Iran. The Implications of Peace
An agreement on Iran’s nuclear industry should be signed by the end of June. What are the implications for the oil price, OPEC and the industry? It seems that the…
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Time to Invest or to Panic?
As everyone knows, the oil price has plummeted in recent months. Spiraling ever downwards alongside it has been the value of E&P stocks and shares – but is this correlation…
Ceyhan. An Unassuming Hub
Most inhabitants of this strategically important oil export centre are unaware of the significance of their town in the world’s economy. It would be hard to overstate the importance of…
Novel Digital Platforms: OneGeology and OpenGeosci
Digital information technology has taken the world, including geoscience and the petroleum industry, to new horizons of research and data sharing. OneGeology and OpenGeosci are two online sources of immense…
Not for the Faint-Hearted
The Frackers (2013) Author: Gregory Zuckerman Portfolio/Penguin This is the book of our time, the story of the US shale energy revolution, told through the lives of the ‘part gamblers, part salesmen, part geologists’ who were…
All Bad News?
Winners and losers as the oil price slump continues. Is the precipitous drop in oil prices we have seen in recent months all bad news? Certainly not for consumers, who…
Scotland Decides
The issue of Scottish independence has divided a nation – and worried an industry. Since oil was first discovered in the cold, stormy waters of the UK North Sea, people in…
The Great Black Giant
On a dream – and a bit too close to her garden – the old wooden derrick was skidded to its third location on Mrs. Daisy Bradford’s 970 acre, East…
Big D
Dazzling Dallas rose up from the north Texas plains as a technical and financial center for the oil industry following the 1930 discovery of the supergiant East Texas oil field.…
AWG: A Common Love of Earth Science
The Association for Women Geoscientists is devoted to enhancing the role of women in geosciences and to introduce young women to geoscience careers. The Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) is…
Endgame for the North Sea?
Decommissioning brings uncertainty and there are many concerns but also possible opportunities ahead. Chess theory allows for an opening, a middlegame and an endgame. The boundaries are somewhat blurred but…
Mountains and the sea: Muscat
Muscat is indeed a unique city, surrounded by high barren mountains and for centuries almost inaccessible except by sea. Even the modern air traveller cannot fail to be impressed, as…