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…
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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…
Sir Thomas Boverton Redwood: A Pioneer in Petroleum Engineering
Sir Thomas Boverton Redwood, arguably the father of petroleum engineering in Britain and a giant in the history of the petroleum industry, died 100 years ago in 1919. We take…
First licence for Mime Petroleum
The agreement provides Mime with a 10 percent ownership interest in the Balder and Ringhorne fields and a 7.4 percent ownership interest in the Ringhorne Øst Unit. The acquisition is…
“TopSeis – a worthy winner”
In a fierce competition with Deep Blue and EarthNET developed by EMGS and Earth Science Analytics, respectively, Lundin and CGG finally pulled the longest straw and was declared the winner…
Deep Blue – one of three finalists
According to the criteria, The Exploration Innovation Prize is awarded to a license group, company, team or person who during the last couple of years have given a courageous and…
Top Seis – one of three finalists
According to the criteria, The Exploration Innovation Prize is awarded to a license group, company, team or person who during the last couple of years have given a courageous and…