Ali Haq, Author at GeoExpro

Posts by Ali Haq

Opportunities for African gas are plentiful

The International Energy Agency’s 10-point plan to reduce the European Union’s reliance on Russian natural gas makes no mention of Africa. Rather, it sees increased production from Azerbaijan and Norway as likely to provide some additional gas in the short…

Ali Haq

August 25, 2022

Karau-1:Onshore Success Revives Hydrocarbon Activity in Timor-Leste

Good news from onshore Timor-Leste: Karau-1, which spudded late October 2021 in Block TL-OT-17-08, was reported in mid-December 2021 as discovering oil and gas. Good news from onshore Timor-Leste, where private Australian firm Timor Resources, in a 50:50 Joint Venture with NOC…

Ali Haq

May 19, 2022

The Many Ways Fossils Help Decode the Subsurface

From determining how rocks correlate to reconstructing palaeoenvironments and palaeotemperatures, which is relevant to the petroleum geologist, fossils are of great significance to science and industry While there are lots of different methods for dating rocks, fossils (through applied biostratigraphy)…

Ali Haq

December 15, 2021

Equinor signs on for DUG McCloud expertise

High-performance computing experts DUG Technology and Norwegian energy giant Equinor have signed a multi-year deal covering seismic processing and imaging technology.

Ali Haq

September 2, 2020

Polarcus enhances its processing and imaging offering

A new 3-year contract signed for onboard processing to include DUG McCloud.

Ali Haq

May 11, 2020

A courageous experiment

There was a total of 17 discoveries made from 57 exploration wells drilled on NCS in 2019, with the mature North Sea yielding 10 finds, according to NPD (The Shelf 2019). The average exploration success ratio for 2019 is 30%,…

Ali Haq

January 17, 2020

GeoStreamer X Pilot Successful – So What’s Next?

Text: Martin Widmaier, Chief Geophysicist, PGS (paid content) GeoStreamer X employs multisensor broadband technology with wide-tow sources, longer offsets, and multi-azimuth illumination. Although imaging of the first GeoStreamer X in the Viking Graben has only started, everything suggests that the…

Ali Haq

January 3, 2020

A New Era for the Geoscientist

Following on from their very successful and exciting first forum on the energy transition in September 2018 (A New Era in Geoscience), the AAPG are holding a follow-on meeting in Edinburgh, 15-16 October, to look in more detail at exactly…

Ali Haq

December 8, 2019

Negotiating for a Better Gender Balanced Future in Oil and Gas

According to a 2009 study by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever, 58% of male graduates from a high ranking US business school negotiated their starting salaries; only 8% of their female counterparts on the same course did. Immediately, that led…

Ali Haq

December 8, 2019

Making The Most of Your Trip to London

Travel and Lifestyle for Oil and Gas: A recommendation of places to eat and things to do to make the most of your visit to London for the EAGE Annual 2019, June 3rd-6th. Making The Most of Your Trip to…

Ali Haq

December 5, 2019

The Great Crew Change in Oil & Gas

To address the upcoming ‘Great Crew Change’ industry organisations are putting increasing effort into ensuring new entrants into the O&G business get access to information and training. Are We Doing Enough for Young Professionals in Oil & Gas? Ruairi McDonald.…

Ali Haq

December 7, 2018

Spousal and Partner Recruitment in Oil & Gas

Encouraging partner employment in oil & gas with non-profit, international initiative Permits Foundation – to make it easier for expat spouses and partners to gain employment. Enabling Expatriate Partner Employment in Oil & Gas Anyone in the exploration industry who…

Ali Haq

December 5, 2018

The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Posts by Ali Haq

Opportunities for African gas are plentiful

Karau-1:Onshore Success Revives Hydrocarbon Activity in Timor-Leste

The Many Ways Fossils Help Decode the Subsurface

Equinor signs on for DUG McCloud expertise

Polarcus enhances its processing and imaging offering

A courageous experiment

GeoStreamer X Pilot Successful – So What’s Next?

A New Era for the Geoscientist

Negotiating for a Better Gender Balanced Future in Oil and Gas

Making The Most of Your Trip to London

The Great Crew Change in Oil & Gas

Spousal and Partner Recruitment in Oil & Gas

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