oil is on in the Northern Bonaparte Basin where Finder Energy holds licenced acreage with legacy, fully appraised oil discoveries. Finder is innovatively re-working the subsurface data with eyes to commercialise the Kuda Tasi and Jahal Oil Fields and bring in the low risk near field prospects.
Pacific oil rush: The sequel – and this time it’s Ecuador
The first Pacific oil rush 100 years ago in California was driven by natural oil seeps onshore driving the exploration of what was to become the fourth largest oil producing state in the USA. Offshore Ecuador, the stage is set for the sequel to the exploration triumphs of the past; where the plot is again thick with oil seeps and discoveries, but where reprocessed seismic data is the action hero taking centre stage on re-imagining this margin.
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From the Industry
Enhancing reservoir characterization through MSI workflow
A through geological understanding remains crucial for sustainable long-term production from unconventional assets. In the…
Seismic ocean bottom node acquisition without ROV
Guided by industry demand for improved efficiency and reduced costs for the acquisition of sparse…
A new and unique multi-client core scanning and thin section digital catalog from pre-salt reservoirs offshore Brazil
The Pre-Salt reservoirs in Brazil are home to some of the world’s largest oil and…
Subsurface
In the news
Taking a seat on the 4-legged stool of honest energy policy
It’s time to start being honest to ourselves regarding the suitability of an ambitious, high-profile…
Energy sobriety – a moment of clarity in a “dry January”
As we enter a new year it’s always important to ponder what we have learned…
Subsurface noise, Issue 6, 2024
PREVENTING BLOWOUTS IN GEOTHERMAL WELLS It is not only only oil and gas wells that…
Geology & Geophysics
On the HUNT for Somalian core
“Having worked on the first-ever offshore seismic survey in South Yemen in 1976, and seen…
How data analysis and 1D models help understand messy vitrinite data
In my last column, I hinted at a case study, where I was able to…
Is it a true conjugate fracture set?
Conjugate faults or fractures are a set of shear fractures that formed simultaneously under the…
Portraits
From scratch
“No data, no problems,” laughs Tanguy Lomme from Epslog when he reminisces on his years…
Turning adversity into opportunity
“I grew up in the state of Perak, north of Kuala Lumpur, in the town…
How do recent geoscience graduates experience the job market?
During panel debates, where industry-stalwarts share their visions on how the energy sector is evolving,…
Technology
The well listeners
Karol Jewuła. “ I recently gave a talk in Kuala Lumpur,” says geologist and pore…
How AI helps democratize seismic interpretation
“The times of gurus telling younger staff how to plough through a seismic volume and…
“You need some chaos to thrive as a company”
“Let’s get this straight,” Benoît Matha says at the start of our conversation on a…
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