Geopoetry 2020: A Celebration
Rocks have long inspired poets, so this event brought together poets and geoscientists to discuss how, in an era of climate change, their disciplines can influence each other and to…
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A summer subsurface summary
As summer gradually draws to a close, people get back to work and schools are about to re-open, it’s time to present a bit of a summary of what happened…
TGS Announces NOAKA Ocean Bottom Node Seismic Survey
The 437 square kilometer survey will be acquired in the NOAKA area, between the Oseberg and Alvheim fields in the Norwegian North Sea, containing both held and open acreage. This…
North Sea entrant acquires two UKCS licences
As announced yesterday, newly formed Quattro Energy intends to acquire two UK Central North Sea licences north and east of the Piper field from United Oil and Gas. United was…
A virtual trip to the heartlands of the African E&P sector
Celebrating the 20th year of the Africa E&P Conference, the Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain (PESGB) is pleased to announce that this annual event, packed with high-quality technical presentations…
Geoscientists for the Energy Transition
The importance of geoscience research and training and how it will help us to decarbonize. The industrial revolution was initially fueled by coal and the subsequent development of modern society…
High Court expresses confidence in Lancaster’s future
“The company is profitable, and anticipated to remain profitable for at least the year.” This is the number one circumstance provided by the High Court of Justice in their judgement…
CGG awarded imaging contract by Lundin Energy Norway
CGG has been awarded a major project by Lundin Energy Norway AS for the seismic imaging of an innovative simultaneous node and streamer 3D survey currently being acquired over a…
Dr Wendell Phillips: Adventures in Middle Eastern Oil
The 20th century American explorer Dr Wendell Phillips is best known for his colorful exploits in archaeology, and for being an independent oilman who broke into the Middle East at…
“Found” 7 profitable MMboe
Lime Petroleum acquires 33.84% of producing Brage Field in Norway from Repsol. As of 15 June 2021, Lime Petroleum entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement with Repsol Norge…
From a dry well in the Ula to an intrusion hotshot
Today we continue our series dedicated to the deepest wells drilled in the countries around the North Sea. Previously, we discussed the Havelange well in Belgium, Tjuchem-02 in the Netherlands,…
Finder Energy acquires Azinor North Sea licences
Following the award of its first North Sea licence in February this year, when Finder Energy announced it had been awarded a 100% interest in P2530 near the Kittiwake area…