The Rio Grande Rift
Mountains, minerals and magma along North America’s largest rift: an exploration of the 1,000-kilometer-long Rio Grande Rift. After compression built the Southern Rocky Mountains, Neogene extension split the range along…
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Geophysics and Petroleum Exploration in North America: A Time for Reflection
We take a look at the advent of ‘remote’ sensing and the adoption of seismology in petroleum exploration in North America. Prospecting for oil in the the early 20th century…
“Land Plants Didn’t Evolve Until the Silurian”
If you were to ask my wife when plants first evolved, she would answer without hesitation (in a mock pompous voice) “land plants didn’t evolve until the Silurian”! She is…
A Brand New AI Arena
OpenMind is its new seismic interpretation platform, solely visualizing and operating in 3D view. The ambition is to create the best auto-tracker in the world and add AI routines to…
Opportunities for African gas are plentiful
The International Energy Agency’s 10-point plan to reduce the European Union’s reliance on Russian natural gas makes no mention of Africa. Rather, it sees increased production from Azerbaijan and Norway…
Master’s Meltdown or New Dawn?
The future of Master’s training in energy geoscience in the UK. Is there a strategy to attract and train new geoscientists and engineers, or are we sleepwalking into a looming…
The Incredible World of Fossils
I fell in love with fossils like many others, as a child, hunting on the world-famous Jurassic Coast in Dorset in the UK, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and location…
“Gone Fossil Hunting…”
In the first article in this series, I highlighted the staggering breadth of utility that fossils have, from academic research to applied industrial analysis, value in commercial trade and preservation…
The History of Oil and Gas in Dragon Country
From cannel coal to offshore production – Wales has a colourful history of resource exploration and success. Broadly, the offshore of Wales contains parts of six main Permo-Mesozoic basins which…
Ammonite: A Missed Opportunity
Mary Anning’s story is fascinating in its own right – so why make it up? © Lionsgate Films.The film ‘Ammonite’, described as ‘loosely inspired by the life of British palaeontologist…
ConocoPhillips and PGNiG win Exploration Innovation Prize 2022
Based on a vote from the conference participants and an in-depth conversation amongst the members of the committee, the winner of this year’s Exploration Innovation Prize was announced during yesterday’s…
A packed program
From the far north to the far south, the upcoming NCS Exploration – Recent Discoveries Conference will be discussing exploration success across all areas of the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Valuable…