Iraq: Resource Base
The Iraq Petroleum conference of September 2007 in Dubai and the Iraq Energy Expo & Conference of December 2008 in Baghdad were attended by many international oil companies. In April…
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From Dinosaur Tracks to Oil
Just 25 km west of Denver, the Dakota Hogback at Dinosaur Ridge offers an opportunity to explore striking rock exposures and vistas, ancient dinosaur tracks, and oil seeps at the…
The Great Crew Change
The professional workforce in the hydrocarbon industry is aging and over half of today’s workforce will retire within the next 10 years. This ‘brain gap’ must be addressed before it…
Rotunda Geology Museum
Inspiring and educating future geoscientists is vital to ensure that innovation in Earth science can continue. The Rotunda Museum in Scarborough in the UK, as well as being the world’s…
The Valhall Story
Renowned North Sea geologist Richard Hardman looks back at the 1975 discovery of the billion barrel Valhall Field. Perhaps the most surprising thing about the discovery of the Valhall field…
The Birth of the Modern Oil Industry
The most important oil well ever drilled was sunk in the middle of the wooded landscape of northwest Pennsylvania in August 1859. It is known as the Drake Well, after…
Oil from Babylon to Iraq
Iraq, which has been on the mass media’s spotlight and international focus in recent years, has a record of oil and bitumen dating back to the earliest human civilizations more…
Half a Century of Oil in Libya
2008 marked the 50th anniversary of the very first commercial oil discovery in the Sirt Basin, Libya, in 1958. In the years since then, 22 giant and more than 25…
I-Guazú: Great Water – Great Volcanism
Iguaçu Falls is one of the most spectacular natural sceneries in the world, caused by a wide-spread volcanic event in conjunction with continental rifting in the Early Cretaceous. This rifting…
The Groningen Gas Field
The Groningen field in the northern Netherlands is the largest gas field in Europe and the tenth largest in the world. Since its discovery in 1959 it has been instrumental…
Mali: A Country on the Cusp?
Mali is the largest country in West Africa and yet is one of the least known to the hydrocarbon industry, with a total of only five exploration wells. It is…
Hiking in the Triassic
When visiting the dolomites of northern italy, you can combine hiking, biking and climbing with scenery dominated by towering pinnacles and plateaus. This spectacular late Cenozoic mountain range, home to…