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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

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Encouraging Exploration

Halfdan Carstens
In the barren landscape of the Syrian desert you may find an occasional drilling rig exploring for hydrocarbons. In the years to come several more rigs are expected to enter,…

A World Renowned Section

Atle Mørk, SINTEF Petroleum Research
With relatively easy access from Longyearbyen, the Festningen Section is a very popular geological attraction that displays an almost complete section of sedimentary rocks throughout the Mesozoic. Scientists, students and…

Storming the Ivory Tower

Raymond Levey, Energy & Geoscience Institute (EGI) at the University of Utah
The oil shock of 1973 transformed the global energy picture. As lines of automobiles snaked down the street awaiting their turn at the pumps,the realization dawned that plentiful, cheap energy…

Iraq: Targeting Giants in Kurdistan

Halfdan Carstens
Oil is flowing to the surface in several seeps within the license area, and nearby giant fields have been producing for decades. The well Tawke # 1 is certainly being…

Cretaceous Park

Halfdan Carstens
Glacial meltwater and subaerial erosion after the ice age has sculptured a badlands landscape within Upper Cretaceous clastic sedimentary rocks. Abundant dinosaur fossil bones and skeletons have been exposed making…

Where most of the oil is

GEO ExPro
Huge amounts of oil sands in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin will in few years time strengthen Canada’s position as one of the world’s largest oil producers. This situation will…

Peru – Not just a tourist destination

Jane Whaley
After many years of civil unrest and terrorist activity Peru has now experienced relative economic and political stability for more than 15 years. A well-established hydrocarbon industry offering attractive terms…

Integration – the Foundation for the Asset Team

Jane Whaley
For many years, Dr. Alain Gringarten considered that “Integration of geological and engineering disciplines is the key to successful exploration and production.” Now Professor of Petroleum Engineering at Imperial College,…

Canada – significant production and huge potential

Halfdan Carstens
Canada’s hydrocarbon resources are both plentiful and varied. In addition to conventional resources of light to medium crude oil and gas that have been tapped for more than 150 years,…

Oil Shale – an alternative energy resource?

Ola M. Sæther, Geological Survey of Norway
Shale oil represents a vast resource of energy. The cost of extracting the oil and the environmental consequences, however, seem to inhibit economic exploitation in the near future. Oil Shale an…