The Sight and Sound of Oil
A brief tour of documentary films on the oil and gas industry Given the myriad role that oil and gas play in our daily life, society and industries, the importance…
In the News
Communication is Crucial
If you have an interesting story to tell, how do you get your message across to colleagues, to the oil industry – and to the rest of the world? Your…
Don’t Wake Up Mungibeddu!
Where would you go if you wanted to find pristine rock which has never seen the light of the sun before? And if you wanted a fertile soil, ideal for…
The World in Our Hands?
The Petroleum Society of Great Britain’s PETEX Conference, held in November last year, had one unusual draw – a debate on ‘Obtaining a Social Licence to Operate, a Challenge for…
Along the Yangtze river
Approaching Chóngqìng Airport from the air, you fly in over the valley alongside the city for what feels like forever. The whole place appears to be balancing on several mountains,…
Know Your Faults! Part II
Part II: In the first part of this feature, we looked at the geometric representation and identification of faults. In this concluding article, we review the slip classification, stress orientations…
Oil Exploration in Yemen
Yemen is a land of physical contrasts, bounded by mountains, desert and sea. It includes the Socotra archipelago and various islands in the Red Sea. At the heart of the…
Connecting Operators and Geologists
GeoPlacer.com is a recently launched website that connects competence-assessed wellsite and operations geologists with clients, which officially opened online registration for operators at PETEX 2012 in London. Since its unveiling…
Orogenesis: The Making of Mountains
A new book describes the processes involved in mountain-building and sheds light on the significance of orogenesis to the petroleum industry. Through the centuries, people have been drawn to mountains…
Historical Oil Documentary Films
A chronicle of historical documentary films on oil: your parents and grandparents may have watched these on their old TV sets, but you can now see them on YouTube! Although…
Kenya: Reality Check
After the excitement of the finds off Mozambique and Tanzania in recent years, the prospectivity of the east African coastline has had a reality check following the outcome of the…
Back-Reef to Basin Depths
Situated adjacent to the very prolific Permian Basin is one of the earth’s greatest and most studied carbonate depositional systems, the Permian Reef Complex of New Mexico and west Texas.…