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.
Technology
“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…
Top Seis – 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…
Three finalists have been selected
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 innovative technological contribution in…
Integration is key
In the 1990’s 50% of discoveries were less than 30mboe on the Norwegian continental shelf. By the 2010’s 50% were less than 19mmboe. Over the same period, technical success rates…
Using AI and ML in exploration
Earth Science Analytics has been selected as one of nine candidates for the Exploration Innovation Prize that will be awarded at this year’s NCS Exploration conference: Recent Advances in Exploration…