NAPE Summit 2019 – As Busy As Ever
NAPE Summit 2019 brings the oil and gas industry together in Houston, Texas on 11th – 15th February 2019. Brought to in association with Indalo International Ltd. Source: NAPE ExPo.…
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Oil and Gas Challenges and Opportunities in Africa
Africa’s total proven reserves stand at 125.3 Bbo and 509 Tcf natural gas, 7.5% and 7.1% respectively of the global total. What are the main challenges and opportunities for future…
Making the Impossible Possible in Oil and Gas Exploration
Wherever the petroleum industry finds a challenge, great technological minds come up with a solution to improve the exploration, production and development of oil and gas resources. In 2,450m of…
A Geological Tour of Morocco’s Atlas Range
The Atlas Mountains, with their folded sedimentary rocks and thick-skinned faulting, soar above dramatic gorges, lush palm oases, crumbling kasbahs, and the exotic souk in Marrakesh. Google Earth map of…
Invest in Big Data
The business value to transform subsurface data into a digital format is tremendous, and well worth the investment. In a typical oil and gas digital transformation project, ten terabytes holds…
Energy and Climate Change
Professor Michael Stephenson is Director of Science and Technology at the British Geological Survey, but before becoming a leading international research geoscientist, Mike worked as a school teacher in rural…
Carbonate Geology of The Florida Keys
The picturesque Florida Keys are not just a favourite holiday destination, they also offer geoscientists a masterclass on carbonate geology and the sedimentary processes associated with creating carbonate reservoirs. Satellite…
PGNiG prefers gas
PGNiG is looking for Norwegian gas to feed its 2022 Baltic pipeline project. In the near term by aquisitions, in the longer term by exploration.
Total’s two axes
“Within Total, we believe that the North Sea still holds many opportunities for a major company,” says Amine Soudani, NWEurope Area Exploration Manager with Total. Total is one of some…
Jobs? Better operations? Look under a different rock!
We have witnessed a tremendous transformation in the oil industry in the last few years, beginning with the adoption of the new techniques of ‘factory drilling’ of horizontal wells, with…
Manx gas for the Isle of Man
In line with the UK and Ireland, the Isle of Man, a self-governing British Crown dependency lying in the Irish Sea, has committed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.…
Gas with a Difference
There are no simple solutions to transforming the world’s energy systems. Fuel cell demonstrating a device that converts chemical potential energy into electrical energy. © Igor Serdiuk/123rf.com Imagine using excess…