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Contrasting fortunes in Sub Saharan Africa

Exploration is firmly back on the agenda for many oil and gas companies, regulators and NOCs. This is especially clear in Africa, where large tracts of open exploration acreage have been taken up. This is particularly the case in West…

Peter Elliott, NVentures

October 13, 2026

The Faroese offshore is back on the exploration radar

After years of quiet, a bit of exciting news emerged from the Faroe Islands this week: Atlantic Petroleum, through a new company that is currently being set up, applied for an exploration licence in the Faroese offshore sector. The timing…

Henk Kombrink

October 8, 2026

Chasing mud mounds

Core displays are one of my favourite features of geoscience conferences, and the one at the latest GeoConvention in Calgary in May again proved why. There, I met with Alisha Fridrich, who was already deeply engaged in a conversation about…

Henk Kombrink

October 7, 2026

One of Europe’s largest onshore oil fields has restarted production

Many people will know the Groningen gas field, the discovery of which triggered offshore exploration in the wider North Sea in the 1960’s. It is also well-known that the Groningen gas field was permanently shut in a few years ago,…

Henk Kombrink

October 1, 2026

The next test for US shale capital

On 4 May, Gas y Petróleo del Neuquén (GyP) and Governor Rolando Figueroa launched Round 1/2026 at the OTC in Houston, opening 15 hydrocarbon blocks to national and international bidders. The round was formally enacted on 29 May through its…

Felipe Calderon and Andres Armijos, Welligence Energy Analytics

September 29, 2026

Finding oil when everyone expects gas

“It took us a while before we could accept that we found oil,” says chairman Peter Putnam when we get to talk about the discovery his company Central European Petroleum (CEP) made in 2025. And there is a reason why…

Henk Kombrink

September 24, 2026

Why USGS Yet-to-Find figures are an overestimation

One of the most common ways to estimate YTF is the extrapolation of discovery rates, as can be calculated from a creaming curve. However, this methodology does not have any guidance on discovery size – is it just a single…

Henk Kombrink

September 11, 2026

Harmonising public data with ground truth

Public production data is the backbone of natural gas market analysis, yet it arrives with a structural delay that few participants fully appreciate. Across 18 producing sub-regions, encompassing the Marcellus, Utica, Haynesville, Eagle Ford, and Permian basins, analysis reveals a…

Hana Kabazi, Synmax

September 8, 2026

Listen to the drill bit

“Our runs are getting shorter and shorter…” That’s what Harrie and Nick from Aurora Drilling Optimisation Services were told by the Shell team that was drilling a deep onshore exploration well in Libya about 15 years ago. They helped design…

Henk Kombrink

September 3, 2026

Benchmark your geosteering skills

For geosteering geologists, few experiences can replicate the pressure of making critical decisions while a well is being drilled. The 2026 Geosteering World Cup (GWC’26) puts those skills to the test in a global, competitive environment and gives geologists a…

Kristina Fortunato

September 3, 2026

“Oh, look! Oil everywhere…”

What seems like an oil seep on a rock face, especially from a distance, can equally be the result of chemical weathering. When these types of rock coatings, which can be found across a wide range of settings, are misinterpreted…

Ayberk Uyanik

August 30, 2026

An imperial testing facility

“It was a $37 M donation from Imperial Oil, the largest to an educational institution in Alberta’s history,” says Gerald Desrochers when we meet for the lab tour he invited me to on a Thursday morning in May. Just over…

Henk Kombrink

August 26, 2026

The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Oil & Gas

Contrasting fortunes in Sub Saharan Africa

The Faroese offshore is back on the exploration radar

Chasing mud mounds

One of Europe’s largest onshore oil fields has restarted production

The next test for US shale capital

Finding oil when everyone expects gas

Why USGS Yet-to-Find figures are an overestimation

Harmonising public data with ground truth

Listen to the drill bit

Benchmark your geosteering skills

“Oh, look! Oil everywhere…”

An imperial testing facility

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