The eyes of North Sea geology
“I never intended to join the oil and gas industry”, says Peter Thorn whilst we are being served a coffee in a café overlooking Aberdeen Harbour on a cold and…
Portraits
Sophie Zurquiyah – Repositioning CGG for the transition
The collapse in oil price, Covid-19 pandemic and energy transition have created a tough business environment during her near four-year tenure in this role, but also created opportunities. In this…
Geoscientist to Green Pioneer
Katerina grew up in a business-oriented and entrepreneurial family coming from the Greek island of Andros. Andros, one of Greece’s shipping capitals, had an impact on her personality from a…
2,000 GEO ExPro Articles and Counting
GEO ExPro was founded in 2004 and is now a well-established Geoscience publication. Kirsti Karlsson, Sales and Marketing Director of GEO ExPro talks about her career with the magazine and…
Championing Secure Energy Supply
Iman Hill, the new Executive Director of the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) talks to GEO ExPro Editor in Chief, Iain Brown, about her new leadership role…
Volcanoes to Venture Capitalists
Mark Davies explains how volcanology led to new technology fit for exploration and hazard mitigation. November 14th, 1985 was a seminal day for a young Mark Davies. News of a…
Completing a Masters in a Pandemic
Young geoscientists need resilience to succeed in their studies during these difficult times. Kirsty Lewis, a recent graduate of the Masters programme at Aberdeen University, explains the challenges she faced…
Unconventionals in the US: What Next?
How do you think the new Biden administration’s energy policies and attitude towards oil and gas will impact unconventionals in the US? The Biden administration’s stated objective #5 of the…
Alfredo Guzmán: Making a Case for Mexico’s Oil & Gas Future
Alfredo Guzmán is an untiring advocate for Mexico’s oil and gas industry and its people. He tells GEO ExPro about his years exploring new geographic and technical frontiers in the…
Taking Ownership of Your Career in Geosciences
David Eastwell, Europe President of the American Association of Petroleum Geoscientists Young Professionals group (AAPG YP) talks about the advantages of membership, both professionally and personally. When did you join…
Ken Glennie – The passing of a petroleum geology legend
In late November 2019 the UK lost one of the giants of the oil industry. Professor Ken Glennie was a legend in a number of fields, from the petroleum geology…
Could LNG Prove Transformational for Mozambique?
The LNG project in Mozambique started with the discovery of huge reserves of natural gas off the northern coast in 2010, will provide a range of social and economic benefits…