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Evolving the Future Workforce in Oil and Gas

A virtual internship for students and early career professionals in the exploration of oil and gas resources, where everybody contributes and everybody learns. Allen Bertagne guiding the team from Perugia…

Changing the Public Perception of the Oil Industry

The oil industry is the target of sustained negative pressure, essentially calling for production to cease immediately. What should it do? The argument against the industry is simple, emotive, and…

AAPG ACE 2019 – A Sustainable Future in Petroleum Energy

The AAPG ACE 2019 in San Antonio focused on sustainable petroleum development and the need to maximise recovery while minimising our carbon footprint on present and future generations. This conference…

Exploring the Spectacular Geology of Nova Scotia

Now known as Canada’s Ocean Playground, Nova Scotia is jam packed with geological vistas and has long been recognised by geologists as a showcase of Earth’s history. Base map showing…

Oil Wealth and the Osage Murders

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, by American journalist David Grann Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth…

A Balancing Act

Oil and gas majors must hedge their bets if they are to ride the energy transition conundrum. An industry in transition: exploring the options with more horsepower. If you happen…

William Smith’s Fossils Reunited!

An exquisitely produced new book celebrates and completes William Smith’s seminal unfinished work “Strata Identified by Organized Fossils” – and demonstrates the extraordinary skill of early nineteenth-century engravers and map…

The Generation Z Factor

How can we attract the next generation into the oil and gas industry? © Olena Golubova/Dreamstime.com. In my early youth joining the oil and gas industry was very much a…

Assessing Geological Uncertainty: Counting the Costs

Are we getting better at assessing geological uncertainties that underpin our economic decisions? It is a common misconception that inherent subsurface geological complexity prevents us from accurately estimating key reservoir…