A Minute to Read: Oil and Gas News from Around the World
Taken from GEO ExPro Volume 15, Issue 2. Focusing on bettering the future in oil & gas. Global Energy Activity Drillinginfo Whether for competitor intelligence, corporate evaluation or in a…
Editorials
The Foreseeable Future of Oil & Gas Exploration
A glimmer of optimism is appearing for oil and gas exploration as we encourage industry collaborations to focus on maintaining efficiency, reliability and capital discipline. Things are Looking Up for…
Leading the Way in Carbon Dioxide Capture
With a 100 year history; capturing carbon dioxide now plays a pivotal role in the recovery of hydrocarbons. History of Capturing Carbon Dioxide A CO2 injection well (left) at the…
Sub-Saharan Africa and North West Europe
Both Sub-Saharan Africa and North West Europe have a long history in oil and gas production and they both continue to keep on surprising us. Hydrocarbons in Sub-Saharan Africa and…
Exploring Into 2018
As we come to the close of another challenging year in the O&G calendar, will 2018 bring better times? As we turn the corner into 2018, I get the feeling…
Deepwater Renaissance
Deeper pockets – deeper drilling Jane Whaley “About a year ago I heard a representative from one of the supermajors confidently asserting that they had refined their deepwater drilling through…
Gas is on the rise
LNG sales reached 258 million tons in 2016 and the market is expected to double by 2030 Humans have harnessed naturally occurring gas for over 2,500 years, since the Chinese…
Why Dinosaurs – and Outreach – Matter
Review of the PESGB’s GEOLiteracy Tour “Which of these is a dinosaur?” asks Professor Ken Lacovara, showing his audience pictures of a pterodactyl and a fluffy penguin chick (answer: the…
Gas in Africa
Gas for power generation needed Africa is in urgent need of power throughout the continent. The average electrification rate in sub-Saharan Africa is 32%, while urban electricity access is 59%…
Spring is Nigh?
The long road to recovery There seems to be a distinct air of optimism developing in the oil and gas industry since we turned the corner into the new year.…
Looking Beyond
Evidence of a more scientific approach, combined with some unusual collaborations, could truly be described as blue sky thinking Geoscientists, particularly those studying Africa, are now looking outwards, beyond known…
Just Having Fun
Rewarding careers in an exciting industry While reading Robbie Gries’ excellent book about pioneering female petroleum geologists in the AAPG, (GEO ExPro review), I was struck by the sense of…