The Mid-Atlantic Evergreen Volcanoes
Island jumping in the Azores is highly recommended. In this way you can experience the geological wonders of these islands, which all owe their existence to the plate tectonics within…
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Colombia: Moving Out of the Shadows
The announcement of a new licensing round in Colombia emphasises how the South American country is moving out of the shadow of violence and into a new era of stability…
International Year of Planet Earth: Canada – Making Good Progress
International Year of Planet Earth Canada Making Good Progress
A New Frontier – Blocks Available
The Uruguayan offshore sedimentary basins are virtually unexplored. The time is now right to test the potential of rift basins on trend with the productive San Jorge Basin in Argentina…
GEO Tourism: Marvelous Vistas
Gateway to huge offshore oil reserves, Rio de Janeiro and southeast Brazil offers stunning scenery and geologic evidence of ancient mountains and the forces that spawned two continents. Magnificent beaches,…
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…
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?…