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Commercialising Geoscience Research

How easy is it to translate academic geoscience research into a commercial hydrocarbon business, and what are the main steps for success? Oil company sponsorship of applied geosciences research is…

Faroe Islands – Europe’s Best Kept Secret

An under-explored wonder, tucked far away in the middle of nowhere in the North Atlantic Ocean. Far away in the middle of nowhere in the North Atlantic Ocean you find…

Geological Storage of CO2 in Deep Saline Formations

A summary of this new book from Volume 29 in Theory and Applications of Transport in Porous Media. “This book is more comprehensive and better balanced than preceding books on…

When “Being Green” is Great for Business

Does it really cost that much to be environmentally friendly in O&G? Every organisation has the opportunity to make the right choices in order to contribute to a more sustainable…

Riding the Switchback

A Brief History of Booms and Busts: Part II This article continues the history of oil price booms and bust, and Part I can be read here. In this second…

A Cleaner Future for Drilling

Is it possible to drill with environmentally friendly fluids? Over the last 30 years, Oil Based Mud (OBM) and Synthetic Based Mud (SBM) have become the fluids of choice for…

Digitally Transforming Data Management for Geoscience

Technology and processes are changing rapidly, but data remains at the heart of everything we do. As the oil and gas industry recovers from the downturn, the surge of new…