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…
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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…
Decarbonising Energy
Scientists tells us that any rise in global temperatures needs to be limited to less than two degrees over pre-industrial times. Displacing coal is the primary focus. Does gas provide…
Internal OPEC Rivalry Ahead?
With the world’s fifth-largest petroleum reserves, Iraq has – at least on paper – considerable potential for boosting production. If its goals are reached, it will bring the country’s production to…
North Korea – Hydrocarbon Exploration and Potential
Despite a challenging political situation, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea offers relatively low cost, low risk exploration opportunities, with nearby energy-hungry markets. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK),…
Keep on Innovating
Technological progress and innovation are key to the oil and gas industry. We may have found the ‘easy’ resources – although the geologists who explored for hydrocarbons with a compass and a hand-drawn map…
Rejuvenating Opportunities
“If we don’t invest in our people and the brainpower they bring to the table, we won’t have a sustainable exploration business. And one way to invest in the brainpower is to…
Midland, Texas: Gateway to the Permian Basin
If there is any city that deserves the title of ‘Oil City’, it would have to be Midland, sitting as it does atop one of the most prolific oil-producing areas of the US. Starting…
The Kutch Basin of Western India
The fault blocks of the Kutch Basin in western India offer to the visitor a unique opportunity to observe the Jurassic-Cretaceous-Paleogene sediments rarely outcropping anywhere else on the Western Indian…
Is there a future for OPEC?
Without Saudi Arabia’s calming words, we are now abandoned to the market. Editors Patch If you are a regular visitor to these pages you will know that we like to…
Belated Happy New Year, 2015!
It’s nearly 12 months since we relaunched the new website and now that we have had time to iron out a few of the unavoidable bugs and annoyances we are…
Senegal Revisited.
In 2010 we reported that after over 50 years of exploration, Senegal had only delivered a number of small fields and produced 11 Bcf of gas, but was still waiting…