Seismic and the Environment: It’s Not Easy Being Green
A look at the legislation protecting marine wildlife from the impacts of seismic noise and the practical implications for the oil and gas industry The ocean is a naturally noisy…
In the News
Emma Summers: Oil Queen of California
“A woman with a genius for affairs – it may sound paradoxical, but the fact exists. If Mrs. Emma A. Summers were less than a genius she could not, as…
Oil Prices Stay High – but spare capacity buffer should build
Oil prices are expected to remain high over the next two years as the market will remain tight by historical standards. Supply additions are expected to outpace demand growth, resulting…
Preparing for the Global Economy
The donation made through GeoScienceWorld has helped educate Indonesia’s emerging workforce by increasing the breadth of the university’s library holdings and making peer-reviewed research more accessible and easier to use…
Singapore – Slings, Storage and Success
A small, crowded, vibrant island – where there are few barriers if there is money to be made. As you sip an incredibly overpriced Singapore Sling in the famous Raffles…
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…
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…
Something worth arguing about
MEP Lambert van Nistelrooij presents the European Shale Gas Argument Map to the European Parliament. Source: TNO Commissioned by TNO, a Dutch independent research company who strive to ‘connect people…
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
“It is melancholy to find this interesting coast, which in former times was probably fertile and prosperous, now almost entirely desolate and the few inhabitants that remain nearly always at…