The Wilson Cycle and Petroleum Plays
The Wilson Cycle describes the opening and closing of oceanic basins as a result of plate movements. It provides a scientific framework to follow the creation, development and destruction of…
Technology
What is Digital Twin Technology – And How is it Used in Oil and Gas?
The idea of the ‘digital twin’ is catching on in the oil and gas industry. But what exactly is it, and how can it help? A digital twin is a…
Recent Advances in Climate Change Research: Part VIII – How Carbon Dioxide Absorbs Earth’s IR Radiation
Skydive with us into the quantum world and find out how carbon dioxide molecules absorb thermal IR radiation. “I call this Spirit, unknown hitherto, by the new name of Gas,…
Recent Advances in Climate Change Research: Part VII – Arrhenius’ Greenhouse Rule for Carbon Dioxide
Here, we investigate the relationship between radiative forcing (heat warming) of carbon dioxide and its concentration in the atmosphere to better understand climate feedback and sensitivity. In Part II of…
China’s Deep, Hot, Harsh Hydrocarbon Reservoirs Spur Innovation
The experiences, lessons learned, and best practices of Chinese geoscientists working on difficult hydrocarbon reservoirs can be of benefit to others. In the quest to produce hydrocarbons from China’s famously…
Seismic acquisition reinvented
World’s first Ultra High Density (UHD) multi-client 3D hybrid seismic acquisition in the Norwegian North Sea
Recent Advances in Climate Change Research: Part VI – More on the Simple Greenhouse Model
We continue the discussion of the simple greenhouse model introduced in Part III. “Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.” Thomas Mann (1875–1955), 1929…
Recent Advances in Climate Change Research: Part X – How quickly does atmospheric CO₂ mix into the ocean and biosphere?
In this article, we revisit unique radiocarbon data from the 90s and discuss briefly why this is of importance to our understanding of how CO₂ is circulating between the atmosphere,…
Mapping Reservoir Characteristics in Microns
An image-based approach for identifying pores and particles in unconventional reservoirs for planning carbon dioxide-based enhanced oil recovery and associated storage (CCS). The capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial…
Missed pay opportunities in the North Sea
An ongoing project has investigated whether digital analytics may help explorationists find remaining oil and gas in the mature North Sea. Preliminary results indicate a massive opportunity.
Can machine learning help highlight missed pay?
Press release: The project, coordinated by the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) in Aberdeen, has explored how the use of sophisticated digital analytic methods applied to several thousand wells…