100 Years of Amazing Women
A review of ‘Anomalies – Pioneering Women in Petroleum Geology: 1917 – 2017’ by Robbie Rice Gries Competition GEO ExPro will be raffling a copy of this book on our…
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Big Data in the Oil and Gas Industry
Ahmed Hashmi, Global Head of Upstream Technology, BP, talks about the big data future. What do you understand by big data? Big data is the challenge that many industries, including…
Mexico Revival
The revival of successful exploration is a much-needed breather for the Mexican oil industry. Production has been decreasing in Mexico since 2007, in recent years by almost 9% annually, primarily…
Hubbert: A Life-Long Quest for the Bigger Picture
The Oracle of Oil The Oracle of Oil by Mason Imman. W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd, 2016 The name Marion King Hubbert is synonymous with the term ‘peak oil’, derided…
Arthur Beeby-Thompson: Oil Pioneer
Born in Northampton in 1873 and known simply as ‘Beeby-Thompson’, his achievements were such that the foreword to his auto-biography was written by Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the USA…
Resource Nationalism in the Caspian
The proliferation of resource nationalism in the Caspian Sea littoral states is often perceived as a risk – but should it be considered an opportunity? The impact of globalisation has…
Malawi Unexplored
The hydrocarbon potential of the East African Rift System (EARS) has been known for years, with discoveries dating back to the early 1920s. Countries like Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya…
Oil in the Heart of South America
Paraguay is dependent on imported oil and gas but with direct evidence of hydrocarbons and resources estimated in the billions of barrels, could this be about to change? Foreward Landlocked…
Martley – A GeoVillage
Martley in Worcestershire, UK, hosts a fascinating assemblage of geological features, providing exposures of at least eight periods stretching over 700 million years. The Geopark idea, now supported by UNESCO,…
The Morality of a Zealot
Regular contributor Nikki Jones reviews the book that claims to explain ‘why humanity’s use of fossil fuels is actually a healthy, moral choice.’ On the broad spectrum of views on…
Malaysia: Second Deepwater Gas Find
For the second time in 2014 Shell has confirmed a deepwater gas discovery in Block SK318 offshore Sarawak, results that are seen as very positive indicators for the gas potential of the area. The…