Sval Energi acquires Edison
In this way Sval’s portfolio will be enhanced by the development asset Dvalin (10%) and by increasing its holding in the Nova development from 10% to 25%. “We plan to…
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Sailing Through a Subduction Zone
Floating down the Irrawaddy River is a wonderful way to appreciate both the geological and manmade wonders of Myanmar. Highly oblique convergence where the Indian and Eurasian plates meet has…
CGG, PGS and TGS Announce Strategic Partnership for shared Multi-Client Data Offerings
CGG, PGS and TGS, industry leaders of multi-client geoscience data, today announced a pioneering strategic partnership to offer a shared ecosystem providing direct access to their subsurface multi-client data libraries.…
ONE-Dyas keeps exploring the Dutch Continental Shelf – A Friday North Sea wrap-up
In a year where there was even a spell without a single well being drilled, and where many O&G companies are waiting for the government to implement a more favourable…
DIGEX 2021 – Call for papers
The digital transition still requires a massive mind-shift in the industry. Going forward, geoscientists will need to acquire new skills, learn to use new tools, and adapt to new workflows.…
Denmark saving the world
“Denmark will end all new oil and gas exploration in the North Sea, as part of a wider plan to stop extracting fossil fuels by 2050,” BBC reports. The decision…
World of Geology: Travels to Rocky Places
A selection of over 100 images from retired geology professor Tony Waltham have been compiled in an excellent new book, called World of Geology: Travels to Rocky Places. World of…
The Dingle Peninsula: A Kerry Diamond
The locals call them ‘Kerry Diamonds’; beautifully clear, euhedral quartz crystals found in fault zones at the western end of the Dingle Peninsula in south-west Ireland – but the real…
Geochemistry and Microbiology in Seep Prospecting
Studies offshore Nova Scotia have shown that combining geochemistry and microbial genomics can effectively de-risk off shore deepwater oil and gas exploration. Hydrocarbon seep detection is often the first step…
A Chance for the Oil & Gas Industry to Regroup
Covid-19 is having an huge impact across many industries, including the oil, gas and energy sector – but are there any positives to the situation? ID 97292065 © Xdew77/Dreamstime.com International…
Cleaning Up Oil Spills
Waste to tackle waste. Researchers at Flinders University in Australia have come up with a novel way to clean up oil spills, using waste cooking oil from fast food outlets.…
The Land That Oil Forgot: Palestine, 1913–1948
Israeli premier Golda Meir once said, “Moses took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no…