Paleogeography and business
“The production of paleogeographic maps is an economically useful exercise for consultancy companies such as ours”, says Andy Horbury from Cambridge Carbonates. His company has been involved in constructing, editing,…
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A passion for the product
“My best tip for salespeople new to the job is to establish long-term relationships with clients. Let them know you will go the extra mile and show them a passion…
Dynamic model giant Groningen field publicly released
With the imminent cessation of production from the giant Groningen gas field in the north of the Netherlands, the operator NAM – a joint venture between Shell and Exxon Mobil…
Unlocking African energy to power the future
It may not seem like it, but the last in-person GESGB/HGS Africa Conference was back in 2019. But the good news is that for 2023 we are back! The latest…
inApril successfully completes first project of the North Sea season
The initial nodes from the company’s rental pool have already seen successful service on one North Sea project and are now being deployed on a second for a different OBN…
Advances in survey design
The traditional model of survey design uses a survey design tool to create geometry which is passed to a different program – often Excel – to estimate cost. Iterating to…
Developments in seismic data processing techniques
Dedicated software programs employ several techniques, including non-linear traveltime tomography, land-specific FWI, bending ray Kirchhoff migration, anisotropic depth imaging, and horizon-consistent velocity modeling, to achieve obtaining accurate earth models. The…
An industry insider for more than 40 years
“I started my career in 1977 as a geologist with Decca Survey, working offshore on shallow, high-resolution seismic surveys; I was always the only woman on board and I think…
From Statfjord Øst to Suriname – this week’s subsurface news and observations
Longboat – Acquiring interest in Statfjord Øst A small surprise this week was to see Longboat Energy acquiring a 4.8% share from INPEX in one of the most mature fields…
Should academia cut ties with the fossil fuel industry?
“A ridiculous question.” It was one of the comments we got on the poll featuring the question stated above. Nevertheless, we received a total of 382 votes, which is our…
Would Keir Starmer have changed his mind when he would have attended Devex 2023?
Twenty years ago, the first edition of Devex took place in Aberdeen. At the time, the conference revolved around extending the life of oil and gas fields. “Not much has…
95% of seismic data was unused – for the wrong reasons
“My first start-up failed”, said Bill Shea at the EAGE Annual in Vienna recently. “But, maybe it was meant to be, because the second time it went much better and…