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…
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Comprehending Climate Complexities
The Global and European Calculators are tools that can be used for both exploring the future of our climate and working out what can be done about it, helping us…
Oman’s Musandam Peninsula: Geodynamic and Geopolitical Nexus
Admire soaring, fjord-like walls of Mesozoic limestone as you glide through the Strait of Hormuz by dhow, the type of traditional wooden ships that today share this strategic waterway with…
The Africa Factor: Africa’s Cleaner Energy Mix
While oil will continue to have a role in Africa for the foreseeable future, both in production and consumption, natural gas can and should have a bright future as part…
Great Hydrocarbon Potential in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah
Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) is the northernmost Emirate of the UAE and borders the Musandam Peninsula, the Omani exclave that protrudes into the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The Emirate is…
It took a holiday to find Ekofisk – A Friday North Sea wrap-up
Danish Government happy to send CO2 abroad In an article published on the Energy Watch website this week, it was announced that the Danish government considers to pipe CO2 abroad…
Siri Canyon – storage and exploration – A Friday North Sea wrap-up
CO2 storage project Danish offshore reaches milestone As announced this week, the Nini West field in the Siri Canyon has reached a milestone into being developed as a site for…
Basement play still attractive – A Friday North Sea wrap up
With the NCS Exploration Strategy conference taking place this week, there’s a bit too much to report on, so we will focus on a few highlights today and keep the…
AGR commence decommissioning operations Offshore Ireland
PSE Kinsale Energy Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PETRONAS, is decommissioning its gas fields in the Kinsale Area in the Celtic Sea, approximately 50 km off the south coast of…
Tackling the Local Content Gap in Africa
E&P companies working in Africa have long faced political pressure to maximise local content, but in today’s Covid world it makes more business sense than ever to localise supply chains,…
From GIS to Geomodel – A Friday North Sea wrap-up
Aker BP announces small discovery in Norwegian Sea Well 6607/12-4 was drilled to target Jurassic/Triassic reservoir rocks of the Garn, Ile, Tofte, Tilje and Åre Formations, but even though a…
Finding ammonites – through coring
From 1967 to 1969, the so-called Mochras borehole was drilled on the coast of West Wales. This well penetrated a biostratigraphically complete succession of 1300 m of Lower Jurassic marine…