Industry Technology for Research
British Antarctic Survey recently purchased two drones to be deployed at its science research station in Antarctica. The aim is to use the drones to make measurements that are not…
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Social Seismic: Petroleum and the Public
How do we win the battle for community hearts and minds? Top Read! Another chance to read this popular article written exclusively for Geo ExPro. It is a fact often…
Central Atlantic African Exploration: Growth and Future Prospects
Despite the early promising discoveries of oil and gas in Senegal and Benin in the 1960s, hydrocarbon development in the Central Atlantic continental margin has been slow – until recent…
Ups and Downs in March
The oil price fluctuated a few percentage points up and down through March giving the industry occasional cause for optimism followed by disappointment. The oil price fluctuated a few percentage…
Where are the Reservoirs?
Modelling geology at the scale of the actual depositional systems allows you to capture the entire system and monitor the processes involved, and thus identify the location of elusive reservoirs…
OGA Launches Exploration Licence Competition
The Oil and Gas Authority has launched a £500,000 competition to encourage innovative interpretations of the data acquired during 2015’s surveys of the Rockall Basin and Mid North Sea High…
Breaking the “Stack Barrier”
Seismic interpretation software can reveal the true value of pre-stack gathers. In a recent Oilvoice article, well known industry figure David Bamford suggested a better term to describe what seismic interpreters do…
Oil Price Competition Results
The results to our March 2015 Oil Price Prediction Competition. Thanks to everyone that entered the competition, the results are in. The oil price, COB 30th March as shown on…
5th Annual Stoneley Lecture – Volcanoes Coming to London!
By announcing that Sir Tony Robinson, star of the BBC’s ‘Black Adder’ and presenter of Channel 4’s ‘Time Team’, will deliver this year’s Stoneley Lecture, the PESGB have once again…
New Geoscience Hub for Scotland
Work starts on world-leading new Lyell Centre for earth and marine science and technology. Charles Lyell by David Octavius Hill, c1843-47Work has started on the new £20m Lyell Centre at…
The Great Sphinx of Egypt: Nature’s Shabby-Chic Trick?
There has long been a debate as to the true age of the Great Sphinx of Egypt. Some experts believe that an analysis of weathering and erosion can help fix…