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…
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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…
Digitalisation key to ensure continued production from mature fields
“70% of global oil production is taking place from mature fields,” said Babak Moradi from Three60Energy at the start of his talk on Day 2 of the annual DigEx conference…
DIGEX Day 1 – from “Never” to “Next year”
“Once the project is finished, we go on holiday and you can think of ways to integrate the data into your exploration workflows.” This is what Malgorzata Kusak said to…
Misleading presentation of TOC data
Paul Farrimond admits that data on Total Organic Carbon (TOC) from source tocks as a function of burial depth is hard to find. I therefore appreciate that he publishes TOC…
The spectacular overburden of the Cambo field
A 546 km2 3D seismic reflection survey was acquired in 2012 to better map the Cambo discovery and plan subsequent drilling. With the news this week that Shell and Siccar…
Is North Sea earthquake linked to the Marflo lineament?
It is not a surprise to see that the earthquake that hit the Northern North Sea earlier this week generated a significant amount of attention. Especially in Norway people felt…
North Sea earthquake possibly linked to major fault in Marulk Basin
It was a while ago since the last big earthquake in the North Sea. Before the 5.2 magnitude event struck yesterday, the most recent equivalents took place in 1988 (M5.5)…
Where are the geoscience jobs?
The reports from the UN Climate Panel clearly state that consumption of fossil fuels and the CO2 emissions it entails are creating serious and global climate change. The world must…
NCS Exploration – new dates, new venue
The NCS Exploration conference will this year be held at Scandic Oslo Airport. New dates are June 8. – 9. 2022.
Cuttings, cores and wine
Join Stratum Reservoir’s Rock n’ roll Ice breaker event at their office and storage facilities in Stavanger April 5th.