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Spousal and Partner Recruitment in Oil & Gas

Encouraging partner employment in oil & gas with non-profit, international initiative Permits Foundation – to make it easier for expat spouses and partners to gain employment. Enabling Expatriate Partner Employment…

Finding Fresh Reserves in Oil & Gas

Two serious gaps are looming in the industry: firstly between global production and demand, and secondly between experienced explorationists and the new generation of geologists and geophysicists who will be…

The Discovery and Development of Oil & Gas

“A Play for Oil: The Stories Behind the Discovery and Development of Oil and Gas” by Tim Daley. Springer, 2018. The History of Oil Exploration A Play for Oil: The…

Geology of The Rocky Mountains

Aspen, Colorado – home to the Rocky Mountains: draws jet-setters from around the globe and presents geologists with a tantalizing geological puzzle to deduce when and why these beautiful mountains…

AAPG European Regional Conference

GEO ExPro’s Conference Round-Ups: AAPG European Regional Conference: “Global Analogues for the Atlantic Margin” 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. AAPG Regional Conference: Global Analogues of the Atlantic Margin The AAPG European…

Oil Demand is Still on the Rise

As a function of population growth we can only expect future energy demand to increase, and with it the demand for oil and other natural resources. Understanding Future Energy Demand…

Faroe swaps assets with Equinor

Faroe has announced in a press release that the company has signed an agreement with Equinor Energy AS to swap its interests in the Njord, Hyme redevelopment and Bauge development assets…

The First Discoveries of Oil in Saudi Arabia

In the 1930s, Chief geologist at Casoc and Aramco expat, Max Steineke revolutionised hydrocarbon exploration in the Middle East using structure drilling – which led to some of the first…

Action to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Is carbon capture, storage and utilisation (CSS) an essential greenhouse gas reducing technology, and what part can the oil and gas industry play in meeting reduction targets? What is CCS?…

Microseismic Events & Monitoring

Using near-surface sensors, the Geophysical Institute of Israel is developing new methods to detect microseismic events to reduce the cost of microseismic monitoring. Benefits of Microseismic Monitoring for CO2 Storage…

Basic Geophysics by Enders A. Robinson and Dean Clark

An enjoyable textbook and a must have for every geophysicist. A Book for Every Geophysicist I received this book on December 28 – excellent timing. More or less finished with…