Mature fields: Significant growth
Liquid resources from mature assets grew 151 billion barrels over the last four years, which is more than the amount produced in those years.
Technology
Adding 1.5MMbo per day
81 new oil and gas projects in Europe will commence production by 2025, GlobalData says. Norway is in the forefront.
The source may have been found
The Ørret Formation of Late Permian age is a good candidate for being the source of oil in the Alta discovery in the Barents Sea.
#DigEx – The Digital Subsurface
JANUARY 30-31 2019 OSLO, NORWAY QUALITY AIRPORT HOTEL GARDERMOEN Digital technology is enabling the oil & gas industry to completely change the way geoscientists work, how it impacts our daily…
3D Printing – A Dip Into an Evolving Technology
Discover the latest developments in 3D printing techniques; from medical research to geological analysis. “The whole nature of trade, the whole nature of supply chain, changes fundamentally. I do not…
A New Era For LNG
Low energy prices provide a challenging environment for new liquefied natural gas projects The 2015 United Nations COP21 meeting in Paris saw world leaders finally commit to measures to limit…
Is There a G in Decommissioning?
Geological review and oversight is as important at the end of a well’s life as it was during exploration. “All penetrated zones with flow potential that have been identified as…
Unmanned Aerial Systems
Innovative Technical Solution in a Dynamically Changing Industry Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) have the potential to transform operational efficiency and technical solutions across the energy sector, and are providing an…
Integrating Seismic Imaging and Inversion
Combining depth imaging and inversion workflows into a single consistent process has the potential to provide more accurate models in a shorter time than achievable to date. The hydrocarbon industry…
Time-Lapse Refraction Seismic – Part I
A Complementary Monitoring Method? Would you like me to give you a formula for… success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure… You can be discouraged by failure…
Time-Lapse Seismic and Geomechanics – Part I
Ekofisk, Norwegian North Sea, was one of the first fields where time-lapse seismic proved an excellent tool for monitoring and mapping geomechanical changes in a producing field A stone is…
Magnetics for Hydrocarbon Exploration
How can a tiny mineral called magnetite help to unravel hydrocarbon seepage and subsurface petrology? It’s not MAGIC – it’s MAGNETICS… in integrated workflows! ‘Magnetism, as you recall from physics…