Yemen: The Issues
Yemen has plenty of potential – but the country’s war has significance far beyond its boundaries. Despite having known reserves and promising potential, as discussed in the complimentary article Petroleum Basins…
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The Atlantic Road A Metamorphic Journey
The Atlantic Road, one of the National Tourist Roads of Norway, offers great scenery all year around. ‘“I’ve never met a morph that I didn’t like,” I say, repeating a…
What Next for the Arctic?
Arctic waters hold vast undiscovered hydrocarbon reserves, but will they ever be exploited? Cheaper oil is for the moment driving people away from offshore Arctic exploration. Maybe this will give…
Tough Times Still Ahead
Six factors suggest the oil price will remain low in 2016. Oil prices fell markedly in December and still further in January, dropping below $30/barrel for a short time. The…
Finding A&D Opportunities in the Fog
Global upstream exploration deal flow in a declining commodity price market. When assessing opportunities for successful acquisition and divestment of upstream assets, looking into the future can perhaps be compared…
A Wind of Change?
A recent UN agreement aimed at countering anthropogenic climate change is predicted to have a major impact on the oil and gas industry. What, if anything, is being done to…
After the Arab Spring: Hopes and Hazards in North Africa
The outcomes of political upheaval and insecurity in North Africa will be felt in the wider region and beyond, with Europe in particular either contributing to the region’s prosperity or…
Planet Oil
The BBC continues its mission of energy education with good results. The public needs to understand energy, where it comes from and where it goes. That is becoming increasingly obvious…
Rarest of All – The Burgess Shale Fossils
Discovered 100 years ago, no other single fossil locality tells us more about ancient animals on Earth, driving new, controversial views and debate about evolution and the history of life.…
Devastating Results
With few discoveries of note in 2015, we continue to use more hydrocarbons than we find. 2015 was a big disappointment for explorationists. Only two decent discoveries and, even worse, exploration…
Collaboration is the Future
Australian-based Searcher Seismic and Chinese BGP consolidate their relationship. In the present rather straightened times, many people in the oil and gas industry believe that collaboration, even across continents, is the way…