Looking Back to Predict the Future
Conventional exploration continues to be very successful, but 2014 is a make or break year for frontier deepwater exploration. One can learn a lot from looking at even the recent past.…
In the News
Bakken’s Billion Barrel Milestone
The Bakken shale means that North Dakota is now the second largest producing state in the US. Late in 2013 the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimated crude oil production…
Transferring skills mitigates risk
The discovery of huge hydrocarbon reserves will potentially transform East Africa. International energy companies are set to invest more than US$100 billion in developing the resources discovered in the last…
How Equal is Equal?
The results of a recent online ‘Global Diversity and Inclusion’ survey of over 3,000 oil and gas professionals worldwide suggests that career prospects for women in the hydrocarbon industry have…
The Digital Oilfield: Managing People Transition
Why has people transition proved so difficult in oil and gas projects? It is well established that successful digital oilfield deployment projects require careful attention to ‘People’, ‘Process’ and ‘Technology’.…
The Magnificent Southern Canadian Rockies
The Canadian Rocky Mountains rise majestically from the interior plains of Alberta, and the mechanisms which formed them are well illustrated on the scenic drive from Calgary to Banff and…
River of Oil – Early Oil Exploration in Iraq
Knowledgeable but squabbling geologists; summary dismissals; camel transport; ‘lagoonal’ oil; and 40m-high gushers. All in a day’s work for the first oil explorers in Iraq.
Turkey – A Key Transit State in Crisis
Turkey is slipping into authoritarianism and conflict. How stable is the West’s key ally and oil supply route? Everything appeared to be going so well. In power since his landslide…
Torres del Paine – The Patagonian Diamond.
Patagonia plays host to numerous geological marvels, including the famous Torres del Paine granite intrusion – a stunning spot in a fantastic wilderness. The screams of a group of Guanacos…
Safeguarding Your Petrotechnical Professionals
Oiling the machine with a new contract between management and the petrotechnical professional. The continued search for oil and gas relies in equal measure on good management and superior petrotechnical…
Erbil. Ancient City – and ‘Second Dubai’
Contrary to many people’s expectations, Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, is a peaceful, busy and surprisingly modern city, with a history that stretches back over 7,000 years. Erbil, known…
Oil Price Prediction Competition
It’s the hottest topic of conversation around the office water cooler and everyone has an opinion on where the oil price will go next. Now we are giving you the…