Could NEO consider a venture into exploration?
Multiple factors are pointing towards a greater likelihood of new North Sea entrant NEO to become more serious about exploration on the UK Continental Shelf. In a week when UK…
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A strategic partnership to increase interdisciplinary subsurface understanding
The partnership will unite rock characterisation domain expertise with gaming visualisation technology and cloud-based analytics capabilities to deliver an integrated data-science platform for core and cuttings data visualisation, machine learning…
Mesopotamia – the Cradle of Civilization
Several thousand years ago, between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, the rich and fertile soil of Mesopotamia gave birth to civilization. Today, deeply buried oil and gas reservoirs provide Mesopotamia…
Is the recruitment tide turning?
In the last couple of weeks, there has been a bit of an uptake in the number of upstream roles being advertised on social media, even in the G&G domain.…
Oil theory in deep water
At the end of last year, Per Arne Bjørkum – Scientist at Equinor and Professor emeritus at University of Stavanger – published a new line of thinking as to when…
The Bear in The Room
Russia and European Natural Gas – Threat or Opportunity? A perfect energy storm has been brewing during 2021. A cold winter around the world in 2020 saw gas demand rising,…
CGG Confirms 2022 Phase Three of Northern Viking Graben Dual-Azimuth Multi-Client Survey
CGG announced today phase three of its dual-azimuth multi-client 3D survey in the Northern North Sea. Starting in early May 2022 and continuing throughout the North Sea season, phase three…
Subsurface digitalization – what has worked and what hasn’t?
Submit your abstract for the DIGEX 2022 conference by February 4th!
Encouraging Exploration
In the barren landscape of the Syrian desert you may find an occasional drilling rig exploring for hydrocarbons. In the years to come several more rigs are expected to enter,…
A World Renowned Section
With relatively easy access from Longyearbyen, the Festningen Section is a very popular geological attraction that displays an almost complete section of sedimentary rocks throughout the Mesozoic. Scientists, students and…
Storming the Ivory Tower
The oil shock of 1973 transformed the global energy picture. As lines of automobiles snaked down the street awaiting their turn at the pumps,the realization dawned that plentiful, cheap energy…
Iraq: Targeting Giants in Kurdistan
Oil is flowing to the surface in several seeps within the license area, and nearby giant fields have been producing for decades. The well Tawke # 1 is certainly being…