Onshore Opportunities in Brazil
Covering an area about half the size of Europe, Brazil’s onshore basins could hold large quantities of oil and gas like their Northern Hemisphere counterparts. Yet they have remained barely…
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Marching in Murchison’s Footsteps
A beautiful but frequently overlooked area, the Welsh Marches of Shropshire, not only has delightful scenery, ranging from rural rolling fields to bleak moorlands, but is also one of the…
Pioneering Production from the Deep Sea
The first offshore well was drilled in shallow water in 1968. For the next 30 years, Petrobras has been challenging ocean depths with the innovation and technology that has brought…
China Embraces Geoparks
To safeguard their geological heritage, China has established a network of National Geoparks; important geological sites that provide essential information for understanding the Earth’s processes and evolution. China embraces Geopark
The New China
New leadership, new roads, expanding cities, new found wealth and freedom are bringing dramatic changes to China’s countryside and its people. Has this also brought with it new opportunities in…
The Centenary of the First Oil Well in the Middle East
2008 marks the 100th anniversary of oil discovery at Masjid Sulaiman in southwest Iran (Persia), which ushered in a new era in the history of the Middle East. This is…
Oil in Nigeria – Curse or Blessing?
As Nigeria is overtaken by Angola as Africa’s largest oil producer, is it true that the discovery of oil 50 years ago has been more a curse than a blessing?…
Early Booms in the Alberta Foothills
With a commanding view of the magnificent Canadian Rocky Mountains, a close up look at the southern foothills of Alberta reveals a history rich in oil production, mining, ranching, and…
The Emergence of the Arabian Oil Industry
In terms of petroleum reserves and production, the Middle East is second to none. The stories behind the first discoveries in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in the 1930s are…
Bjørnøya – a Window into the Barents Shelf
By combining this information with our present geophysical understanding of the area, it may be possible to give more refined prognoses of the subsurface development and economic potential of analogous…
Oil on Troubled Water
Oil exploration in Australia has been fraught with disappointments in a relentless land, but onshore basins such as the Cooper Basin can still yield surprises.
European Geoparks – Your Geological Heritage
The main objective of the european Geoparks is the promotion of sustainable development of their territories in europe. In addition they serve the purpose of protecting geological heritage for the…