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Tyr Exploration pre-qualified
As of January 29, 2018, Tyr Exploration is pre-qualified as a licensee on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
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…
Mauritius – and Beneath
After the American adventurer and author Mark Twain visited Mauritius in 1896 he quoted an islander as saying: “Mauritius was made first and then Heaven; and Heaven copied Mauritius.” Dotted…
Unlocking the Mysteries of the Great Sand Dunes
While the story behind the Great Sand Dunes is still being unraveled, visitors to this part of Colorado will be enveloped by a geologic wonder and a truly spectacular sight…
Learning on the Rocks
Helping non-geologists gain a better understanding of reservoir geology by exposing them to outcrops, in multidisciplinary teams, with geological guides on hand Understanding the geology of a potential or producing…
Licensing Update – New Zealand
New Zealand has a long history of petroleum production, dating back to 1865, when the Alpha well was dug near seeps in Taranaki. This was followed by other wells in…