Covid-19 pushes service sector headcount to lowest level in over a decade
An analysis carried out by Rystad Energy concludes that oilfield service companies’ staffing levels are set to reach its lowest level in more than 10 years.
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New editor joins expronews team
Henk Kombrink (40) has joined the ExProNews (geoexpro.com) editorial team in a particular time. With geoexpro.com, GeoPublishing brings day-to-day news to the G&G community, focusing on subsurface aspects of the…
Dutch stratigraphic nomenclature enters the digital age
An update of the old stratigraphic nomenclature – which used to be an online display of a hardcopy report – was long overdue, but it now offers many new functionalities
The end of Brent
The infrastructure of the first Northern North Sea discovery is gradually being dismantled
Is there a future for the E&P geo-community in Norway?
“It felt like a brutal theme for a keynote” Egil Tjåland recalls. He received an invitation from the program committee to give a talk related to “What is the future…
Did you just miss one of 2020’s 13 most important conferences for geoscientists?
According to a recently published list by Cegal, you probably did! #DIGEX2020 held at Scandic Oslo Airport attracted more than 200 participants interested in the on-going digitalization of the Oil…
Aker BP wins with Frosk
Aker BP was awarded the biannual Exploration Revived Award for the Frosk oil discovery. The Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF) recognized Aker BP for the following reasons: Frosk is an excellent…
Common sense or a bad example?
Norway’s Minister of Finance Siv Jensen announced on Friday that the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund (known as the Government’s pension fund) will not invest anymore in companies whose only activities…
Renewables outperform fossil fuels
In the 2019 BP Energy Outlook, the Evolving Transition’ (ET) scenario, renewables in power generation (solar, wind, geothermal, biomass) are with 7.6% p.a the fastest growing energy source. In fact, renewables…
Oil for prosperity
Oil and gas plays an important part in improving the living standards which an increasing part of the worlds population is able to enjoy. This is the message from Ryan…
Oil still important in 2040
BP published its yearly energy outlook in which the company explores the forces shaping the global energy transition out to 2040 and the key uncertainties surrounding that transition. Most of…