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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Portraits

Applying Innovations in Geophysics to the Hydrocarbon Industry

Staff Writer
Regular GEO ExPro contributor Martin Landrø is Professor of Applied Geophysics at the Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim,…

What’s the Point of Conferences?

Jane Whaley
More and more conferences on every facet of the petroleum industry seem to be appearing. What purpose do they serve, and what makes them effective? We talk to Ben Sayah,…

Ben Asante: Riding the Wave

Nikki Jones
Benjamin Asante, until recently a senior geoscientist at the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, has ridden the wave of Ghana’s national development. Although his story is full of significant and unusual…

Never Hold Back

Thomas Smith
Dr. Robert E. Sheriff learned early in his career “to never withhold information or ideas for later use,” leaving a lasting legacy to his family, the geophysics community, and our…

The Chief Explorer

Jane Whaley
Geologist Dr. Jeroen Peters describes his role as Shell’s Chief Explorer and reflects on his career. Having been born below sea level in the muddy western part of The Netherlands, I developed…

Eddy Belle: Promoting the Seychelles

Jane Whaley
“We have everything we need to make the Seychelles the next big oil province,” exclaims Eddy Belle, CEO of the national oil company, PetroSeychelles. “We have source, reservoir and cap…

Fun, Cooperation and Risk-Taking.

Jane Whaley
Lee Krystinik, who recently retired as President of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, tells us why he thinks the organisation is a vital resource for the industry – and…

The Seismic Interpreter

Alice Little
Although ‘geophysicist’ is a broad term covering many specialist areas of research and work, what we have in common is the recognition that different rocks and fluids respond differently to…

The petrophysicist

Jackie Mullinor
The petrophysicist plans, interprets and analyses data from wells and ensures the output is in the most useful format for the recipient. This might mean planning a logging suite, requesting…

Lively Enthusiasm Leads to Success

Jane Whaley
Mohamed Al Harthy, one of the first generation of Omani petroleum geologists and a founder member of the rapidly growing Geological Society of Oman, has an infectious enthusiasm and passion…

Imperial College Petroleum Geology Course Centenary

GEO ExPro
Petroleum Geoscience has been taught at Imperial College in London for 100 years. Professor Richard Selley, who has spent much of his career at IC, tells us about the course…