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.…
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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…
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…