The Geologist’s Hammer
Few of us today are fortunate enough to have had careers as field geologists (see GEO ExPro Vol. 19, No. 1, page 72), but almost all geologists will have undertaken…
In the News
Drilling into subsurface data continues to be a matter of stuck pipe
Do you want to do a local geological reconnaissance for your project through looking at a previously drilled well onshore UK? Be prepared to enter into a long email conversation…
Rock Doctor: Adventures of a Field Geologist Before 9/11
Entertaining stories of the fun, freedom, excitement, boredom, exhilaration and at times sheer terror that came with being a field geologist in the days before satnavs, mobile phones and 24/7…
Exploring the Heartland of the Incan Empire
From the iconic ruins of Machu Picchu to the ancient capital of Cuzco, the Inca’s intimate relationship with some of South America’s most spectacular geology is brilliantly displayed in modern-day…
Finalists for Exploration Innovation Prize 2022 announced
At the upcoming NCS Exploration – Recent Discoveries Conference, taking place June 8 & 9 in Oslo next month, you will be able to hear the latest about the three…
Oil inclusions reveal new insights on timing of North Sea hydrocarbon generation
Two radically different opinions concerning the temperatures of oil expulsion from Upper Jurassic source rocks in the North Sea have recently been put forward, as we reported on several occasions.…
PGS awarded 4D GeoStreamer monitoring surveys
Yesterday, PGS announced the award of 4D GeoStreamer monitoring surveys over the Visund field in the North Sea and the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea. Further, the company was…
Equinor and APT join forces in a R&D project
“How can we extract more relevant information that helps operators find and produce more oil and gas despite having access to fewer data sources? This is the challenge we aim…
Serica aims to spud North Eigg exploration well in Q3 this year
The start of production from the Columbus development and an additional well coming on stream at the Rhum gas field have played out well for Serica, a UK North Sea…
Mexico: Onshore to Offshore
From the 16th-century Spanish conquistadors to modern times, Mexico has been bound to oil. Although no longer in the top ten of the world’s leading producers, shale gas may change…
Jurassic Deep-Sea Fishing
You could be forgiven for thinking Mary was the first to discover ichthyosaur and plesiosaur fossils, but specimens of ichthyosaur vertebrae and propodial (limb) bones and pliosaur vertebral centra were…
Could there be something useful in report “Final_final_v3”?
The most important way of reporting these days seems to be PowerPoints or exported PDF’s. These documents, along with other legacy material, tend to be hidden away in project folders…