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From the Industry

Ghana’s next frontier: The Voltaian Basin

Mariël Reitsma

August 13, 2026

Michael Aryeetey Hydrocarbon exploration in Ghana is entering a new stage: After two decades of offshore success, attention is shifting inland, towards the vast and little‑understood Voltaian Basin. Michael Aryeetey,…

Benin’s second act: Redevelopment of the historic Sèmè Field

Mariël Reitsma

August 6, 2026

Benin’s upstream sector is entering a new era. After nearly three decades without production, the West African nation is preparing for a revival thanks to the redevelopment of the historic…

Guinea-Conakry: From quiet frontier to regional contender

Mariël Reitsma

July 24, 2026

Guinea-Conakry is among the West African countries actively developing its offshore prospects. Encouraged by discoveries in other parts of MSGBC basin, the country is now gearing up for the next…

From vision to discovery

Mariël Reitsma

July 15, 2026

The Niger Delta has delivered many of West Africa’s defining hydrocarbon discoveries, but every so often a well comes along that exceeds expectations. JK‑004 marks the first major success under…

Liberia’s quiet rise: Inside the country’s emerging petroleum industry

Mariël Reitsma

July 8, 2026

Liberia is often described as one of West Africa’s last true frontier basins, an offshore province with world‑class geology but still awaiting its first commercial discovery. As the National Oil…

Before you decide to enter Venezuela…

Kevin Schofield, Katya Casey, Marel Sanchez and Juan Francisco Arminio, U3Explore

July 7, 2026

In recent months, several articles emphasising the historical, technical, and human aspects of the evolving “apertura” in Venezuela have been published in the AAPG Explorer and GEO EXPRO. In the…

A basin-scale perspective: Foster Boateng’s journey through data, discovery and a changing industry

Mariël Reitsma

July 1, 2026

My journey in geoscience started during my undergraduate days at the University of Ghana, where my interest in sedimentary basins and petroleum systems first took shape. That fascination pushed me…

The basement tapes

Henk Kombrink

July 1, 2026

“You’re the only company that tells us where their model could be wrong.” It is an observation that Phil and Tim have had from clients when presenting the latest version…

Is your data NDR compliant?

Martyn Budd, Principal Consultant at Katalyst Data Management

June 28, 2026

Good subsurface data has never been more valuable. From oil and gas exploration to carbon storage and offshore wind positioning, geological characterisation is essential, yet new data acquisition is becoming…

Moveout democratises data transformation

Nevil Hall, Moveout Data

June 18, 2026

UK-based Moveout Data has spent more than a decade addressing this problem as a service provider. Now, the company is taking a different approach: Releasing its in-house data transformation platform,…

Hybrid terrain, unified technology – GT’s land‑nodal system for high‑quality transition zone seismic data acquisition

Piotr Potepa, Geofizyka Toruń

June 10, 2026

For sixty years, Geofizyka Toruń (GT) has built its reputation by pushing technological boundaries and exploring the most challenging environments in the field of global seismic acquisition. Since its earliest…

UH EAS Professional Master’s Programs: World-Class Petroleum Geoscience Education, Built Around Your Career

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston

April 14, 2026

The University of Houston’s Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences offers two fully accredited professional degrees: a Master of Science in Geology with Specialization in Petroleum Geology, and a Master…

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