Iceland. Harnessing the Earth.
Iceland is one of the pioneers in the use of geothermal energy, both for heating homes and generating electricity. Iceland is a country shaped by and reliant on its geology…
Technology
Identifying Potential Oil Zones in Tight Reservoirs
Low-cost epifluorescence microscope techniques have delineated a prospective, relatively untested oil-prone fairway in the Cane Creek shale play, Paradox Basin, Utah. When it comes to liquid-rich shale production and potential,…
Drone Magic
Photographs acquired through unmanned aerial vehicles are revolutionising digital outcrop models, allowing geoscientists unprecedented insight into subsurface reservoirs. “When developing an oil field or, for that matter, any subsurface resource,…
The Digital Oilfield Are We There Yet?
A complete and integrated workflow for reservoir and production management. The last few years have seen a growing focus on the digital oilfield and a future environment where operators integrate,…
Supercomputers for Beginners – Part III. GPU-Accelerated Computing
Many TOP500 supercomputers today use both CPUs and GPUs to give the best of both worlds: GPU processing to perform mathematically intensive computations on very large data sets, and CPUs…
Rich Petroleum Source Rocks
An inventory of petroleum source rocks in the World’s major sedimentary basins show that six geological intervals in Earth’s history generated over 90% of the World’s conventional oil and gas…
Disappointing exploration success
Average discovered resources per successful wildcat on the NCS have dropped dramatically from over 120MMboe in 2011 to below 20MMboe in 2015.
Supercomputers for Beginners – Part II
Energy companies need ever larger computers. This article is the second of three articles giving an introduction to supercomputers . Here, we look at the design of parallel software. Beta:…
No sand, no oil, no nothing
“Fortune favors the bold, but all that glitters is not gold.” Tullow explains the g&g behind the Zumba prospect. Get to know Per Avseth on May 11!
Dry well west of Mandal High
A dry well west of the Mandal High drilled 2 years ago has reduced the reservoir potential in this part of the Central Graben.
The Barents Sea is gas prone!
NOT! Several discoveries – Goliat and others – prove the opposite. Understanding multiple source rocks is key. Attending an HH-seminar is essential.
Tax reductions strengthen UK E&P
The UK government has responded positively to extensive lobbying from the Oil and Gas industry to cut taxes on Oil & Gas on the UKCS.