Activity Picking Up in 2017
The sanctioning of new projects is expected to pick up in the North Atlantic Between 2010 and 2014 activity on the North Atlantic region was at an all-time high, reaching…
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Bucking the Trend
Exploration discoveries are at their lowest ebb for 70 years but one continent seems to be bucking the trend. Since 2015, nine of the biggest global discoveries have been in…
Licensing Update – Faroes
During the 5th Faroe Islands Exploration Conference, which will be held on 17 May 2017, the Faroese Minister of Industry and Trade will announce the opening of the 4th Faroese…
London Pavement Geology
A new website and smartphone App for geologists brings the pavements and buildings of London to life. A wealth of high quality rock samples of all types can be seen…
A World of Drifting Ice
Ilulissat Icefjord in western Greenland offers a unique view of a scenic landscape that demonstrates active glaciological processes, where majestic icebergs calve into the fjord and out to sea. A…
An Isolated Island Geopark in the Sea of Japan
A well-kept secret in the Sea of Japan, the Oki Islands Geopark is transforming the outlook of remote islands and developing new prospects for sustainable geotourism. UNESCO Global Geoparks are…
Maximizing Recovery
In an environment of uncertainty regarding sovereignty of lucrative UKCS resources, oil companies operating in the mature North Sea Basin are being urged to do what the London and Scottish…
Fundamentals of Reservoir Understanding
An industry tendency to resort to overly complicated modelling and simulation software is being challenged in the existing low oil-price environment. Some are now utilising low-cost solutions, highlighting the fundamentals…
Doha – The Pearl of Qatar
Over the last 70 years, Doha has risen from the sands of the desert to become a major, glamorous regional power. Qatar is a peninsula 160 km long and up…
Optimists and Pessimists
Experts are divided when predicting the oil market As Jarand Rystad of Rystad Energy recently pointed out, several important questions face the industry: when will the oil market rebalance? What…
The GEO ExPro Archive
This week at GEO ExPro we are running a themed edition that focuses on a number of our most popular articles that can be broadly categorised under the heading ‘educational’.…
Geo Education Themed Edition
Special themed edition Geo Education Themed Edition In the northern hemisphere the autumnal equinox is now long past and on cold but clear days fall colours frame an iridescent sky,…