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…

Holding 77% of world’s proven oil reserves and delivering 41% of production, OPEC has a powerful place in our world. Here we review how OPEC began and rose to its…

The science and analytical techniques to investigate petroleum source rocks have been developed over the past four decades. Understanding the geology and geochemistry of source rocks is crucial to petroleum…

Commercial and organisational reforms together with sound advice and networks are needed to move Africa forward in the present challenging environment. Africa’s continental oil and gas game flourished on long-term trend…

A key challenge for the E&P industry over the few next years will be to mature the discoveries made during the last five years, and convert them into commercial fields.…

Remoteness and extreme weather, coupled with increasing environmental concerns, mean that only about 200 visitors reach the Ross Sea each year – but once there they are rewarded with spectacular…