“The Ultimate Survey”
“The increase in operational efficiency and scale of the operation is now making OBN competitive with conventional 3D streamer seismic and is a step change in the seismic market”, Kristian…
Technology
#DIGEX2020 – Call for Papers
We are seeking digitalization case studies describing new digital solutions, workflows, innovations, and approaches to analyze the subsurface. We encourage you to bring forward solid subsurface examples on methodologies, user cases, learnings, successes and…
A revolution within seabed acquisition and imaging?
According to ION, this new generation ocean bottom technology provides an opportunity to drastically improve the economics of today’s expensive ocean bottom surveys, and to expand the number of fields…
Recent Advances in Climate Change Research: Part V – Underground Storage of Carbon Dioxide
By building on knowledge from the petroleum industry and experience of over 23 years of storing CO₂ in deep geological formations, we can make a new value chain and a…
NPD dresses up its FactPages
Leading up to October 3rd, the NPD will be rolling out an upgraded version to its FactPages and Maps. You can read more about the changes at npd.no.
“TopSeis – a worthy winner”
In a fierce competition with Deep Blue and EarthNET developed by EMGS and Earth Science Analytics, respectively, Lundin and CGG finally pulled the longest straw and was declared the winner…
Honorary Award for GeoStreamer
“It is an honor for me to receive this Honorary Award on behalf of PGS”, Rune Olav Pedersen, CEO in PGS, said at NCS Exploration 2019. The prestigious award was…
Recent Advances in Climate Change Research: Part III – A Simple Greenhouse Model
What would the temperature of Earth be without the atmosphere? By using simple physical models for solar irradiation and the Stefan-Boltzmans law for blackbody radiation, we can estimate average temperatures…
An urgent challenge!
“It is generally agreed that the NCS holds billions of barrels yet to be discovered. However, as an industry we are finding those barrels at an ever-slower pace”, says Erling…
The Technology Enigma
There is no silver bullet, says Graeme Bagley, Head of Global Exploration and Appraisal with Westwood Global Energy. Therefore, he continues, factors that impact exploration performance include 1) maturity of…
Technology is not (!) key to success
The petroleum geoscience community has not improved their ability to predict the outcome of exploration drilling, according to Stig-Morten Knutsen, Assistant Director, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. At NCS Exploration May 21-22,…
Deep Blue – one of three finalists
According to the criteria, The Exploration Innovation Prize is awarded to a license group, company, team or person who during the last couple of years have given a courageous and…